Silent Cacophony is a sounding board for Chase March. Here you will find his podcast, book reviews, skatepark tours, teaching-related articles and resources, and much more. Please use the buttons on the home page to navigate to the topics that interest you.
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The Inaugural “Instagram Immemorial”
I started using Instagram 111 weeks ago. It’s hard to believe that it has actually been that long. This is my first post from April 2014. It shows a small part of my Daredevil collection. I saw Atmosphere in concert and took this terrible photograph. I did get to talk to Slug backstage and record…
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Teaching Yard Sale and Resource Exchange
I have been collecting teaching resources for the past 15 years. I have a lot of great items that I will be selling this weekend. Other teachers will also be selling some of their tried-and-true teaching resources at the ETFO Yard Sale and Resource Exchange. Here are the details . . . I will have…
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Chase that Content – Don’t Let It Fade Away!
It’s time to stand on the precipice and look down upon all of the posts that compose the landscape of this blog. It’s time to zoom in on what was happening last year at this time and highlight a few of the stand-out posts from last June. It’s time for Chasing Content! Read all of…
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From the Graphic Novel Aisle
I love scouring the graphic novel section at the public library. It often leads me to titles and issues I never knew existed. And I get to read to great comics for free. What is better than that? Here are the latest graphic novels that I have read. Ant-Man – Second Chance Man I didn’t…
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March – An Illustrated History
March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell This is the first part of a trilogy of books that tell the real-life story of John Lewis and his fight to end segregation in the United States. The book opens a peaceful demonstration that is only met with violence. The civil rights activists…
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Trilliums on the Trail Side
This is the time of year that the Trillium are in bloom. I always love seeing Ontario’s Provincial Flower along the trail side when I go for my runs. Here is collage I made and shared on Instagram. The images above were taken during one of my trail runs through Komoka Provincial Park. Today, I…
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The Inner Game of Work
The Inner Game of Work by W. Timothy Gallwey I started a research project to see how we could let students choose what they want to learn in school and it led me to some very interesting books, articles, and videos. I will be sharing some of that with you over the course of this…
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Hip Hop Anonymous – It’s Gonna Be Live!
It’s going down tomorrow night at Gordy’s Brewhouse in London, Ontario, Canada. Cquel and Abstract Artform will be making their way from Saskatchewan to the Forest City for this great night of hip-hop. Local favourites Mad Hattr and Tempomental are also on the bill, along with some other great acts. Tempomental usually brings Nick Easton with…
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15th Anniversary of Free Comic Book Day
Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day, a great event where you can get free comic books, meet fans and artists, and visit your local comic book store for all sorts of deals and special events. Here are some of the books you can get for free. Find out more about this great day here http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/992
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Happy Star Wars Day!
It’s a bad pun, but it has started a yearly celebration of everything Star Wars. One of the slogans in the franchise is , “May The Force Be With You” and since today is May the Fourth and that sounds very close, fans have taken that and run with it. Happy Star Wars Day! I…