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Brain Basics & Tech

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Brain Basics

neuron

Synapses

 

fire until it wires

LEARNING INVOLVES MAKING CONNECTIONS

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“A good teacher is not one who explains things correctly, but rather one who puts things in an interesting way”.

The good teacher knows about his students’ neuronal networks.

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The single most important factor in learning is the existing networks of neurons in the learner’s brain.
Ascertain what they are and teach accordingly.

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Use it or lose it

You should be teaching adaptation. Take an activity and change it a bit. Adapt it to the new and you get iteration. The condition is enabling students to another situation, molding resources.
It is in the multimodality of CALL that complex theory emerges.”
~ Diane Larsen-Freeman

a Whole-brain Perspective

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Experience. Reflection. Abstraction. Testing of abstraction.

neuronal networks - prior knowledge

the emotional brain

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fight.freeze.flight

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emotion pathway

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amygdala

anxiety, fear, emotion
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taming the bear

in the classroom

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Cognition & Emotion

intertwined

survival means fighting for control

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Storytelling

Imagine...