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Valentine’s Day is a Strange Beast
I got over a 1,000 hits on my blog today. Most of which for were for a poem I wrote and posted as a Valentine’s Day surprise for my girlfriend two years ago. I wonder if I inspired any other love poems today? That would be a good thing if I did. I like being…
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A Good Story (Happens Outside of Fiction Too, Right?)
I once had this fleeting connection with someone through a window while I was at working at a fast food restaurant. I always hoped fate would find a way for us to meet again at some other time, but I guess it just wasn’t meant to be. This short film reminds me of that encounter…
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An Interview with Dr. Richard Selznick (Part 2)
Today, I am talking to Dr. Richard Selznick, author of School Struggles: A Guide to Your Shut Down Learners Success. This is Part 2 of the transcript of our radio interview and podcast. You can go back to read the first part of the transcript now, stream the entire show with the player below, or…
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School Struggles – An Interview with Dr. Selznick
Chase: “All right everybody, this is Chase March. I have Dr. Richard Selznick on the phone right now, author of School Struggles: A Guide to Your Shut-Down Learner’s Success. It’s quite the read. I underlined passages and took all sorts of notes as I read it. As a teacher, I think it is important for…
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Graphic Novel Bliss
The Amazing Spider-man: The Fantastic Spider-man There are two stories in this graphic novel collection of the monthly Spider-man comic. I really enjoyed the second story that had Spider-man filling in as a substitute teacher at the Avengers Academy. It was a touching story with a lot of humour and heroism. Just what I expect in a…
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Superman: The Mixtape (Clean Version)
Last week, I released my Superman-themed mixtape. I wanted to have a version of the mix that I could play anywhere I wanted to without having to worry about offensive lyrics. So I made a clean version of the same tape by removing two songs and censoring one other. Download Superman: The Mixtape (Clean Version)…
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Street Art on Another Level
Time for some street art on a whole ‘nother level! This is awesome! It looks just like my old school Game Boy. . . and is practically just as large. I love how this street artist flipped it too. Look closely, it’s a Game Girl! Here’s another great one. It’s a skateboard half-pipe painted like…
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My Infamous Beatbox Routine (A Blast from the Past)
I tried to get a rap career started in the late 1990s. This was before the days of YouTube. But I have old video cassettes of some of those performances and I just uploaded a few. This is one of the best beatbox routines that we ever did. Yep, that is me on the beatbox…
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The Pitfalls of Social Media in Education
At the start of the school year, I had a good idea on how to open up the lines of communication between home and school. My idea? To use the social media sites that people already use on a regular basis. As such, I entered into the world of Facebook. Three months into the school…
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Sometimes, A Book Calls to Me
I bought a book recently that I was planning on reading after I’d finished working my way through this graphic novel. It’s Gareth Malone’s Choir and I was excited to learn more about what went into the television series “The Choir” But I didn’t want to start this book until I finished this one that…