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  My Alien Plasma I made two digital artworks, each with a different approach. The first, Alien Plasma Neo, uses advanced digital editing to show a highly detailed energy being. The second, Plasma Alien, is a gestural painting that focuses on raw emotion. My interest in the 'energy being' theme comes from a lifelong curiosity about forces and life forms beyond what we usually see. I find energies and unseen phenomena fascinating because they represent transformation, vitality, and the mystery at the centre of my creativity. I want to explore how to visually convey inner power and life force, using both digital tools and painting techniques. I like experimenting with different tools to change an artwork. Comparing these two pieces shows how my intent shifts, much as a traditional artist might try out new media and methods. Alien Plasma Neo My first piece, Alien Plasma Neo, was all about hyper-definition and symmetry. I wanted to show this being at its highest energy, even down t...
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Robinson, Cator, Fullan, Hattie and Clark: My top 10 points

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Ken Robinson, Karen Cator, Donald Clark, Michael Fullan, and John Hattie. 
My top 10 points



Ken Robinson
  1. Need to consider the purpose of education, technology, and great teaching
  2. We live in revolutionary times and we need a revolution in education
  3. Two of the big influences on education are;  population growth and technology
  4. The rate of societal economic and technological change will continue to accelerate
  5. Educators need to recognise the scale of this challenge
  6. Educators need to recognise education as the key to the future
  7. What is considered good teaching has a long academic history
  8. The present education conversation is not occurring in a vacuum
  9. Great teachers make deep learning out of learning technology
  10. Technology in schools requires great teachers if learning improvement is to be gained
Karen Cator
  1. The fundamental question that all teachers should ask is: How do we as learners learn today?
  2. Today we learn through a variety of resources
  3. It is easy to become frustrated by technology in the classroom
  4. We are presently at Education's Internet Moment
  5. Mobile technology is in every pocket and handbag - students can Google it
  6. Social Interactions enhance learning
  7. Digital Open Education Content is growing
  8. Employ Big Data to make decisions
  9. The need to move from textbooks to digital learning resources is necessary 
  10. Employ digital resources to personalise learning
Michael Fullan
  1. Technology is changing the education conversation
  2. Technology is an irresistible engagement pull
  3. Technology can deepen learning
  4. Deep learning through critical thinking, communication, creativity, collaboration, character education and citizenship 
  5. Use technology purposefully - real-life problem solving
  6. Technology is persuasively impacting across society
  7. Make how to use technology on your terms
  8. Students working in groups and teachers are orchestrating learning as change agents and activators
  9. Students need to be active as partners in learning
  10. Use video for the understanding of content and classroom interaction for deep learning 
John Hattie
  1. The essence of good teaching is that the learning intentions are very clear and success criteria is absolutely obvious
  2. The amount of peer work should be  dramatic
  3. There should be lots of discussion about the task and lots of peer involvement within the task
  4. Set challenging goals that exceed 'doing-your-best'
  5. Show students what success looks like
  6. Spend time helping students learn the strategies of learning
  7. Teachers need to spend more time talking about teaching and learning
  8. Teachers need to talk less and listen more to students
  9. The teacher's job is to help students exceed their expectations
  10. Teacher mindsets are the important factor in improving teaching and to be active change agents 
Donald Clark
  1. There have been more pedagogic change in 10 years than the last 1000 years
  2. Use video recordings to enable ongoing learning
  3. The online classroom session needs to be recorded for future learning participation
  4. The classroom lecture: student have been distracted by this boring pedagogy for 1000 years
  5. The internet has changed the learner's relationship to learning
  6. Online videos require: Brilliant teaching, they are simply recorded, they are only a few minutes long and they are what the students need
  7. Online engagement requires instantaneous and continuous feedback
  8. Online learning platforms (eLearning) will soon gain adaptive capacity through artificial intelligence
  9. Online learning platforms will know the students learning progress and report achievement progress to the student and teacher
  10. Resisting technology in education is futile








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