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Logo Design Assignment (Teaching Tip)
This is the second assignment I gave my students for TGJ3M – Communications Technology. In it, the students create a personal media company and design a logo for their brand. This will be used in the website they will be designing in the next unit. My goal is to have as close to a paperless…
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Iroqouis Skatepark – Whitby
Iroqouis Skatepark is a colourful cement-based park in Whitby, Ontario. It is located at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. I had the pleasure of skateboarding there a few weekends back. Here is a brief tour of the park. The art in this park is very well done. Here is one of…
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October Past
It’s time for another edition of Chasing Content, that monthly feature that has us looking back at what was happening here last year at this time. Click through to read all of the posts from last October . . . or take in these highlights. Please don’t let great posts get buried in the archive.…
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My Top 5 Hip-Hop Podcasts
In honour of National Podcast Day, I thought I would share with you my favourite hip-hop podcasts. 1. Break North Radio DJ Hullewud starts off every show with a classic record that has been sampled by several notable hip-hop acts. He spins great underground hip-hop for the first hour of the show, and then gets…
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Hip-Hop Anonymous is For Everyone (Friday)
Friday night, DWG Ent presents the All-Ages Edition of Hip-Hop Anonymous. It’s a rap concert featuring live performances by some of the best artists in the city and surrounding area. Traffimatics is headlining the event and y’allready know, he puts on a great live show. Also on the bill is Stewie, who was just recently…
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The 5 Types of Logos (Lesson Plan)
It’s been a long time since I posted a Teaching Tip Tuesday article. I have been meaning to get back into the swing of things again. I’m sorry for the absence. I am teaching a new course this term and am very exicted about it. The class is TGJ3M – Communications Technology. It covers web…
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Word is Bond Exclusive – Tone Chop and Frost Gamble
http://chasemarch.com/Word-is-Bond-Rap-Radio/WIBRapRadio%20279%20-%20Tone%20Chop%20and%20Frost%20Gamble.mp3 Tone Chop and Frost Gamble call into Word is Bond Rap Radio to talk about their new album “Respect is Earned Not Given” and premiere some of the tracks. The project drops on Friday, so if you like what you hear, go cop it. We also are giving away tickets to Hip-Hop Anonymous in…
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The Beatles – All Our Yesterdays (Graphic Novel)
The Beatles – All Our Yesterdays by Jason Quinn and Lalit Kumar Sharma I love The Beatles. What they did for music cannot be understated. They changed the game with their style, sound, and look. Their music still permeates today fifty years after their groundbreaking album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. To help celebrate that…
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Stewie visits Word is Bond Rap Radio
http://chasemarch.com/Word-is-Bond-Rap-Radio/WIBRapRadio%20278%20-%20Stewie.mp3 Local emcee, Stewie joined me at Radio Western Monday night to talk about the cool shows he’ll be playing at over the next few weeks, to world premiere his song “Why They So Serious” on the radio, and to kick a few freestyle rhymes. We talk about horror movies, the melding of rock and…
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My Fan Expo 2017 Haul
Here is my haul from Fan Expo 2017. This is a special edition 12 inch Daredevil figure that was exclusively available at the Hasbro store. It comes with various accessories and ways to customize the figure. The back side of the packaging even includes a braille description. That’s a very nice touch for a blind…