The answer is that we are not only living in the most peaceful time in history, but also the best reported time in history.
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Manage your brain -- it's your most important asset - CNN.com - 0 views
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In the "fight or flight response," your body is ready to keep you safe but is often overreacting to events that can be better resolved from a more relaxed state
5 Reasons Teenagers Act the Way They Do - Mental Floss - 0 views
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Risk Taking
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This means teens literally cannot come to a decision as fast as an adult.
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scans showed that the reward center of the teen brain became much more active in the company of their peers
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The More I Lecture, The Less I Know If They Understand - 0 views
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A good lecture does more than convey facts or put problems on the board — it lays bare the cognitive processes that an expert uses to assimilate those facts or think his or her way through those problems.
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Lectures provide the important opportunity for the lecturer to share the mental models and internal cognitive frameworks that worked for him/her when he/she was learning the content.
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Since the lecture was invented in the era before the existence of the printing press – never mind the Internet – what is the role of the lecture in the modern era? Does it have great value? Or does it hang on by habit?
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Zen and the Art of Twitter: 4 Tips for Productive Tweeting - 0 views
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When we let the horse, or social media, direct us, we get overwhelmed and unfocused, and our time is not spent well.Twitter and Facebook are incredible tools, but making the most of our time on them requires paying attention to the mental approach we take. When we engage them with a beginner’s mind, a desire to give, a focus on adding useful content, and a positive state of mind, we will likely have more days guiding the horse than the opposite.
Should You Flip Your Classroom? | Edutopia - 1 views
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The flipped classroom is a simple concept that needs no title. Good teaching, regardless of discipline, should always limit passive transfer of knowledge in class, and promote learning environments built on the tenants of inquiry, collaboration and critical thinking.
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the flipped classroom mentality can be one of many solutions for educators.
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Blended Learning vs Flipped Learning: Can You Tell The Difference? - eLearning Industry - 1 views
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online videos as short and concise as possible, while still including all of the major points. In fact, five to ten minutes is the goal. Any longer than that and you run the risk of boring your learners or overloading them mentally.
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