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Cwick Cloze

2006-10-19T02:41:00.000-07:00

Who are the Karen People of Burma
The Karens .................. generally thought to .................. one of the Mongolian tribes .................. traversed .................. central Asian plains, .................. moving further .................. into the .................. lands of China, others turned south into South Western China .................. Burma and further down .................. into Northern Thailand.
They were .................. and peaceful, and w..................ere thought to .................. the first Mongolian tribe .................. entered Burma - even before t..................he Mon, Talaing and the Burman. As .................. migrated to what is called Burma .................. they were .................. further and further south by .................. later tribes .................. they got separated .................. different areas of .................. and Thailand, .................. the Pegu Yoma, the .................., Tenasserim and later into the hills of Tenasserim and into the hills of Thailand.

URLs

2006-10-19T02:20:00.000-07:00

http://www.eslbase.com/worksheets.asp
http://www.usingenglish.com/lesson-plans.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/lesson-plans.html

More Practice

2006-10-19T02:09:00.000-07:00

This is not cock Robin. This one is alive!

Posting Images

2006-10-19T02:06:00.000-07:00

A quokka at night time.

Week 8

2006-09-28T00:00:00.000-07:00

I am very disappointed that something happened to my Week 7 post. Sonia saw it and tried to put a spiderWEB picture on it. I don't know where it has gone.
Last week was very enjoyable. I felt I knew what I was doing and it was all coming together.
I know I would be better at all aspects of the course if I was more regular in my homework. However, I do have the notes to follow for most things.

Week 7

2006-09-15T00:01:00.000-07:00

I am sorry to have missed Audacity although I'm not sure how I would apply this technology in Home Tutor. It was very entertaining to hear everyone singing (except Vicki who used someone else's voice!} Learning how to create a web page was interesting. I think I should learn how to do this. A web page with links would be great for the home tutors. I don't really think I understood what I was doing though e.g html. I just want to know the process step by step in black and white. I didn't understand the whys and wherefores of computer when I did "Miniwaft" in year 11 and things haven't changed much. I do appreciate the instruction sheets so I can go back and learn at my own turtle pace.

Smart Board

2006-08-25T01:46:00.000-07:00

It was very interesting to see all the interesting things you can do with the Smart Board. I hope I will be smart enough and get enough time to learn how to use it. When Paul demonstrated the Smart Video player and honed in on Peter Bell, I thought this particular software would be really useful for training sports people (obviously not my area) . This also reminds me of the EDNA lady who showed us how a trades lecturer was able to film himself performing a particular task so that his students had instant access to the lesson without him having to repeat himself. Lots of Home Tutors are keen to watch teachers in action and maybe via this kind of technology, we could enable that. Maybe John Howard will be like Tony Blair and put one in every classroom!

Week 4 Cwick Cloze

2006-08-18T01:25:00.000-07:00

The dog ate my homework

Week 4 Homework (Done for purposes of Cwicking rather than clozing!)

Politicians and sportsmen are well-schooled in the ways of the "dog ate my homework". Mungo MacCallum reports.
Marcus Einfeld is quite clear about one thing: he’s not guilty. He ........... at the wheel of his Lexus when it was ........... on a speed camera on January 8. He ........... lent it to a visiting American academic, Teresa Brennan, who ........... since died. Well, yes, she ...........: some three years ago. So it can’t have been that Teresa Brennan; it must ........... been another academic, who coincidentally ........... the same name, and even more coincidentally ........... also dead, though more recently. (Image courtesy of Matt Groening).
Or if not, it ........... a person unknown. But his lawyers ........... working on it, and the name of some American or other ........... be available soon.
Until the matter is investigated, we ........... know whether Einfeld will qualify for a Bart Simpson Trophy for Creative Alibis. If he ........... the gong, he will, of course, join a host of illustrious winners, especially from the world of politics and sport.

2006-08-16T05:10:00.000-07:00

2006-08-10T03:43:00.000-07:00

2006-08-10T02:15:00.000-07:00

With the dust still settling Wednesday on political newcomer Ned Lamont's Democratic primary victory over incumbent Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the two sides in the hard-fought election could agree on one thing: the Internet played a major role in the race.
Virtually unknown in Connecticut political circles when he first announced his candidacy several months ago, Lamont received an initial burst of momentum from anti-war bloggers who criticized the three-term senator for supporting President Bush's decision to invade Iraq.
Then, in a footnote to the stunning Net-centric campaign, sometime in the final hours before Tuesday's election, Lieberman's Web site was shut down amid complaints by some that the site had suffered a denial of service attack.
Lieberman's campaign manager Sean Smith complained that the loss of the site was due to a coordinated attack by "our political opponents." The Lamont camp immediately denied involvement in any alleged attack, saying: "If Senator Lieberman's Web site was indeed hacked we had absolutely no part in it, denounce the action, and urge whoever is responsible cease and desist immediately."
From the beginnings of the campaign several months ago, anti-war activists -- many of whom had cut their teeth on former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's failed presidential candidacy two years earlier hammered away at Lieberman.
Lamont set up a simple Web site early on, seeking 1,000 volunteers. The approach worked and the volunteers launched a series of house parties that drew in even more volunteers.
Another organization that helped Lamont topple the Leiberman cause was MoveOn.org Political Action one of the pioneers of using the Internet for political organizing.
While MoveOn.org can take some credit for helping Lamont get early traction, the organization maintained there was much more to the challenger's campaign than Internet supporters. "We won last night in Connecticut," Eli Pariser, MoveOn.org executive director said in an e-mail statement. "Ned Lamont's victory is proof that people-powered politics works. In an election decided by 10,119 votes, MoveOn members made 77,000 calls to Connecticut voters. Now we need to make enough calls to win back Congress."
Lieberman moved quickly Wednesday to file to run for reelection as an independent in November setting up a contest against Lamont and Republican candidate Alan Schlesinger. Lieberman told reporters that he was heartened by his strong closing in the final days of the primary.
http://www.laweekly.com/film+tv/film/rehearsing-the-apocalypse/14192/

2006-08-09T00:09:00.000-07:00

http://learn.to/hometutor

Useful Links and information for Home Tutors. Includes cultural information.

2006-08-03T03:36:00.000-07:00

Week 2 was quite doable because we did some revision. Thankyou Philip. "Skype" was really interesting and learning how to narrow down the search in Google was useful too. I need to do things several times or I forget the way in and I have poor scanning skills and look in the wrong place. I would like to start a new blog.

How I could use my blog

2006-08-02T23:55:00.000-07:00

I could use my blog to communicate generally but personally with the Home Tutors I train.

2006-08-02T05:26:00.000-07:00

The Three Stooges in Queenstown

2006-08-02T04:34:00.000-07:00

Sam and me

First Attempt at BLOGGING

2006-07-27T02:56:00.000-07:00

Oz Day
Paul Kelly
Tigger