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T-shirts: The Last Great Vestige for Art
I found all of these T-shirts on Tumblr. I even ordered of one of them as a present. Very cool! Flash Drive – what a nice visual pun. Get it? Paper clips look so sad (usually) TGIF! Disc jockeys break records. That’s how it should be! Mown. What a bad pun. Moan! So true! The…
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A Gift Every 56 Days
Image via Wikipedia Every 56 days, I take some time out of my busy schedule to do something very important, something that only about 3.5% of us do. I give blood. I don’t have to go out of my way to do so either. Canadian Blood Services has many permanent clinics in cities all over…
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DOPEfm’s International Women’s Day Spectacular TONIGHT
Tune in live TONIGHT starting at 12:00 midnight to hear DOPEfm’s annual International Women’s Day Tribute show. We dedicate all 7 hours of our programming to the Women in Hip-Hop. This year’s show is even bigger and better than last years. You will hear some great mixsets from myself and from Gamma Krush where every…
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Join WoMEn on the Radio
Today is International Women’s Day! To celebrate the talent and achievements of women in hip-hop music and culture, DOPEfm will be dedicating the entire overnight to the Women in Hip-Hop. This is our second year of doing so and things are only getting bigger and better. Please tune in live on Saturday night starting at 12:00…
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40 Teaching Blunders (Or Opportunities)
Image via Wikipedia The Ottawa Citizen ran a story entitled Another 40 Business Bloopers and the teacher in me saw immediate parallels to the classroom. Here are a few of my favourites from the article. 4. Not empowering subordinates to challenge and correct you. Teachers make mistakes. There is nothing to be ashamed of if…
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The Word is Bond Podcast (Free Download)
I’ve been working with The Word is Bond for almost a year now. They are an excellent hip-hop magazine website that provide you with informative articles, artist interviews, album reviews, and everything related to underground hip-hop. We’ve been teasing you with this news for a while but today is the day we officially launch the…
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Fabulous Cosplay
I found all of these great copslay images on Tumblr. Ms. Marvel Doctor Who Wonder Woman Star Trek Black Widow
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Chasing Content – March 2011
It’s time to make an about-face and march back into the archives for a little feature we call Chasing Content. (gotta love all of those puns) You can read all of the posts from March 2011 or just these favourites 300 Cassette Tapes – I used to tune in to the radio station every weekend…
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Homeland – Great Television
Image via Wikipedia I was very excited to see Claire Danes return to series television. Her first show, My So-Called Life was one of the best shows that television has ever produced. In her new show, Homeland, she plays a CIA agent determined to stop another terrorist attack. Her character, Carrie Matheson, hears a rumour that…
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Teaching Tip – Play and Learn With Lego
Lego has so many educational benefits. It really is an amazing resource to have on hand. I’ve talked before about How to Use Lego in a Science Program but I thought today I’d expand on the other ways I use Lego in the classroom. Lego Soccer It’s nice to have some board games in the…