February 2013

  • An Interview with Dr. Richard Selznick (Part 2)

    Today, I am talking to Dr. Richard Selznick, author of School Struggles: A Guide to Your Shut Down Learners Success. This is Part 2 of the transcript of our radio interview and podcast. You can go back to read the first part of the transcript now, stream the entire show with the player below, or […]


  • School Struggles – An Interview with Dr. Selznick

    Chase: “All right everybody, this is Chase March. I have Dr. Richard Selznick on the phone right now, author of School Struggles: A Guide to Your Shut-Down Learner’s Success. It’s quite the read. I underlined passages and took all sorts of notes as I read it. As a teacher, I think it is important for […]


  • Graphic Novel Bliss

    The Amazing Spider-man: The Fantastic Spider-man There are two stories in this graphic novel collection of the monthly Spider-man comic. I really enjoyed the second story that had Spider-man filling in as a substitute teacher at the Avengers Academy. It was a touching story with a lot of humour and heroism. Just what I expect in a […]


  • Superman: The Mixtape (Clean Version)

    Last week, I released my Superman-themed mixtape. I wanted to have a version of the mix that I could play anywhere I wanted to without having to worry about offensive lyrics. So I made a clean version of the same tape by removing two songs and censoring one other. Download Superman: The Mixtape (Clean Version) […]


  • Street Art on Another Level

    Time for some street art on a whole ‘nother level! This is awesome! It looks just like my old school Game Boy. . . and is practically just as large. I love how this street artist flipped it too. Look closely, it’s a Game Girl! Here’s another great one. It’s a skateboard half-pipe painted like […]


  • My Infamous Beatbox Routine (A Blast from the Past)

    I tried to get a rap career started in the late 1990s. This was before the days of YouTube. But I have old video cassettes of some of those performances and I just uploaded a few. This is one of the best beatbox routines that we ever did. Yep, that is me on the beatbox […]


  • The Pitfalls of Social Media in Education

    At the start of the school year, I had a good idea on how to open up the lines of communication between home and school. My idea? To use the social media sites that people already use on a regular basis. As such, I entered into the world of Facebook. Three months into the school […]


  • Sometimes, A Book Calls to Me

    I bought a book recently that I was planning on reading after I’d finished working my way through this graphic novel. It’s Gareth Malone’s Choir and I was excited to learn more about what went into the television series “The Choir” But I didn’t want to start this book until I finished this one that […]


  • Happy Groundhog Day!

    It’s Groundhog Day – the day where we trust a small rodent to forecast the weather for the next six weeks. I wonder what Wiarton Willie will predict today. If you ever wondered what this day is all about, this infographic is a great starting place. Happy Groundhog Day! Groundhog Day Fun Facts infographic by […]


  • Chasing Content – February 2012

    Let’s jump back in time and look at what was happening right here on Silent Cacophony at this time last year. Read all of the posts from last February . . . or just these super-amazing ones. Play and Learn With Lego – Lego is quite possibly the best toy ever created. It allows kids […]