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Monthly Archives: March 2014

Put the internet to work for you. – IFTTT

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Put the internet to work for you.

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

Automate one product to do something for you with another through If – Then online programming.  

See on ifttt.com

 

3 rules to spark learning

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It took a life-threatening condition to jolt chemistry teacher Ramsey Musallam out of ten years of “pseudo-teaching” to understand the true role of the educator: to cultivate curiosity. In a fun and personal talk, Musallam gives 3 rules to spark imagination and learning, and get students excited about how the world works.

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

"Student questions are the seeds of real learning." – A Powerful Message. He emparts these three rules: Rule #1-Curiosity comes first; Rule#2-Embrace the mess; Rule #-Practice reflection

See on www.ted.com

 

SCIS | Living appily ever after in the library

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Kay Cantwell provides a practical introduction to apps and their management within the educational and library context.

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

Excellent article about purchasing apps.  Great checklist for Purpose, Design, and Content and Process.  Other links to resources are found within this article.

See on www2.curriculum.edu.au

 

GeoSettr – Create your own GeoGuessr challenge

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Create your own GeoGuessr challenge by choosing five locations on Google Street View.

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

"Create your own GeoGuessr challenge by choosing five locations on Google Street View.
The generated URL will lead to a unique GeoGuessr page."

See on geosettr.com