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The Territory of the Little People - Storm Clouds Approaching

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  The Territory of the Little People - Storm Clouds Approaching The atmosphere over Pine Creek churns before it breaks. The sky stops being a distant ceiling, and tears open into a fevered, gestural vortex, churning in fierce ribbons of cadmium gold, raw ember, and bruised ink. Here, in the suffocating stillness of the build-up, the heat plays violent tricks on my inner eye. As the squall gathers, the twisting ironwoods and fractured ridges don't feel empty; they crawl with the uncanny belief of the Little People, low-slung, watchful phantoms spun from wire, red dust, and dry static, waiting out the road's fragility. Every jagged branch and swirling filament of cloud becomes a face, an arm, a sinister presence breathing inside the rising storm, drawing the traveller deeper into the delirium of the interior. Be Creative and Innovative with Knowledge John Bennett - AKA JJFBbennett , is an independent artist. You can view and subscribe to my work via  Blogger , YouTube , Fl...
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Starting off with Technology

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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?





Using Technology: Practical Applications on Prezi


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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