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This spring's legislative sessions have not been kind to the parental choice movement. Important bills have died in New York, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arizona, and a modest Florida bill had a bumpy ride before clearing the Legislature last week. But while choice advocates fear these setbacks signal that the movement is losing momentum, I don't.

The speaker David Brook has his book "The social animal" is NY Times bestseller book. And in this video he delves into a people are social animal and we are connected to people around us. It provides a new insight into a way of thinking about the role that our unconscious mind and emotions plays in our life.

This is an excellent book. I really enjoyed reading it and learning about the role of the mind and emotions and how the shape our lives and identity!Maria Tovo

"Although there are some open questions about the specific role of sleep in forming and storing memories, the general consensus is that consolidated sleep throughout a whole night is optimal for learning and memory. "

" it's a mistake to become overly invested in your video's "wow factor" at the expense of instructional integrity. "

The article was published in 2004 and it foresee that Connectiviism would be the future of the education. Knowledge and learning has underwent significant changes after the emergence of current technologies. Learners are more likely to move into multiple and unrelated field. Besides formal education at school, informal learning become a more significant aspect and learners acquire knowledge through technologies, communities, work environment. Learning become a long lasting changed state because of the interaction between people and own life experiences.

In this article, I argue that today will always be the best day to try or learn something new. You can't teach an old dog new tricks (well you can, but it's hard) Neuroplasticity is the brain's way of reprogramming itself based on what it does. Your brain actually changes structure with new experiences.

International Educational Consultant Dr. David A. Sousa is an international consultant in educational neuroscience and author of 15 books that suggest ways that educators and parents can translate current brain research into strategies for improving learning.

" According to one district teacher, all seventh grade English students with signed parental permission slips have been issued school email accounts and/or Google documents accounts."

"When you move an entire district into a digital environment a lot of things change. What doesn't change is the fact that everything revolves around academic achievement."

"spend more time teaching and less time marking written work and leading pupils through dull drills of words and numbers"

"assess whether a digital tool is suitable for a monological, dialogical or polyphonic form of teaching. "

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Effective assertiveness is a balance between your needs and maintaining the relationship with the other person. In any interpersonal interaction, the moment we ask for something or have to say no to a request, we are making a choice; my discomfort or theirs? Too often, we error towards one side or the other.