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James Ranni

THE BRAIN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM - 0 views

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Module 4 activity brain neuroscience education learning

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  • James Ranni on 20 Jul 09
     
    A great resource or online textbook has multiple perspectives and understanding levels at the click of a mouse...
Diane Gusa

How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition - 0 views

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brain mind experience school learning

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  • Diane Gusa on 16 Jun 11
     
    Link to how build a fire
Diane Gusa

Humor, Analogy, and Metaphor: H.A.M. it up in Teaching - 0 views

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modile 4 assignment pedagogy teaching humor metaphor learning

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      Diane Gusa on 09 Jul 11
       
      Very strong statement!
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      Diane Gusa on 09 Jul 11
       
      I am a metaphoric person...when I want to remember or learn deeply a metaphor helps me.
  • Garner (in press) found that participants who were exposed to a series of lectures containing course-specific humor demonstrated increased retention of the course-content information as compared to those who received the same material without the infusion of humor.
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  • Better comprehension,
  • increased retention of material,
  • more comfortable learning environment
  • effective use of these strategies.
  • Humor has been defined as “the mental faculty of discovering, expressing or appreciating something that is comical, amusing, or absurdly incongruous” (Merriam-Webster, 2001, p.564)
  • The use of humor as a pedagogical tool has been shown to reduce classroom anxiety, create a more positive atmosphere, as well as facilitate the learning process (Berk, 1996, 1998; Garner, 2003, in press; Glenn, 2002; Hill, 1988; Pollio & Humphreys, 1996).
  • The proper use of humor, analogy, and metaphor appropriate to the topic can provide benefits in the college classroom.
  • According to Glenn (2002), humor may physiologically help to connect left-brain activities with the right-brained creative side
  • teaching philosophies of highly-rated teachers finds the use of humor as an important component of their teaching strategies. Humor can increase (Civikly, 1986) and sustain (Dodge & Rossett, 1982) student interest in learning and provides a means to engage in divergent thinking. Instructors’ use of effective humor in the classroom can foster mutual respect (Kher, Molstad, & Donahue, 1999), provide commonalities and connections between the instructor and students (Pollio & Humphreys, 1996) and even increase class attendance (Devadoss & Foltz, 1996; Romer, 1993; White, 1992). According to Bergen (1992), “teachers who use strategies that promote the connection between humor and learning usually provide students with their best school experiences” (p.106).
  • Metaphor and analogy have historically been used as an effective teaching tool. Greek myths, religious texts, and fairytales all use metaphor, analogy, and parables to teach and help us learn expected conduct (Gorden, 1978). The use of metaphor and analogy is pervasive in society in both language and communication
  • According to the National Research Council (2000) the effective use of metaphors and analogies is an important educational strategy.
  • . In teaching, using either analogy or metaphor allows the instructor to relate a potentially unfamiliar idea with that which is familiar.
  • Pedagogical use of analogy and metaphor can enhance learning and retention, but they must have a high degree of resonance for the listene
  • be most effective, an analogy or metaphor must transfer ideas from a familiar concept to one that is less familiar or unknown. According to Bowers (1993) the metaphorical relationship must be clear and accurate—possessing face validity.
  • Williams (1986) suggests that vivid metaphors have the capability to teach in a way that is not always available with the use of words alone.
  • Diane Gusa on 09 Jul 11
     
    I am comfortable using metaphors, but will need to work on the humor aspect. New goal for the Fall semester.
Alicia Fernandez

Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants,Part II: Do They Really Think Differently? - 1 views

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Prensky digital natives neuroplasticity malleability

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  • Alicia Fernandez on 03 Jun 14
     
    Prensky (2001) continues to defend his "digital native" concept by pointing to research that purports that online engagement actually changes brain structures and hence affects the thought process of active users.
lkryder

The Power Of Visual Grouping - 1 views

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design visuals multimedia power

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  • lkryder on 03 Jul 14
     
    good examples of how our brain is connected to our eyes
mikezelensky

How People Learn - 3 views

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    Full book, available as a free download or online viewing.
Luke Fellows

Connecting to the 21st-Century Student | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • According to Blackmore, today's brains are shaped by various information streams -- sometimes referred to as memes -- constantly popping and sparking and competing for attention. This new generation of digital learners -- call them the MEdia Generation -- take in the world via the filter of computing devices: the cellular phones, handheld gaming devices, PDAs, and laptops they take everywhere, plus the computers, TVs, and game consoles at home
  • Educators must figure out how to compete with this frenetic memestorm coming at them from marketers and other students
Maria Guadron

How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition - 0 views

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learning education pedagogy teaching

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    How people learn. From the National Academies Press
b malczyk

From Sage On The Stage To Guide On The Side - 0 views

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sage stage guide

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  • The professor is the central figure, the "sage on the stage
  • transmittal model, assumes that the student's brain is like an empty container into which the professor pours knowledge
  • Rather, knowledge is a state of under- standing and can only exist in the mind of the individual knower; as such, knowledge must be constructed--or re- constructed--by each individual knower through the process of trying to make sense of new information in terms of what that individual already knows
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  • stu- dents use their own existing knowledge and prior experience to help them under- stand the new material
  • And the professor, instead of being the "sage on the stage," functions as a "guide on the side," facil- itating learning in less directive ways
Catherine Strattner

» Dialogue - 0 views

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dialogue testing

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  • “Thinking about what you think means to me think before you say or do something because it can hurt people’s feelings.  You can think about how you think by thinking about how we think about other things and we can think about how our brain works.  It is not important to think about how we think because we don’t have to be tested on it, and if you are a scientist you don’t have to think about how we think.”
  • Catherine Strattner on 16 Aug 12
     
    When asked if it is important to think about thinking, one student responded that it was not because it wouldn't be on a test.
Robert Ekblaw

Physical Education in America's Public Schools: Physical Education and School Performance - 0 views

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education Physical education schools

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    It is a known fact that physical activity improves overall health. Not only does it improve circulation, increase blood flow to the brain, and raise endorphin levels, which all help to reduce stress, improve mood and attitude, and calm children, physically active students may also achieve more academically.
Erin Fontaine

Techy Lincoln Middle School teachers reaching students' brains through their smartphone... - 0 views

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middle school smartphones education technology teaching

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  • Another benefit of Edmodo is that students are encouraged to collaborate in order to solve problems, while the teachers can stand back and observe.
  • "It's almost like I had stepped out of the equation and they were problem solving themselves,"
  • The students' fingers got busy typing on their cell phone keyboards, and anonymous responses started showing up almost instantly on the discussion webpage for the question: "It could make learning more fun." "We can get our grades quicker." "It makes learning easier for everybody." "It's a lot more hands on and everyone has a voice." "Makes us pay attention and focus more."
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  • "They're training themselves. We're just the facilitators; we're just guiding them through it."
  • "Our students have been taught a one-dimensional literacy, and literacy isn't one-dimensional — it's three-dimensional," she said. "They need to be able to know what all those dimensions and facets are."
  • Erin Fontaine on 02 Jun 12
     
    Learn to embrace and be a part of their world and they will become more of an active learner.
  • Erin Fontaine on 02 Jun 12
     
    I found this article as I was researching as to what I wanted to do for my course. I was really debating whether I wanted to do a course for adults or if I wanted to do one at the middle school level. This article was definitely one of my deciding factors.
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