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Batman: The Mixtape
Batman deserves a mixtape, doesn’t he? After all he does to protect the city from crime, the least we could do is honour him with a mixed CD. The tape starts out with the theme from the television series and then moves in to Snoop Dogg’s “Batman and Robin.” The song blends into The Last…
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Lighter or Darker Words
I found this excellent teaching tip today on the local message board. You need to be a member of my school board to access the site so I thought I would share this tip with you here. It was originally posted by Dr. Megan Cyrisse Parry-Jamieson. “Hi all — I’ve been having good results with word…
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Spotify: A Review
Image by Dekuwa via Flickr Many online music players have become available in the last few years, including popular sites such as Pandora and I Heart Radio. With the rise of social-networking sites, some players have been developed for the purpose of listening to and sharing music on these sites. Spotify is one of the…
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Lissa Monet at The Stylus Awards 2011
Lissa Monet: “How are you guys doing? Here for another interview?” Chase: “We’re doing awesome. Yeah, it was a great interview with you last year. Did you get a chance to hear our International Women’s Day show we did earlier this year?” Lissa Monet: “No, I didn’t.” Chase: “You should check it out. We dedicated…
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Redefining Masculinity in Hip-Hop Part 2 (Know Your History: Episode 24)
Welcome to Know Your History. I’m your host Chase March and today we are continuing to explore masculinity in hip-hop culture.You can listen to this episode with the player below, download it for free, or just keep reading. I hope you were with us last episode as we discussed what it means to be a…
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Music and Movement (Teaching Tip)
This is brilliant! Bobby McFerrin takes an audience that was there to simply watch a panel discussion and he has them signing in unison with very little instruction. I can see how this sort of thing could be useful in the classroom or at a school assembly. He doesn’t have to explain what he is…
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Stealing Time at Work?
As a society, we are overly obsessed with time. In fact, certain employers have started accusing their workers of “stealing” time. I think the idea of stealing time is ridiculous. As far as I am concerned there are only two ways to steal time at work. The first one has to do with the time…
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We All Need Rules (Just Don’t Let the Kids Pick Them)
Every school seems to have its own rules, procedures, and routines. There are subtle differences among the schools but they pretty much all have the same things in common. We expect our students to keep their hands to themselves and to be respectful. Some schools will spell these rules out and have them posted in…
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Redefining Masculinity in Hip-Hop (Know Your History Podcast)
“I sometimes feel bad for criticizing hip-hop. But, I guess, what I’m trying to do is get us men, to just take a hard look at ourselves.” – Byron Hurt “The definition of manhood might not been the way to go anymore. We need something different, something new.” – Kevin Powell From childhood we are…
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An Online Jukebox for Your Classroom
Here’s a Teaching Tip that can really help supply teachers out. It’s tough going into a new classroom or a new school all the time. Sometimes, having a little reward for the students can really help to keep them on task and the classroom under control. In the past, I have used YouTube as an…