Age of Distraction: Why It's Crucial for Students to Learn to Focus | MindShift - 0 views
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“The real message is because attention is under siege more than it has ever been in human history, we have more distractions than ever before, we have to be more focused on cultivating the skills of attention,”
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If young students don’t build up the neural circuitry that focused attention requires, they could have problems controlling their emotions and being empathetic.
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“The circuitry for paying attention is identical for the circuits for managing distressing emotion,”
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7 Apps for Student Creators | Edutopia - 0 views
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Students who are "making" to demonstrate their learning can produce content that is shareable and valuable. Their creations can be geared toward a specific audience and viewed outside of the classroom. The sense of purpose that students have as creators can be leveraged to increase engagement and get learners of all ages excited about content.
11 Virtual Tools for the Math Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views
Are Your Students Distracted by Screens? Here's A Powerful Antidote - Edudemic - 0 views
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Many teachers I encounter have decided that they need to crack down on — if not entirely eradicate — screen distractions in their classrooms. (A minority of teachers accept it as a form of 21st century doodling.)
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If the activity is engaging and challenging, there is an authentic audience, and prescribed time limits, students won’t mess around.
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The more time I spend “teaching” teachers something from the front of the room, the more inclined they are to check email, Facebook, or whatever.
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Simulations Can Change the Course of History . . . Classes | Edutopia - 0 views
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With each unit of study, I made sure to incorporate an active simulation, ranging from mock press conferences and trials to murder mysteries and dinner parties, from spy dilemmas to mock Survivor games.
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When a student adopted that character's thinking and point of view in one of the simulations, passion and purpose soared.
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Even the quietest, most introverted student, given the opportunity to play a personality from history, can step up and into the opportunity to speak from that person's perspective
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Tips for Coaching Teacher Teams | Edutopia - 0 views
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It can be very, very, painfully slow to build trust in a group of adults -- but it can be done, and you as the facilitator have to believe it can be done.
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As a facilitator, it's our job to clarify purpose and raise it, integrate it, and reference it all the time.
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When we do things together that are new and challenging (but within our zone of proximal development), our brains actually produce hormones that make us feel good and feel closer to each other.
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Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: The hottest posts everybody's reading - 0 views
What research says about technology integration - 0 views
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Technology is tempting to embed in the classroom en masse. It piques kids’ interests and it is fun to explore. But does it lead to achievement and help students grow as learners? We need to ask ourselves these types of questions if we want to realize the impact that connected education can have on students
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When words are on a screen, we tend to not stick with content as long as we might when compared to paper.
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Reasons include more distractions on a screen, such as multimedia enhancements and advertisements, and the “difficulty to see any one passage in the context of the entire text” (Jabr, 2013). These factors can lead to decreased comprehension and understanding.
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Can Teaching Kids Mindfulness Replace Discipline? - 0 views
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Mindfulness is the awareness that arises through purposefully paying attention to the present moment in a non-judgemental way,
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As we practice mindfulness, we begin to understand our mind-body connection better and learn not to be so reactive to thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations.
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With mindfulness, we develop a quality of attention that can be present no matter what is happening around us. This helps us feel more peace, ease, and balance in our lives and we develop more empathy, compassion, and love.
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