January 2013

  • Teaching Tip – Assessment and Marking

    Welcome to Teaching Tip Tuesday! Every week I share with you a tip that I hope you will find useful in your teaching. You can visit the Teaching Tips Archive to see all of the tips in the order I have posted them over the years. Please check that page as I will continue to […]


  • Know Your History – The Complete Third Season

    Know Your History is a documentary radio show that I produce each and every month. The show is subtitled “Your Monthly Dose of Hip-Hop Knowledge” I try my best to deliver content that educates and entertains. I am a hip-hop historian and love sharing these stories about the rich culture of hip-hop with you. This […]


  • Kool Krys Autograph

    Kool Krys is a talented rap artist. Her album, “Listen to Your Art” even made it on my Top 12 albums of 2012. Even cooler is that I have it autographed now. It was such a pleasure having her on the first roundtable discussion I ever did for the radio. It was part of our […]


  • Star Trek: Always Chasing the Past

    Star Trek is a great franchise. It’s what originally got me started in collecting comics. I needed more Star Trek stories of the original crew. I guess we all do. Star Trek: Countdown This graphic novels serves as a prequel to the reboot of the movie franchise. There were a lot of things wrong with […]


  • Point Out the Positive

    Larry Ferlazzo is a dedicated teacher who has a weekly practice that I can’t help but admire. It only takes a portion of his lunch time and it probably really makes someone’s day. “I walk around campus spotting students — either ones I have now or have had in the past — and they are […]


  • 2012 – Year of the Themed Mixtape

    At the beginning of last year I challenged myself to make a mixtape every single month for the entire year. 12 mixtapes for 2012! I actually surpassed that goal and made 14 of them. Click on the pictures to download or stream each mix. Enjoy the tunes! Click on the cover pictures to download each […]


  • This is Snow Art!

    I never seen a snowman do a handstand, or a police car smile at me. Hey, that’s snow door. I mean, that’s no door. Sorry about this post. It’s no art . . . or is it Snow Art? All images courtesy of Tumblr.


  • Chasing Content – The Best of January

    It’s time for another edition of Chasing Content, that monthly feature that has us digging through the archives to see what was happening here on the blog last year at this time. So, click on the links below to relive some of the great moments from last year. You can also explore past posts by […]


  • Forget the New Year’s Resolutions – Goals are Way Better!

    I think the moment you realize that something isn’t working for you, that’s when you should resolve to change it. You shouldn’t wait till New Year’s Eve. Last year, I decided to make a few goals instead of resolutions. I made the mistake of only writing them down on the blog and letting them get buried […]