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Windsor Waterfront Trail
It’s time to explore Windsor’s Riverfront Park Trail. The trail has a section for leisurely strolls (on the far right) and it has a paved trail for anyone who wants to roll along on skates or bicycles. I love the brilliant trail markers that let you know how far you’ve traveled! This is a nice…
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Everything is Awesome! (Do we overuse that adjective?)
Have you seen the Lego Movie? Emmet, the main character of the film, continually refers to everything as awesome. There is a catchy song to go with this sentiment as well. Emmet isn’t the only person to over-use the word awesome. “Awesome” gets bandied about way more than it probably should be. Not everything can be…
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Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Part 6 (of 3)
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three – And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer I was really surprised to see this book at the public library a few weeks back. I’d always counted myself as a fan of this series. I’ve read the first book, devoured the BBC television series, and even…
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Exercise Trail in Cambridge, Ontario
Last year, I showed you the running route I took along the Bob McMullen Trail in Cambridge, Ontario. Today, I want to show you the exercise trail that runs along the route as well. There are several of these stations placed along the trail route. Each station has specific equipment and instructions about how to…
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WIHH 4 – Complete Broadcast Download
DOPEfm celebrates International Women’s Day every year by dedicating our entire overnight’s programming to the Women in Hip-Hop. Here is the easiest way to download DOPEfm’s Fourth Annual Women in Hip-Hop Special. These zipped files will give you all 8 parts of the show as they aired on 93.3 CFMU. WIHH 4 – Part 1…
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Star Trek Scrabble Win
Star Trek Scrabble is a really cool variant of my all-time favourite board game. I bought this for my dad a few years back. We’d always enjoyed Scrabble and are huge Star Trek fans, so it was only logical for us to play this. See what I did there? One of the coolest things about this…
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5 Words
I found this on Tumblr and was really inspired. I would love to build a lesson around it. Have the students write their own 5 Word Sentences Have each student share one of the sentences. Challenge students to create a 5 Sentence Paragraph using only 5 Word Sentences. Have a sharing session. Discuss the pros…
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Bechtel Park Trail
Let’s go trail running and explore the beautiful Bechtel Park in Waterloo, Ontario! The trails begins on the other sides of the soccer fields. The trail runs through a forested area. There a a few short hills along the route too. I can’t resist a bridge over a creek. I probably should have today though.…
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Chasing Content – July 2013
It’s time to grab the excavator and dig through the archives. We do this at the start of every month to look back at what was happening last year at this time. Read all of the posts from last July, or just these favourites . . . A Run to the Lighthouse I never ran…
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Canada Day Hip-Hop Style
Let’s Celebrate Canada Day with a nice hip-hop mix of homegrown talent. The first half of the program is a mix of old and new Canadian hip-hop jams. Then, we finish off the show by dedicating the last half hour to the ladies of the north. We have some amazing talent in this country and…