Technology & the Brain
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May 06, 2015
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Interviewed by Kirsten Winkler on google hangouts about teaching approaches.
Interviewed by Kirsten Winkler on google hangouts about teaching approaches.
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Technology & the Brain
What is the most important question facing teachers?
Are you defensive or creative?According to Einstein
the ultimate question should be…..
“ Is this a friendly universe”?
Is this a brain-friendly learning environment?
Create or wait??
In a nutshell
Create, share, influence comunity = learn
We’ve got the tools
Now what should we do with them?
than you, me or ANYone else
Feelings drive learning
FeelingsMindsetSpirit
MATTER!!
Layers of experienceHow far can you reach?
“ The arts aren’t just important because they improve maths scores.They’re important because they speak to parts of children’s being which are otherwise untouched.”
Ken Robinson
Come on baby light my fire!!Play
Imagination
ExaggerationSenses
Laughter
Colours
Cliché Does it have to be like this?
Fossilisation
We repeat the same mistakes so many times that we may as well call it tradition………
Stuck in the momentU2
Music quiz
Story- telling Paint
Imagination
Inspiration
Production
Creative fluency development
Stories Write stories with
new vocabulary Context Creativity Memorising Self-expression
100 proficiency words in a gangster story
Fully engaged
Stories with ‘hair’ idioms
Read the story here
Who are our students?
Comics
Visual Students create their
own Social/emotional
learning embedded in stories
Grammar and vocabulary
Coursework filed in comic form
Make it real
Comics
ISSUE STATEMENT REALITY
The question of what a successful government policy should entail dogs administrations all over the world.
The question of……is a good expression for all topics and essay
introductions
Mindmapping
Planting ideas
PoetryAll Students arepoets
Music
Music poster
Music poster
Some tools for self-expression
Eduglogster
Prezi
imind
Mindmaple
Animoto
Go animate
Try a Clean Slate!!
Learning environments
Artistic platforms Learning spacesEduglogster
Where schools
are welcome
Story Bird
Bitstrips
Make Belief Comix
Pixton comics
Go animate
Platforms with school
accounts
Moodle
Club EFL
Edmodo
OpenClass
Wikis
BlogsSecond Life
CommunitiesLearning goes viral?
Technology is beautiful!!
Fourteen articles about creativity, technology and learning
That’s all folks
The End
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