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Jacey Barnes

Brain Storm | Scholastic.com - 14 views

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  • orn with all of our brain cells, but now we know that the brain can grow new neurons-and that physical exercise and mental stimulation can facilitate their growth,
  • Different people have different interests and learn differentl
    • Jill Watkins
      Jill Watkins on 11 Mar 13
       
      I think this reiterates our Principles of Learning!
  • we engage people in their own interests, they are more awake and alive."
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  • agenda boards are posted in ever
  • "immersion" areas with supplemental resources that allow students to dig deeper into a subject, and materials rotate with the units
  • nce. They also learned the strategy of body mapping, in which the teacher touches a part of his body when introducing a concept verbally, providing the brain with another reference point to help it remember-and recall-the concept.
  • create an environment that maximizes learning.
  • building, they are met with calming, darker colors, which prepare the brain for learning
  • Blues can cause the brain to release 11 neurotransmitters that relax the body, while black and other dark colors can lower stress.
  • Plants, lamps, and curtains filter natural light, and there's an absence of clutter. "It creates a learning environment that feels more like a well-kept living room," Shafer explains.
  • Teaching Smarter With the Brain in Focus, we can extrapolate fr
  • The Middle School Mind. "The words become part of their lexi
    • Jacey Barnes
      Jacey Barnes on 12 Mar 13
       
      I like brains. 
Tracey Kracht

Social Bookmarking in Education with Diigo - 4 views

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diigo

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    • Tracey Kracht
      Tracey Kracht on 11 Mar 13
       
      Access is allowed across platforms and devices.
  • give you the option of joining a group
    • Tracey Kracht
      Tracey Kracht on 11 Mar 13
       
      Groups will allow you to create and everyone can share to the same group, thus you are sharing resources without sending an email.  These items are also 'tagged' for faster retrieval.
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  • annotate web pages
  • Diigo lets you take screenshots of bookmarked pages to visually remind yourself of the page content
  • Saved sites can be tagged for easy searching
  • The real bonus of using social bookmarking with your class is the ease that you can work on project based learning tasks.
  • share annotated bookmarks with a class
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