A Mind Map converts a long list of monotonous information into a colorful, memorable and highly organized diagram that works in line with your brain's natural way of doing things.
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Theory behind Mind Maps - 0 views
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He argues that 'traditional' outlines require that the reader scans the information from left to right and top to bottom, whilst the brain's natural preference is to scan the entire page in a non-linear fashion.
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He argues that 'traditional' outlines require that the reader scans the information from left to right and top to bottom, whilst the brain's natural preference is to scan the entire page in a non-linear fashion.
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"A Mind Map is a highly effective way of getting information in and out of your brain - it is a creative and logical means of note-taking and note-making that literally "maps out" your ideas."
The Gestalt Principles - 0 views
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"Gestalt is a psychology term which means "unified whole". It refers to theories of visual perception developed by German psychologists in the 1920s. These theories attempt to describe how people tend to organize visual elements into groups or unified wholes when certain principles are applied. "
Edward C. Tolman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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he drew on Gestalt psychology to argue that animals could learn the connections between stimuli and did not need any explicit biologically significant event to make learning occur. This is known as latent learning.
Educational Psychology Review - SpringerLink - 0 views
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Terrific issue of Educ. Psych Rev., "Advances in Cog Psych Relevant to Educ" http://t.co/cva0G433
10 Brain-Based Learning Laws That Trump Traditional Education - 0 views
Flashcards - 1 views
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Messing around with Microsoft Educationlabs Flashcards. Some cool options for educators! http://t.co/VMxMxI62
m.guardian.co.uk - 0 views
M.I.T. Expands Free Online Courses, Offering Certificates - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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"anyone anywhere to take M.I.T. courses online free of charge - and for the first time earn official certificates for demonstrating mastery of the subjects taught. "
The Fun Theory - 0 views
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"This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people's behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it's change for the better."
Make photo and video albums, digital scrapbooks, and slideshows - Beeclip - 1 views
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"Automagically transform your photos and videos into stunning scrapbooks. Fast, free and easy to use."
Education Week: Louder Libraries for a Digital Age to Open Across U.S. - 0 views
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Some librarians caution that there are downsides to running a cacophonous disco inside the library.
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"Imagine walking into a public library filled with PlayStations, Wii game consoles, and electric keyboards pumped up to maximum volume."
Measuring 1:1 Results -- THE Journal - 0 views
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Staff development was a big issue.
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Before the 1:1 rollout we spent at least six months on staff development. Going from 30 kids in a room opening textbooks to 30 kids opening computers is a significant shift.
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Four years later we're still not there yet but we've definitely made progress. Getting to 100 percent is going to take a while.
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"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."
Cresco Times > Archives > News > How-Winn goes 'online' in the classroom using Google t... - 0 views
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" 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."
Seymour Papert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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Papert worked on learning theories, and is known for focusing on the impact of new technologies on learning in general and in schools as learning organizations in particular.
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Papert used Piaget's work in his development of the Logo programming language whilst at MIT. He created Logo as a tool to improve the way that children think and solve the problems
Tomorrow's Classrooms? - 0 views
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Piaget's late developing so called formal stage, is filled with the stuff children can't make mudpies with, or rather couldn't. For this is exactly where the computer achieves its greatest power as a developmental factor: the young programmer of space ships is able to play quite concretely with logic, with laws of motion and with much more that could previously be mastered only with the aid of abstractly formal notions and concepts.
Project-Based Learning: Real-World Issues Motivate Students | Edutopia - 0 views
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"One of the major advantages of project work is that it makes school more like real life," says Sylvia Chard,
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"One of the major advantages of project work is that it makes school more like real life," says Sylvia Chard,
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Chard doesn't like the term "project-based learning," because she says it implies a focus on projects to the exclusion of other legitimate learning methods; she prefers "project learning."
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"In a growing number of schools, educators are echoing Papert's assertion that engaging students by starting with the concrete and solving hands-on, real-world problems is a great motivator."
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Michelle Krill
Working with teachers to teach and learn the best use of technology in the classroom.