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Monthly Archives: March 2014

About 2-Step Verification – Accounts Help

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2-Step Verification
Help keep the bad guys out of your account by using both you

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

This is a good process to know about. It involves a username and password AND a one time password (OTP) for the phone.  Very secure.

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How do inquiry teachers….teach?

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When I first became fascinated in inquiry-based approaches (too many years ago to say!), the focus for many of my conversations and indeed, my early research, was on how to plan.  Back then, learni…

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

Kath Murdoch details what she considers a dozen best techniques she has witnessed in classroom practice.

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10 Reasons Why I Will Continue to Give my Children Handheld Devices

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Last week the Huffington Post ran this article titled 10 Reasons Why Handheld Devices Should be Banned for Children Under the Age of 12. As an educator who advocates for the intentional and appropr…

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

This is a nice rebuttal to an article I posted earlier. The post links to it is arguing against. I agree with many of these points, but would still like to review the sources of the original argument and see it’s substantiation.

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8 pronunciation errors that made the English language what it is today

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David Shariatmadari: Think hyperbole rhymes with Super Bowl? Don’t worry, it could be the start of something beautiful

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

This article explains how many words have changed over time and what the technical term is for the specific change. However, it most often doesn’t shed light onto why these words have started being pronounced the way they have. This is for us, the reader, to find out for ourselves. Dig on!

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