Was John Cage really a DJ at heart? Whether or not Cage was making a very very old (school) mixtape, mixtape culture is ubiquitous. Though now in different forms , people still love sharing their own mixtapes. Do you know what your students would put on their own mixtapes or (CDs)/playlists/MP3blogs/Audioscrobblers?
Why not find out? It might be interesting to collect all of our students lists and compile them to see if we can paint some kind of picture of what our students enjoy listening to. What about the music we play for our students in our classrooms? Or our own personal playlists?