This is a great article from The Guardian about the encoding of colors in our brains and how it is related to our memories.

Hello guys, Here is a link you can find some general neuromyths on and the truths related to those myths. Enjoy it!

This is an online course for educators who want to understand how their students learn by helping them connect brain research into classroom practice. This course sheds light on some current issues related to neuroscience. I recommend you have a look at it :)

This article reports on a case of a research study that investigates the possibility of expanding Egyptian pre-service EFL student teachers' language-related literacy practices by integrating some web-based new literacies into their education programme.

This is an event organized by Learning by Design in Massachusetts, AK-12 architecture and design education program. The event is called Kids Build and the students are expected to build the whole city from ground to up. They engage family members and kids together to have them understand the importance of design. It is all realistic because they have to get building permit, get inspected, in short all the processes to build a structure. They are provided with materials and they are urged to get ideas from each other. You should see this video! :)

Hello friends, on this picture you can find 27 ideas to motivate your students :)

This video is about fire dancing and the people who are telling their intrinsic motivation for it. I found it quiet interesting because it includes most elements of flow theory. First of all, they have clear goals in every step. Also, they enjoy what they are doing and they get constant feedback. They have awareness and to be succesful they should not be distracted. The sense of time becomes distorted for them. I remember watching a fire dancing show in Barcelona and I was really surprised seeing people playing with fire so creatively. They were so immersed that they did not care anything happening around them. Now, it becomes more meaningful for me :) they were in a state of flow.

Here is a classroom-focused adaptive learning platform.

Hello friends, this is a great commercial which reminded me traditional apprenticeship. Enjoy it!

I would like to see it in your presentation Emel :) I think it summarizes traditional apprenticeship quite well :)

Here are two videos about Bill Gate's comments on expertise and Bill Gate's working routine. In the first video he supports the idea that timing is a significant element in expertise. However, he states that not everyone practicing for 10.000 hours will necessarily be an expert. He mentions the cycles a person should go through to reach the level of expertise. Imagination, talent, being young, open-minded, fanatical and lucky are also vital to achive this level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsGihiSE6sM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xhas1dXoNw

Roy Pea has many publications in the field of learning sciences and on learning technology design. He made important contributions to the understanding of how people learn with technology. He is a key figure in the development of the learning sciences as a recognized field of research and graduate study.
Here is a link to one of his articles on the social and technological dimensions of "scaffolding" and related theoretical concepts for learning, education and human activity:
http://www.academia.edu/190157/The_Social_and_Technological_Dimensions_of_Scaffolding_and_Related_Theoretical_Concepts_for_Learning_Education_and_Human_Activity

The second pioneer is the well-known Lev Vygotsky, a Soviet psychologist. His concept of Zone of Proximal Development, which refers to the way in which the acquisition of new knowledge is dependent on previous learning, is still applied to many theorists' works today. In this notion, Vygotsky noted that a child follows an adult's example and gradually develops the ability to do certain tasks without help. Another theory of Vygotsky is Sociocultural Theory. According to this theory society makes vital contributions to an individual's development. This theory stresses the interaction between developing people and the culture in which they live. According to Vygotsky, every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level; first, between people (interpsychological) and then inside the child (intrapsychological). Sociocultural theory focuses not only how adults and peers influence individual learning, but also on how cultural beliefs and attitudes impact how instruction and learning take place.
Here is a website giving information about Social Development Theory:
http://www.learning-theories.com/vygotskys-social-learning-theory.html