Archive for July, 2010

Teaching with the brain in mind.

Annotations July 4, 2010 at 2:35 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Bobbie Dunn This book is an excellent resource on brain research and how it fits in with our students.  Though the book […]

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Motivating students using brain-based teaching strategies.

Annotations July 3, 2010 at 2:28 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Bobbie Dunn This article gave an example of brain-based teaching strategies for each letter in the phrase, BRAIN BASED.  It elaborated on […]

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Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms.

Annotations July 2, 2010 at 2:18 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Jeff Ayer Will Richardson does a phenomenal job of laying out everything needed to both initiate and defend the use of blogs […]

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Order in the classroom.

Annotations July 2, 2010 at 2:15 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Bobbie Dunn This article explained how the adolescent brain is still growing and that it’s part of how their brain learns to […]

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Setting limits in the classroom.

Annotations July 1, 2010 at 2:13 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Holly Waterman Children are researchers.  They will constantly question who’s in charge and what types of behaviors they can get away with.  […]

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