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My Customized Batmobile
This was my weekend project. I know some people will think I am strange but I saw this toy car on sale and knew what I had to do. I’ve never been a fan of Speed Racer but I have been a Batman fan for as long as I can remember. In fact, one of…
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Supplying Today
I’ve the honour of being a substitute teacher today over at Blogging Without a Blog. It is my first guest post assignment and I hope that you will head over there to read my post today.
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Hardest Homework Assignment Ever!!!
I must be a really mean teacher. How could I possible ask my students to do something so difficult for homework? You’ll laugh when I tell you what the assignment actually is. But first, a bit of a set-up here is needed. I tell my students that they should be doing twenty minutes of homework…
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The Escapists
It’s not often that I read a graphic novel and say “Wow! That was amazing!” It happened with Frank Miller’s “The Dark Knight Returns” and the again with Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ “Watchmen.” These two books deserve the classic status that they have earned in the comic industry. Both of those books took the…
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Teaching Tip Tuesday – Day Plans
I remember when I first started supply teaching. I would go into the classroom in the morning and try to figure out what work the teacher had left for me. I would often find a weekly agenda page with the date written down on it. Under each block of time would be one or two…
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Family Day – Really?
Today is Family Day, a provincial holiday that falls on the third Monday of every February. It was started last year in the province of Ontario. There is a need for such a day that I will wholeheartedly admit. The winter can seem unbearably long for some. I think this is why most universities have…
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Sick Days
I tried to get ready for work yesterday but I felt absolutely horrible. I couldn’t eat anything. I just knew that I needed to take the day off. I called a supply teacher in for my class. I popped a DVD in and covered myself up on the couch. I drank orange juice but couldn’t…
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Beatbox Lessons
I love to beatbox. I can get a pretty good rhythm going where I have a kick drum sound, a snare, some hit hats, and a bass line sounding all in one complete drum pattern. I can make a few record scratching sounds to add to it as well. Beatboxing is an art. It takes…
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Teaching Tip Tuesday – Take a Number
Welcome to the first edition of Teaching Tip Tuesday. Today I want to share with you a small tip that I am so glad to have come across in my first year of teaching. I have used it ever year since and will continue to do so. It may seem overly simple, but that is…
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The Book I Wanted to Write
I went into Chapters last week with my brother. We sat down in coffee shop and caught up. We haven’t had the chance to hang out, just us guys in a while. It was nice. He bought me a hot chocolate but when I got the thing I didn’t even know how to drink it.…