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WIB Rap Radio #368 – The Do Better Challenge
Es examines social media and things that he has seen in the last few years and challenges us to Do Better. It’s a great track that kicked off the show Tuesday night and the title song for the 368th edition of Word is Bond Rap Radio. Es – The Do Better Challenge Apokalips the Archangel…
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The Best of Last June
I didn’t blog much last June. I was pretty busy with work and pursuing my Masters Degree. So, it is a rather short list this month for Chasing Content. There were only three posts other than podcasts. The two posts highlighted below though are worth revisiting. You can read all of the posts from last…
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Your Kid Can Be a Money Genius
Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You’re Not) by Beth Kobliner I am absolutely terrible with money. I don’t know how to budget properly or save. I often ask myself where all my money went. I know that I can do better with my finances but I don’t really know how. So, I…
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Get Your Students To Unbelieve
Psychologist Kevin Dutton has coined a term for something I am sure you have seen at some point in your career as educator. Have you ever had a student, or group of students, actively resist your attempts to teach them? Do they seem to completely reject the whole process? Dutton refers to this as ‘unbelief.”…
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WIB Rap Radio #367 – Gotta Be Real
This week on Word is Bond Rap Radio, we started out with half an hour of old school jams and then played brand new joints and a few throwbacks. DJ Chase March always brings that heat. Ya know, we gotta be real! Just Ice – Going Way Back BDP – I’m Still #1 Eric B…
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See the Trilliums While You Can
I love trail running this time of year and getting to see trilliums starting to bloom. Warbler Woods in London, Ontario is one of the best places to see Ontario’s Provincial Flower every spring. The flowers line the trailside and it is absolutely beautiful. The trillium needs a lot of sunlight to survive. Unfortunately, wooded…
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Latest Graphic Novel Reads
Here are the latest graphic novels I have been able to read thanks to the public library. The Fiction I love the concept of this story, four childhood friends discover a book of strange books that lets them travel inside them to the stories. Unfortunately one of them gets lost and never makes his way…
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Annoying Your Students is Ideal
“I annoy my students on a number of levels. I don’t praise them enough: I’m always being critical, finding fault in their work. I make them commit to a writing project—choose the subject of their essays—almost immediately. I don’t tolerate procrastination. And I make them go out into the world and do immersions.” This passage…
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#WIBRapRadio – Episode 366: Be Different
I love doing live radio and going in to the station every Tuesday night to bring you a great hip-hop show in the tradition of campus and college radio. Unfortunately, I had to take a sick day last week. It sucked not bringing you a new show. But I got one for you today. Enjoy!…
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Could This Really Happen?
Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman This was an intense page-turner that captivated me from start to finish. It was horrifyingly real, but filled with heart and soul. I love how the authors told the story from multiple points of view. It starts out with Alyssa narrating what life is like during an intense…