January 2014
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Teachers are Magic
“Every day, as a teacher, I am asked to be a magician in a world where magic doesn’t exist” Truer words have never been spoken. What we do is tough. It’s hard to get kids excited about learning in a world where mediocrity is celebrated. It’s not cool to try. You get made fun of if […]
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DJ System Misses the Mark
I’ve wanted a computer DJ system for some time now. That’s why it was so nice to get this completely unexpected Christmas present this year. It’s a Numark Mixtrack Pro 2. It looks like it would be a perfect starter unit for any would-be DJs and good enough for what I wanted it to do. […]
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Access: Homeboy Sandman (Live Radio TODAY)
Homeboy Sandman will be our special guest for this week’s live and interactive radio show. This program is a partnership between Our Show, Kevin Nottingham, The Word is Bond, and Silent Cacophony. Conshus runs the segment live on the radio in Florida on 91.5 WPRK and I join him via the magic of Google Hangouts. You […]
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Awesome Christmas Presents
Santa was good to me this year. I got two T-shirts, a new pair of jeans, some time on my pay-as-you-go phone, and these goodies . . . I’ve wanted 10’s sonic screwdriver for some time now. I bought a customizable kit last year but none of them looked just like his. This one is […]
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13 Albums that Stood Out in 2013
I really wanted to write “The Top 13 albums of 2013” and keep up the tradition that has been going strong on this blog for the past five years, but when I thought of my favourite, most-listened to, albums this year, I only came up with a handful of titles. Conshus and I talked about […]
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The Best Word You Can Use in Your Teaching Practice
Carol Dweck talks about her favourite new word – Yet! She says that she hears students complain that they are not good at a particular subject. They may say, “I’m no good at math” or “I’m not a musician” and as teachers, all we have to do is add one word to those statements. Yet. […]
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Recommended Read – Will & Whit
Will & Whit by Laura Lee Gulledge I fell in love with Laura Lee Gulledge’s first graphic novel Page by Paige. The book spoke to me on so many different levels. As such, I eagerly awaited more material from her. The title and cover art might lead you to believe that this is a romantic tale […]
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Xenocide (Ender’s Game trilogy)
I fell a little behind on my reading log for 2013. So for the rest of the week, I will be catching up on blogging about those books I finished off the year with. Xenocide by Orson Scott Card I love Ender’s Game. It’s one of the best books I’ve ever read and the sequel, […]
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Access: Soul Khan (Live Today)
Conshus and I team up to interview all sorts of hip-hop artists in a weekly feature we call Access. This is live and interactive radio at its best. You can tune us in on 91.5 WPRK in Florida on your radio dial or worldwide on Our Show, Kevin Nottingham, and The Word is Bond. Soul Khan will […]
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More Danger from the Living
The Walking Dead: Volume 6 – This Sorrowful Life Once again, this issue of the series deals more so with the violence between the survivors of the zombie apocalypse than between those of the living and the dead. But the stakes are just as high. This volume of the popular series is quite graphic […]