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The Art of No

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  The Ayes Have It (But She Don't) Everybody knows the bill is dead Everybody knows the Senate’s red Everybody knows the deal is done The major parties had their fun The crossbench bargains were all just show The whips have cracked, the whistle’s blowed That’s how it goes And Hanson always votes no. Everybody knows the bells are ringing Everybody knows the mud they’re slinging Everybody knows the clerk can’t count With all the grievances they mount Everybody knows that the motion’s lost Everybody knows what the lobby cost The Ayes go high, the chamber’s low And Hanson always votes no. And everybody knows that it’s now or never Everybody knows that it’s gonna take forever Everybody knows that the act is rotten Old amendments best forgotten Everybody knows the tellers move With nothing left for them to prove The red room puts on quite a show But Hanson always votes no. Everybody knows the maiden speech The lessons that she tried to teach About the fish and about the chips And the tig...

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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