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Avril Lavigne – The Black Star Tour (Live)
Avril Lavigne played the John Labatt Centre on October 22, 2011. It really was an amazing concert. I wanted to be able to relive that show over and over again so I put together this mix CD. I was able to find all of the songs she performed at the JLC that night. Here is…
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Scaring Up Content (The Best of Last November)
Image by The Infatuated via FlickrHalloween is over, but let’s scare up some content anyway. It’s time to dig through the dark and scary archives to see what horribly exciting things happened on the blog last year at this time. Read all of the posts from November 2010 . . . or just these few…
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Free Teaching Resources (Part 2)
iLearn Technology is a great blog that all teachers should follow. It is all about integrating technology into the classroom. Here are a few resources that they have profiled that interest me. I haven’t had the chance to use them yet. I’m writing this post to remind myself that I need to start using these,…
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Classroom Jack-O-Lanterns
Here’s one of the pumpkins we carved for my class. One of my students drew the silhouetted cat using a black permanent marker. I was really surprised to find out that we didn’t need a sharp knife to carve our pumpkins. We used a common butter knife and it worked perfectly, even for such a…
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A Photographic Tour of Pinafore Park
Pinafore Park is one of the jewels of St. Thomas, Ontario. It is also the focus of today’s Visual Running Tour. I didn’t know where this trail would lead, how long it was, or how great a run it would be. But sometimes it’s just fun to take off and run into the unknown. The trail…
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Tackling NaNoWriMo – Am I Crazy?
I must be crazy. I’m thinking of participating in National Novel Writing Month this year. The goal is simple – write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. It sounds simple, but that’s 1,700 words a day for each day of the month. I’m pretty busy with my teaching career, family commitments, and…
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Why Are You Learning?
We have a special treat for you today, a guest post from Hilary Melton-Butcher. She shares all sorts of interesting stories on her amazing blog Positive Letters . . . Inspirational Stories. Today, she contributes a guest post for our Teaching Tip Tuesday series, and she addresses our students directly. So please share this with your…
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Avril Lavigne Rocks London, Ontario!
Avril Lavigne knows how to put on a live show. She has energy and enthusiasm and it is clear that she really loves rocking out. The crowd definitely was on her side this weekend. The uproar was deafening as she took to the stage at the John Labatt Centre. She worked through her extensive catalog…
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Guess Where I’m Going Tonight?
That’s right! I’m going to the Avril Lavigne concert. I can’t wait! I’ve seen Avril in concert before. It was 2004 and she was touring to support her second album. I was impressed how she played several different instruments in the show; guitar, piano, and even the drums. The crowd was really hyped and sang…
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The Manhattans Still Relevant (5 Decades In)
I really enjoyed interviewing The Manhattans and catching their amazing live show earlier this summer. I hope you enjoy it as well. Read the transcript from the very start , download the podcast, or just continue reading. Today, we conclude our coverage for Silent Cacophony and DOPEfm. Chase: “Are any of you involved in side projects or…