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Digital Mythologies

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  Digital Mythologies Synthetic verses spill from the speaker grille, a slow hum in a room lit by a screen. Multifaceted. Diverse arrays of ghost-light painting the walls. For all things living, and the things that just… pulse. A nervous system of wire and glass. A sense of the dynamic, the feedback loop, the urgency. The immediate challenges are headlines scrolling in red under a static-filled sky. Transcending conventional aesthetic limitations… The glitch is the new sublime, The corrupted file, a sacred text. A world… increasingly shaped, moulded by god-like, power-based forces Humming behind the firewall, writing our stories In a language we can no longer read. 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 , Flicker , Facebook , Instagram and Deviant Art .  Subscribe to JJFBbennett's private FB hub:  https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18ythpSXPZ/ ...
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Education system is not adequate

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This is a quote from Pew Research "Our educational system is not adequately preparing us for work of the future, and our political and economic institutions are poorly equipped to handle these hard choices". As an educator, I am concerned with whether our students gain the skills required for a quickly changing workforce.   However, when my youngest son, who is in year 10 ChromeCasted this video " Humans need not Apply " onto the family TV, the Pew Research statement carried some extra impact. Will the education my son gains completing Yr 12 and university prepare him for this?  He will graduate in 7 years' time.
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Distance Education and Visible Learning

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Hattie on school improvement: In the Visible Learning for Teachers… book Hattie refers to whole-school improvement as the platform for student achievement. know thy  impact Teachers as Change Agents have more impact than Teachers as Facilitators effective drivers: whole school attitude, philosophy, and theory of action. wrong driver: fragmented strategies Improvements are related to building a collective capacity of teachers in a school to show success - not only in achievement, but also in making learning a valued outcome, by retaining students’ interest in learning, in making students respect themselves and others, by recognizing and esteeming diversity, and by building community. Students are never ‘owned’ by a teacher, but by the school. the starting place is governance and policy. Visible Learning for Teachers Maximising Impact On Learning John Hattie 2012 ISBN: 978-0-203-18152-1-2 Student expectations and student achievement: Student Expectati...
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Fine Art and Chrome

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If you are into fine art and the chrome browser get this extension. The Google Art Project extension allows each new tab to be a masterpiece With this extension, you’ll see masterpieces from Van Gogh, Degas, Monet and other iconic artists from museums around the world in every new Chrome tab. My favorite options are; In every new tab Show apps button Show top sites Show apps button
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