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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Mix Tapes Go Digital
I haven’t made a mix tape in about ten years. I still listen to my old tapes and I really enjoy them. But tapes aren’t the portable magic that they used to be. Most people don’ t have tape decks in their cars anymore, walkmans are relics of the past, and new stereos don’t come…
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Wow! Being Erica is Amazing!
The season finale of Being Erica was on last night. All I have to say is “Wow!” This show didn’t let me down at all this season. I knew it had potential when I first saw it and I’m glad to say that it lived up to it. You can see my original posting about…
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Why Can’t I Watch?
The Internet that I access here in Canada is the same Internet that you access in the United States of America, or Australia, or Sweden, or England. The www in the addresses we type stands for “world wide web. World wide. That’s a great concept. We should be able to connect to anyone, any site,…
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Teaching Tip Tuesday – Tribes
Students need to learn how to work cooperatively, how to treat each other with respect, and how to listen attentively. These are life skills that are absolutely essential to have. Yet these skills are not addressed in the Ministry of Education’s curriculum documents. As teachers, we are expected to teach a variety of subject areas…
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Lend Your Support
I was planning on writing a post this week about the possible demise of Canadian television. Several stations have already cut back on programming. Morning shows have been disappeared and some Canadian community channels have already shut their doors. I think we need to have local broadcasters and television stations. The problem is that some…
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Year Three of My Five-Year Mission
My five-year mission was simply to write as much as possible with the goal of being published within five years. I started this blog two years ago today with that goal in mind. It seemed achievable and I have been working towards that end since then. This was my first-year update at the start of…
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The Internet Should Be Free
I have noticed that some places of business offer free wireless Internet. I think this is a great idea. The Internet should be free. Can’t we take this a step further? I know that some municipalities offer free wireless Internet in the downtown core. It makes sense to do this. Downtown business areas are the…
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I Joined the Dark Side
I haven’t owned a fully functioning computer in years. When I started this blog I did all my writing on an old and outdated laptop. It wasn’t powerfully enough to do much of anything on it besides word processing but that was fine with me. I wrote all my blog posts offline and saved them…
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Teaching Tip Tuesday – Character Education
A huge part of teaching lies outside of the curriculum. Teachers cannot simply teach the basics; math, science, social studies, English, etc. We need to teach the students how to work together cooperatively, how to follow routines and procedures, and how to strive for their best. Character education has become a bit of a buzzword…
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Hamilton – The New Hot Spot
The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos is a great program. I like to watch this show whenever I can, but some nights I just can’t stay up that late to watch it. Fortunately they have a really good website where they archive entire shows and popular segments. I was looking forward to March 18th’s show because…