Peter K. Johnson

Presentations

Making information on the Web interesting and engaging.

Meet Sophia! and BREATHE

Sophia Learning LogoJuly 2011 - Meet Sophia! - eLearning Summit. An introduction to Sophia.org and how it can be used in today's on-line environment.

BREATHE Life-Online Into Your Course - A hands-on lab where you'll learn about the Minnesota Learning Commons and how to quickly download the modules that can easily be incorporated into your own courses.

Wanda Ortmann and other members of the Phi Theta Kappa chapter at Inver Hills Community College will join Peter, giving you a hands-on experience building your own Life-Online course using Moodle using the Life-Online materials.

Life-Online FrameWork

Life Preserver coming out of a laptop Life-Online is a non-credit, introductory course focusing on the skills necessary to be a successful online student.

Presented at the ABE Transition Conference in Bloomington, MN - September 25, 2010.
You can view the Life-Online presentation here.

Discover Computer Careers - A Fast-TRAC Program

Computer professionals grouped around a laptop in a room filled with servers. Discover Computer Careers is a Fast-TRAC course created for the ABE (Adult Basic Education) department for School District #77. It was co-taught by Peter Johnson and Tom Taschne and presented at the ABE Conference in St. Cloud, MN - August 2010.

The course work is available to everyone under Creative Commons licensing.
You can view the Discover Computer Careers Presentation here.

Be a Blogger

manual typewriter typing the words: Once upon a time

Learn about blogging and set up your own blog using Blogger.
Young Writer's Workshop (6th-7th graders) 2006
Used in my Web Development class as part of the "Install WordPress" module.

You can view a PDF copy of the presentation here.

The Hero's Journey

man standing at a peak against a strong light Take your life experiences and overlay them against the Hero's Journey.
Based on Joseph Campbell's work.

You can view the presentation notes here.