Posted in brain research, cool, learning, research, social studies on June 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Just finished tweaking (I hope!) a presentation on brain research in the classroom that I’m doing tomorrow for the UnConference. Looking forward to some great conversation and thinking out loud with conference participants.
We don’t have a ton of time so will focus on just a couple of things that people like John Medina and James [...]
Posted in brain research, learning, lesson plans, teaching, tip of the week on April 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I spend time over at Mary Frazier’s helpful A Chat with Mary site and was recently reminded of a great strategy that encourages deep thinking and helps teachers assess learning. The strategy is called Exit Cards. I had the chance to learn more about the idea several years ago while working with teachers on differentiated [...]
Posted in brain research, learning, media literacy, students, teaching, technology integration, video games on April 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A recent issue of Middle School Journal features an article documenting a study that focuses on the use of video games in the classroom.
By now, pretty typical stuff concerning learning styles of digital natives, problem-based learning and how video games are great learning engines. I am impressed with the attempt to link state indicators to [...]
Posted in brain research, learning, research, social studies, teaching on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a classroom.
So says John Medina.
Medina is the author of the new book, Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School. He uses some nice [...]
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