Winter Camping – Scouter Wally and the Venture Company This is one of my favourite photos of all time and does it ever have a story. My father had been involved in Boy Scouts for most of his life. He was a youth member and a Cub Scout leader before I was even born.  When…

“Every day, as a teacher, I am asked to be a magician in a world where magic doesn’t exist” Truer words have never been spoken. What we do is tough. It’s hard to get kids excited about learning in a world where mediocrity is celebrated. It’s not cool to try. You get made fun of if…

I’ve wanted a computer DJ system for some time now. That’s why it was so nice to get this completely unexpected Christmas present this year. It’s a Numark Mixtrack Pro 2. It looks like it would be a perfect starter unit for any would-be DJs and good enough for what I wanted it to do.…

Homeboy Sandman will be our special guest for this week’s live and interactive radio show. This program is a partnership between Our Show, Kevin Nottingham, The Word is Bond, and Silent Cacophony. Conshus runs the segment live on the radio in Florida on 91.5 WPRK and I join him via the magic of Google Hangouts. You…

I really wanted to write “The Top 13 albums of 2013” and keep up the tradition that has been going strong on this blog for the past five years, but when I thought of my favourite, most-listened to, albums this year, I only came up with a handful of titles. Conshus and I talked about…

Carol Dweck talks about her favourite new word – Yet! She says that she hears students complain that they are not good at a particular subject. They may say, “I’m no good at math” or “I’m not a musician” and as teachers, all we have to do is add one word to those statements. Yet.…

Conshus and I team up to interview all sorts of hip-hop artists in a weekly feature we call Access. This is live and interactive radio at its best. You can tune us in on 91.5 WPRK in Florida on your radio dial or worldwide on Our Show, Kevin Nottingham, and The Word is Bond. Soul Khan will…

Karen Kavett has developed a great tool to help us keep our New Year’s Resolutions. It’s brilliant in its simplicity. It involves creating a calendar for each of our goals and then tracking them. You can download the 2014 Don’t Break the Chain Calendars for free from her blog. Basically, for each calendar that you…

At the start of the year, I decided to set some goals. I know I should have looked back at these before now, but I didn’t. I really should have. There is no point in setting goals or making New Year’s Resolutions if you aren’t going to keep them forefront in mind. The problem is…