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Skateboarding, Batman, and Photoshop
I found this image on Tumblr two weeks ago. I was impressed that Heath Ledger was skateboarding during a break from shooting. I found another image about Comics and Skateboarding and teamed them up together for a blog post. At the time, I thought the skateboarding Joker image was so cool. I also believed it was…
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Teaching Tip: Define Yourself – Word Collage
I found this image on Tumblr and I immediately thought of how I could use it in the classroom. I am constantly doing this. I think it’s part of my creative process. I don’t want to be a boring teacher and just continue to use the same-old techniques and lessons over and over again. Making a…
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Not Impressed with Digital TV
TV signals switched from analog to digital last week. I thought I was prepared. I bought an antenna capable of picking up both analog and digital signals and have been using it all summer long. It turns out that older televisions, even when equipped with a digital antenna, cannot process a digital signal. So I…
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Chasing Content – September 2010
It’s always nice to look back at the trails we have taken to get to where we are today. That is why at the start of every month, I dig through the archives to unearth some of the best posts from last year at this time. You can read all of the posts from last September…
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2 Month Goal for Teachers: Know Your Students
Image via WikipediaSchool starts today. Teachers are preparing for a brand new bunch of students to enter their lives. They need to start the year off in such a way as to engage the students, set the tone of the classroom, establish classroom routines and procedures, enforce the school rules and policies, and collect data.…
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Hip-Hop Night was Ill (Literally)
Friday night was hip-hop night at The CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) K-os was the headliner of the concert. He is an amazingly talented singer, songwriter, rapper, and musician. I was very excited to finally get a chance to see him in concert. The best hip-hop shows, in my humble opinion, include a DJ who can cut and…
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Camping Adventure Part 2: Determined Raccoons
Image via Wikipedia I’m lucky to have a girlfriend who is such a great cook. She can even work her magic on an open fire. I know if it were left up to me, we would have eaten hotdogs, sausages, and simple stuff like that during our camping trip. Dana cooked some amazing meals on…
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Camping Adventure Part 1
I pull up to my girlfriend’s apartment and park right in front of the building. The area is marked as a “fire zone” but most people park there to unload or pack up their cars or moving trucks. I didn’t think anything of parking there as it would only take us about twenty minutes to…
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The 6 Things You Really Need For Back to School
I am an elementary school teacher. I teach in schools that range from Kindergarten to Grade 8. Every year around this time, I get outraged by all of the commercials, flyers, store displays, and advertisements suggesting that parents need to spend hundreds of dollars to prepare their children to go back to school. I think…
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Doctor Who: The Mixtape
I was inspired to make this mixtape by a meme that was floating around on Tumblr. It was a 30 day challenge and Day 17 asked, “What songs would appear in your Doctor Who mixtape?” I found this great blog post from Janine. She came up with a song for each of the major characters…