MisterMinor Schools us on Skylanders

Episode 50: The fun-loving fiftieth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast. We have a very special guest this week, MisterMinor! He's a teacher educator (with a focus on adolescent education and literacy in the digital era), an activist, a dad, and big video game nerd! He's helping us out tonight by telling us all about the new Skylanders Imaginators, which came out on Sunday! The Wolf Doctor knows very little about Skylanders, but Miz Sylver has a copy of the new game in her possession! Our discussion transitions into how video games and digital media play into MisterMinor's literacy education philosophy. Catch up with MisterMinor:

• He loves Twitter! Follow @misterminor
• Read some of his writing! His article Those Who Can Coach Can Teach was published about a year ago in the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. He also writes blog articles in the educator space. His recent post Why #BlackLivesMatter in Your Classroom Too has been read in classrooms across the US.
• See him at upcoming events!
  • Tomorrow he's speaking at the Teachers College of Columbia University Reading and Writing Project's Saturday Reunion. (In New York, NY.)
  • Sunday, November 6 and Monday, November 7 he's leading a seminar at the Teachers College on Computers, Tablets, Smartphones: The Writing Tools Have Changed— How Can My Teaching Change Too? (Also in New York, NY.)
  • He will be attending the 2016 National Council for Teachers of English Annual Convention in Atlanta November 17-20 and leading several sessions. If you are going, hit him up on Twitter!

We have a few more news items! Miz Sylver is working at the League of Legends Riftwalk this weekend in New York, today and tomorrow October 22, concurrently with the LoL Semi-Finals. Think Geek is opening a new store in the South Shore Plaza October 28th, in Braintree, MA, with prizes starting at 10am! (Ooooh!) Also, Super League is happening! This week was the testing week for the Fall League, Metropolis Madness, so you can jump in and start next week! Use the code ACTION9 for a discount!

Thanks for listening! Sadly, we were unable to dig up MisterMinor's students' game with the explosive cars. If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Do you have questions for MisterMinor? Do you share his love of Skylanders? Is your figure collection larger than his? Will you run for president of the Official Wolf Doctor Fan Club? Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know!



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