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November Leaves, Love, and Longing (Mixtape)
Here is the mixtape I made for the third week of The Social Playlist Challenge. It’s called “November Leaves, Love, and Longing” I wanted this mix to have melancholy, yearning, and romance from a wide variety of acts and genres. The theme this week was “Fall Romance” and I really wanted to set it in…
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One Vote Made the Difference (Thanks!)
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can’t believe that I won the first week of the Social Playlist Challenge, and by one vote no less. Thank you for supporting me by “liking” the facebook status or retweeting a post. I really appreciate it. Please click on both those links to vote for me this…
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How I’ve Been Using Facebook in My Teaching
As an experiment this year, I decided to embrace social media to help open the lines of communication with students and parents. It’s only three months into the school year, but I thought I’d share with you my progress thus far. I started up a professional Facebook account this summer. This account was meant to…
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Sifton Bog Trail Run
I went to Sifton Bog once before and only found a short boardwalk with no running trails on it. This week, however, I found that there is a second entrance to the bog with plenty of nature trails. It’s a little difficult to see where the nature trail begins but behind this sign there is…
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Chasing Content – November 2007
Last light of November 2007 (Photo credit: trekkyandy) Chasing Content is a monthly feature on this blog that gives us a chance to take a stroll through the archives. I am working my way through every single month to make these “Best-of” posts. Today, let’s explore what was happening right here on Silent Cacophony five…
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More Daredevil Swag
Here’s my latest Daredevil figure to add to the collection. This box is really big and the figure looks so cool. I like the numb chucks on this one as well. They can stay in the air and don’t just hang straight down. I really want to take this one out of the packaging. .…
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Never Give Up on the Good Times
Here is my second mixtape of the month as part of the Social Playlist Challenge. This week’s theme was “Never Give Up on the Good Times” and we were asked to play songs from our childhood. Of course, I had to start off with some old-school hip-hop. That was a given. The mix then moves…
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Why Teachers Should Use Facebook
Pretty much everybody is on Facebook these days. It only makes sense for teachers to use this platform in an educational setting. It helps us to connect with parents in a way that we never have been able to before. It shows that we are open and approachable. It can be a pain for a…
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Latest Graphic Novels
Here are the latest graphic novels that I have read this year. Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and Nathan Hale A student of mine was reading this and she was so utterly captivated by it, I knew I had to give it a read as well. It’s a nice tale that puts some…
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Please Vote for Me (And Cool Music)
I need your help. I am participating in a Social Playlist Challenge this month. I will be making a 15 song playlist every week for the month of November. I am competing against four other music connoisseurs in this challenge and really need your support if I am to win. @mymusiccloud Social Playlist Challenge voting…