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  Necropolis Gully Ancient Fertility  The only sound in the deep quiet of the crevice was the crunch of my boots on the debris-strewn ground. Towering stone walls, draped in vibrant green moss , rose on either side, making me feel like an intruder in a forgotten tomb . My matte-black suit , a product of a future this place could never have imagined, felt profane against the ancient rock . Then I saw it: a weathered, silent figure standing in the path. It was a statue of a woman , carved from the same stone as the gully but shaped with clear intent. Moss crept up its base and clung to its form like a second skin. This impossible artifact, an architectural anomaly in this raw, natural fissure , stopped me. My steady, determined posture belied the storm of questions raging in my mind. The statue stared forward with blank, unseeing eyes, a silent witness to a history I had just stumbled into. My mission was to find my crew, but this place, this silent, stone woman , was a new, un...

Starting off with Technology

Starting off with Technology
These 3 sites can help Teachers who are uncertain with social networking and Technology in the classroom. It can now appear ever so mind boggling due to the many many options and the options keep growing.

How do teachers put it all together?







http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/140Learning/intro.html is a great place to start

PART 1 - THE TOOLS
Introduction


Twitter

Getting started with Twitter


Facebook

Getting started with Facebook
Creating a Facebook group
Creating
a Facebook fan page

Google Buzz
Getting started with Google Buzz
Creating
a Google Buzz group

Multiple accounts and networks
Synching networks
Managing
multiple accounts and networks



PART 2 - THE BASICS
Building Community
Communicating
with others

Sharing
links and resources

Keeping
up to date

Problem
solving

Serendipitous
learning



PART 3 - USE IN LEARNING

Presentations, Events,
Classes & Training

Using the backchannel at an event
Incorporating
the backchannel in a presentation

Live
presentation streaming

Lectures,
classes & workshops

Feedback
and quizzes

Micro-Learning
Micro-learning
Daily micro-learning
Synchronous learning

Other activities
Collaborative writing
Brainstorming
Scavenger
hunts

Learning
games

Group
projects

Research
Running
a book club









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