Silent Cacophony
Welcome to the mind of Chase March. This blog is the place to find musings, book reviews, skatepark tours, teaching-related articles and resources, and information about DJing. Please use the navigation page to focus in on topics that interest you.
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Where’s My Flying Skateboard?
Last night I dreamt that I was in the process of creating a flying skateboard. I had to ollie to get the board into the air. Unless I performed a perfect ollie, the board would not hover. It would just fall back to the ground. I tried it again and again. I was determined to…
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5 Steps to Getting Supply Teaching Jobs
Here are 5 sure-fire ways to get your phone ringing for those elusive supply teaching gigs. 1) Business Cards Having a business card is essential. Always carry a few in your pocket because you never know when you will bump into a teacher or a principal and make a connection. Your card doesn’t need to…
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A Thanksgiving Hip-Hop Mix
Here’s a mix I threw together for this week’s radio show. Just in case you weren’t listening last night, here it is for you now as a free download. You can also stream it with the player below. I hope you have an awesome Thanksgiving! Music Playlist at MixPod.com
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South Point Trail at Rondeau Provincial Park
Rondeau Provincial Park . . . Time to hit the ground running. Literally. It’s time for another Visual Running Tour! South Point Trail was definitely my favourite running spot at the park. It starts out along an old road and works its way through the Oak Savannah. It was amazingly quiet, peaceful, and beautiful. The…
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Jester (Red Carpet Interview)
Two things you can usually find at the Stylus DJ Awards; Toronto DJ extraordinaire, Jester, and DOPEfm. We caught up with Jester again and he even remembered us from last year. Pretty cool. Here is a transcript of our interview from the red carpet. Chase: “Jester! Good to see you again.” Jester: “Didn’t we do…
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No One Won My Vote, Now What?
I don’t know who to vote for in tomorrow’s provincial election. I don’t really care for any of the leaders or parties at this point in time. No one has won my vote. So what do I do with it? This is a serious question. I have always voted and I’ve felt pretty confident about…
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Drawing Telephone: A Classroom Game
You can learn a lot from a comic book. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Of course, I never really expected to find inspiration for this week’s Teaching Tip. But I did just that with the graphic novel “Page by Paige” by Laura Lee Gulledge. The game is called “Drawing Telephone” or…
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Chasing Content – October 2010
Let’s take a trip to the past today. We are going to go back exactly one year and look at what was happening here on this blog back in October 2010. You can read all of the posts from last October or just these few favourites. Teaching Math With Smarties – Smarties are amazing. Not…
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Kitchener’s DJ Whitegold
Chase: “We’ve got DJ Whitegold from Kitchener here at the 2011 Stylus Awards. So where are you spinning in Kitchener?” DJ Whitegold: “I play at Phil’s, in Waterloo. I play at the University of Waterloo, Cameo, Ceaser Martini’s, a lot of places in London, and a lot of different cities too.” Chase: “Do you notice…
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Spicebush Trail at Rondeau Provincial Park
Let’s go to Rondeau Provincial Park in Southern Ontario today for another edition of My Visual Running Tours! I spent a week of my holidays this summer camping at this beautiful park. You can go there for a day trip if you’d like. Just make sure to pack a lunch, plan to go swimming, and…