March 2009
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Don’t Play With Your Food Unless Your Teacher Tells You To
Last week I had the students work in groups to create a bridge that could span a gap at least 25 centimeters long. They had three days to work on the project and I gave them a lot of time to do so with these materials. Yup, that is spaghetti. The only other materials they […]
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Animal Farm Interview Part 3
This is Part 3 of the interview I did with the phenomenal rap group, Animal Farm. Check out part 1 and part 2. Don’t forget to download the entire interview on the Dope FM podcast page. We always bring you the best of the underground, great interviews, and lots of new music. And best of […]
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Animal Farm Interview Part 2
This is Part 2 of the interview I did with Portland Oregon’s rap group Animal Farm. Read Part 1 and don’t forget to download the entire interview. We had a lot of fun on the radio and you can hear it all with the player below. Chase: “Alright, we’re back. That was Animal Farm off […]
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Animal Farm Interview Part 1
Last week, I had the honour of interviewing Portland Oregon’s rap group Animal Farm. I have transcribed the interview for my blog but you can download the podcast for free or stream it with the player below. We had a lot of fun on the radio and I hope you will check it out. All four […]
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Teaching Tip Tuesdays – Long Range Plans
My first teaching assignment was at a school that had four classes per each grade. We collaborated on our long range plans, and basically inherited the plan from the year before. When I left that school for a smaller community school, I really didn’t know what to do. I had to write a long range […]
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What Teacher’s Make
This is a great video from Slam Poet and teacher, Taylor Mali. One of the teachers at my school showed this to me today. I knew right away that I had to share it with you. You can check out his website if you want to know more about him at http://www.taylormali.com/index.html Remember to come […]
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The Occasion Called For It & You Didn’t Answer
Today we celebrated the 10th anniversary of our school opening. It should have been a big deal. I was expecting it to be. We had building towards this all year. The students made projects about our community and they were in display in the gym yesterday for our Community Heritage Fair. Today, those projects were […]
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Out to Save Hip Hop
I subscribe to about a dozen hip hop blogs. It’s a great way to get information about up and coming artists, producers, and albums. It is also one of the best ways to stay in touch with what is relevant in today’s hip hop world. You can’t find good hip hop on the radio or […]
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Teaching Tip Tuesday – Supply Plans
Welcome to Teaching Tip Tuesdays! It is my goal here to share my best practices so that other teachers can benefit from my experience. I hope that you are finding this ongoing series helpful. If you have any ideas, comments, or questions, I would love to hear from you. Please drop a comment or send […]
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Check the OR
I used to watch Much Music all the time. I paid careful attention to Canadian acts because I wanted to stay in touch with our homegrown talent. I remember catching this video from a group called Organized Rhyme. The tune was quite catchy. I liked the old school vibe and the way the two MCs […]