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About Dr. Thomas Johnson | ict-design.org

Dr. THOMAS JOHNSON -intrapreneur, practicing academic, learning coach, designer, technology integration specialist, and educator -has lived in: Canada, Guatemala, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and China -loves: Skiing, Sushi, Badminton, Volleyball, Working Out, Contemporary Art, Clean Lines, Good Food, Great Music, People Watching, Exploring, and his Wife, Son, and Daughter.

keybr.com – Kung Fu Typing

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Teach yourself typing at the speed of thought! Typing lessons that work.

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

Great, Great keyboarding practice!!  A lot of analysis, and you can log in to create an account.

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Hapara Teacher Dashboard ■ Hapara

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Get a bird’s-eye, real-time view of student activity across Docs, Sites, Blogger, Picasa, Gmail and Google+; plus configure class Calendars.

 

Improve student outcomesIncrease online safetyIncrease ease of use and adoption

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

The teacher dashboard is intuitive and fast.  It is too bad that this is a paid solution and not something that Google has created for educators for free.

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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.  

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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

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