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When students and teachers learn together about how their brains influence behavior, one expert says, discipline can become less of a confrontation and more of a partnership

Are your students engaged? Or are they just being politely compliant? How do you know?

If we know what works to motivate students, why are so many students still unmotivated? These five questions will help you determine if your practice is really

The copyright industry keeps repeating the mantra that the copyright monopoly is somehow "necessary". Creative Commons proves conclusively that it isn't. The copyright industry has long repeated the claim to politicians that the copyright monopoly is necessary for any culture to be created at all, to the point where politicians actually believe this nonsense.

Play games with your PBS KIDS favorites like Curious George, Wild Kratts, Daniel Tiger and Peg + Cat!

In this Ted talk, the creator of Khan Academy gives an example of how virtue classroom play a role in current education. Khan academy first started with series of educational video in math and expanding to other subjects.

The Color Code is the most revolutionary and ACCURATE measurement of your personality available on the market today. Once you have learned the Color Code you will never see yourself or others the same again! The Color Code is your best bet for understanding how to make sense out of life's relationship puzzles.

"The three major prominent learning theories are known as behaviourist, cognitivist and constructivist,"

"One way to create a fully student-engaged learning environment is to allow students to explore content in four brain-based learning areas"

"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. "

"Learning Bird is an online application that combines smart technology with engaging digital lessons made by real teachers. It uses grade levels, local curricula, course material, and lesson feedback to match the best lessons to each student. The library of digital content also supports teacher innovation and quality classroom instruction. Inspired teachers delivering student growth. "

Found a video on YouTube which is 5:50 and it is about Brain Based Learning by Eric Jensen. I am putting the link as a book mark. The link is:

One thing that stuck with me throughout this video is to make sure as an educator you know how to get the attention of a student's brain and keep it. Another thing about brain based learning that intrigued me was that you need not get the kids to care or to "buy in" what you are teaching. If they do not buy into what you are doing they won't learn.

"Adolescents assigned to a mindfulness meditation program appeared to have improvements in memory in a recent study."

Found another video on brain based learning. This video is almost 15 minutes long. This video is about Learning about the brain changes everything by David Rock at TEDxTokyo.

I found the comments on how we get emotions wrong very interesting. The idea that emotions effect intelligence and memory. How should I as an instructor use that information to provide learning experience to my students?

Credit: iStockphoto You've surely heard the slogans: "Our educational games will give your brain a workout!" Or how about, "Give your students the cognitive muscles they need to build brain fitness." And then there's the program that "builds, enhances, and restores natural neural pathways to assist natural learning." Read this article to separate fact and fiction about the brain and how it functions.

In this free classroom resource guide, you'll get practical tips across the K-12 spectrum, as well as a reading list and a variety of resources to help you learn more about this fascinating field. To help your students explore their own brain power, we've also included a bonus project that will get students thinking critically about how they learn.

A visual collection of resources to inspire educators to discover and fully understand the importance of brain based learning and its implications.

"Researchers have looked at the differences in cognitive function of people who have slept four or six or eight hours and how their brains function."

I believe sleep, rest and being relaxed play a huge role in our alertness and readiness to learn. Unfortunately, many children today are overloaded with activities and busy schedules. Coming to school stressed and tired is just another ingredient in the recipe for disaster. Maria Tovo

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