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Facing Fate with Doctor Who
Doctor Who – Facing Fate Trilogy I have really weird reading habits when it comes to comics. First off, I tend to read graphic novels out of the order in which they were released. This is due to the fact that I don’t buy most of what I read. I visit various branches of the…
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Permalink Structure & Broken Links
Ignorant of Structure When I started blogging in 2007, I really didn’t know much about websites, blogging platforms, or permalink structure. Over the past few years, I have learned a lot about html, website design, and best practices for naming and organizing files online. Ugly Links I started out using Blogger because it was free…
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Teacher Hacks for Missed Work and Lost Items
Being organized as a teacher is very important. Here are a few great ideas that you might find useful. Missed Work Having a missed work file is great. Having one that students can access without having to bug you is even better. It takes a little bit of work, but can save you tons of…
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Rap Used to Have a Conscience
When Rap Music Had a Conscience: The Artists, Organizations and Historic Events That Inspired and Influenced the “Golden Age” of Hip-Hop from 1987 to 1996 by Tayannah Lee McQuillar. Brother J of X-Clan writes the forward to this book that explores what is often referred to the Golden Age of Rap. Of course, the artform has…
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Harry Turnbull Skate Park (Sarnia, ON)
The Harry Turnbull Skate Park is located at 235 Maxwell St in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. It is definitely one of the strangest skateparks I’ve been to. The bowl isn’t all that functional. It’s hard to carve on it since it is shallow and quite long. And the three large concrete hills are quite bizarre. One…
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First Contact with First Nations
Teaching has taken me to some incredible places and let me experience all sorts of new things. I have learned a lot in my career and continue to do so. That is what my Teaching Tip Series is all about. This year, I started working for a new school board and had to return to…
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Thames Grove Conservation Area Trail Run
I love exploring new places to run. Today, it’s Thames Grove Conservation Area in Chatham-Kent, Ontario. This boat launch looked nice. It made me wish I could go floating down the river on this lazy afternoon. Here is a little information about the Thames River, if you are interested. I didn’t stop long to read…
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The Hip-Hop Nutcracker Ticket Giveaway
The Hip Hop Nutcracker is coming to Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario and you have a handful of chances to win a pair of tickets to see the show. It sounds crazy to put a hip-hop spin on the timeless classic, but there are some big names behind it. Kurtis Blow, the first rapper to put…
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What is the Opposite of Spoiled?
The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money by Ron Lieber I’ve never been good with money. But I have also never been spoiled. As a teacher, I am interested in teaching kids about money. Maybe if I understood the world of money better, I wouldn’t have to live…
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Remember Last November
Every month, I take time to dig through the archive to see what was happening last year at this time in a little featured called “Chasing Content.” Read all of the posts from Last November or just these highlights . . . An Education Disrupter Hamish Brewer calls himself an “Educational Disrupter.” Not content with…