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 Avengers Tripping Through Time
Avengers: Volume 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, John Romita Jr, and Klaus Janson This is a time travel story involving two generations of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. I was glad that I’d seen this animated film before reading it because it ties in rather nicely. In the movie, the Next Avengers are actually the children of…
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Access: Has-Lo (Live Radio Interview)
Has-Lo 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 can…
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Know Your History 42 – Metaphor Concepts
Welcome to Know Your History, your monthly dose of hip-hop knowledge. Today, I want to start out our journey in 1995. That was the year that a member of the Wu-Tang Clan dropped a seminal hip-hop classic. The album is brilliant with banger after banger but there is one track that was so unique that…
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An Unconventional Skateboarder
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player This video pretty much blew me away. Guo Miyagi has a very unconventional style when it comes to skateboarding. He celebrates some old school traditions and combines them with parkour techniques and new school tricks. I can’t say enough good things about this. Press play and be amazed.
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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.…