Posts Tagged ‘ brain ’

Teaching with the brain in mind.

Jul 4th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Annotations

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 is 10 years old, each chapter provides helpful information on different categories.  There are chapters on how the brain develops, enriching the brain, motivation, stress, emotions, etc.  Each one provides information [...]



Motivating students using brain-based teaching strategies.

Jul 3rd, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Annotations

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 the:

Brain’s time clock,
Repetition, Active learning,
Images,
Novelty,
Be colorful,
Automatic learning,
Social brain,
Elicit emotions, and
Developing thinking skills.

It gave great statistics to back up some of the ideas, and gave examples of many ways to use these [...]



Inside the teen brain.

Jun 25th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Annotations

An Annotation by Bobbie Dunn
This article explained how the teen brain is more like a child’s than an adult’s, which is contrary to popular belief.  It then elaborated on which parts of the brain are still changing and why this makes some aspects of learning more difficult for teens.  It then broke the teen brain [...]



Web 2.0: Pedagogical Evidence and Brain Research

May 28th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Technology in the Classroom

Before I was introduced to wikis in April 2008, I never would have envisioned how much my teaching could use these new technologies. More importantly, my students could not be more ready to take their education to a new level that I sincerely hope will better connect them to the world and prepare them to participate in a digital world. The time is now, and while students have been hungry for this opportunity, the reinforcing research is thorough enough to justify using wikis,blogs, podcasts, Flickr, Moodle, and online writing technologies that I feel can significantly improve students’ writing, and perhaps more importantly, prepare them for digital citizenship. This series, based on action research I collected while studying for my M.Ed, explores the impact digital technology can have on how our students learn, and how we, as educators, can leverage that impact for the good of our students.



3 Techniques for Brain Based Differentiation

May 27th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Got Brains?

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.



The Teen Brain Pt 6: Memory

May 26th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Got Brains?

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.



The Teen Brain Pt 5: Making Learning Meaningful

May 25th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Got Brains?

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.



The Teen Brain Pt. 4: Movement

May 24th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Got Brains?

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.



The Teen Brain Pt 3: Relevance and Experience

May 24th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Got Brains?

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.



The Teen Brain Pt 2: Feedback

May 24th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Got Brains?

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.