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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...

eduTECH 2013 Government and Corporate Congress reflection 1

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eduTECH 2013:  Blog 1 reflection Disclosure This reflection is based on my personal opinions and learnings gained from attending a variety of keynotes and presentations at EduTECH 2013 Brisbane Australia. Key Notes and Presentations 3 - 4 June 2013 The conference contained an exceptional array of presentations and I was only able to attend  a fraction of what was offered. The array of presentations I was able to attend was titled   Corporate Government Learning Congress . I attended the following presentations; Drive: What the science of motivation can teach us about high performance - Daniel Pink Rethinking Education - Salman Khan Working and learning smarter with the 70:20:10 model - Charles Jennings It's in the "APP"lication: Technology + learning = capability - Peter Ferreira Shaping Australian Curriculum - Barry McGaw The creative technology revolution you cannot ignore -  Gary Stager Design thinking to create The Living Organisati...