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A Great New Addition – Pla Sankhum

My wife, Pla Sankhum, has had a large hand in helping to develop this site. Many of the images were created and many resources were found by her.

More recently she has become an integral part of the education community at IICS. Through her job in the library she has developed many new skills both technically and interpersonally. I am pleased and excited to start to redevelop this website to showcase more of her as a resource and talent.

Soon, you will find a major overhaul and restructuring of the whole site. Consolidation will take place of the Program of Inquiry, Single Subjects, Initiative, Resources, and Videos, and the addition of Pla’s CV and more about who she is will come to fruition. This also means this site will link to and from her tweets, Scoops, LinkedIn activity, and her other resources like Scribd and Google Docs if and when it is applicable. I also hope to see her contributing with posts and other resources where she can.

Watch for these updates in the next few days.

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Posted by Dr. Thomas Johnson | ict-design.org on November 26, 2012 in Education, Technology

Tags: Librarian, Pla Sankhum, Resources, Wife

Girls first Ski Jump

26 Nov

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“Learning Ski Jumping takes courage, and this 4th grader has what it takes

Ok seeing so many still question the title – This is a GIRL!

Not one of my daughters but a close friend

This was shot with my Contour camera and there is no editing or acting it’s the real deal

As several people have pointed out it’s more about the emotions and facing your fears and overcoming them, than the jump itself
The jump is not small, the launch is a good 6 feet high and it crosses a Cat Track before the landing slope starts, at a guess a good 8 feet horizontal, and that’s only to the start of the landing ramp, no idea what distance she got on this, her first K40 jump.

Personally I find it inspirational”

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Posted by Dr. Thomas Johnson | ict-design.org on November 26, 2012 in Education

Thinkers Keys | Tony Ryan

26 Nov

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“Welcome to an exciting framework for the teaching of thinking to young people. The Thinkers Keys are twenty powerful strategies for generating quality thinking in many learning situations. They were written explicitly for 8 to 14 year-olds, although we have often found them being used in classrooms of 5 year-olds, and also in senior school and university environments.”

See on www.tonyryan.com.au

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Posted by Dr. Thomas Johnson | ict-design.org on November 26, 2012 in Technology

The Fairy Scientist

26 Nov

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“The Fairy Scientist was one of 9 finalists in the annual Project Reason Video contest. Voting is now closed and our little scientist did not win any of the three grand prizes. Oh well, the Nobel is still up for grabs.

Children are natural scientists – filled with wonder and curiosity, they yearn to know about the world around them. Join Fairy Scientist, Lydia as she sets out to discover the secret world of Fairies.

Lydia comes from a family of accomplished scientists; her grandfather is a PhD Oceanographer with NOAA and her great-grandfather is professor emeritus of Horticulture at Oregon State University. Lydia’s father is an Electrical Engineer with Hewlett-Packard with numerous patents to his credit.

Scientist, Lydia, is the granddaughter of “Andrus” producer/director, Robert Neary. Though she took a little direction from her director grandfather, her comments and observations are completely unscripted and entirely her own. Lydia’s academic studies has her currently in the First Grade, but her inquisitiveness and curiosity show great promise in her achieving a notable scientific career.”

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