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  1. They Were Wrong School on the Brain
  2. Ready for a quick math problem?
  3. Multiply
  4. 8,388,628 by 2
  5. How about a kid who can tell you the exact time of day?
  6. Or a girl who can correctly determine the exact size of an object from 20 feet away?
  7. >50 IQ
  8. We really don’t know!
  9. “If you wanted to create an educational environment that was directly opposed to what the brain is good at doing . . .
  10. “. . . you would probably design something like a modern classroom.” John Medina Brain Rules
  11. Birth of the present system?
  12. They were wrong
  13. “We need to care about the research and the evidence of what works. Not knowing this constitutes educational malpractice.” James Stronge 2004 What Works in Schools
  14. How will educators of 2108 judge us?
  15. Many teachers may be unaware of new brain research
  16. What is learning?
  17. Learning is the building & strengthening of connections between brain neurons
  18. Pat Wolfe 2007
  19. So what’s memory?
  20. Ability to activate previously constructed connections
  21. “The brain developed to solve problems relating to surviving in an unstable, outdoor environment and to do so in near constant motion.”
  22. Can I eat it?
  23. Can it eat me?
  24. Can I have sex with it?
  25. What then . . . is your job?
  26. Convince a 13 year old that writing a five paragraph essay is vital for her survival
  27. How we do that?
  28. Brain keeps only 1%
  29. What does it keep?
  30. Does new content connect to something I already know?
  31. Does new content connect to a strong emotion?
  32. Prior knowledge
  33. The brain needs structure
  34. How does your brain work?
  35. You’ve got 20 seconds
  36. Write the following number from memory
  37. 17766024365911
  38. You’ve got 20 seconds
  39. How’d ya do?
  40. Declaration of Independence
  41. Minutes, hours & days
  42. • Declaration of Independence • Minutes, hours & days • Emergency number
  43. 1776 60-24-365 911
  44. Need something more specific?
  45. Candy Dessert Sour Flavor Sugar Snack Tooth Eat Taste Syrup
  46. Content to self Content to content Content to world
  47. Ready Set Go Whoa What do I know? What do I think I What new information What questions will learn? do I have? do I still have about the topic?
  48. Visual Discrepant Event Inquiry
  49. When? Where? What?
  50. Whadda got?
  51. Emotion
  52. Can be good or bad
  53. Flight or Fight
  54. This happens before “thinking” occurs
  55. This happens before “thinking” occurs
  56. “Bad” emotion always beats cognition
  57. Survival isn’t always about physical threats
  58. If you’re a kid, what are some examples of non-physical threats?
  59. • Reading aloud • Test • Tornado, fire, intruder drills • Teacher behaviors • Negative social interactions (bullies, middle school girls) • Presentations
  60. • Pop quizzes • Family crisis • Falling in love • Group work • PE locker room • Not knowing the hidden curriculum and rules
  61. What does it look like when emotion is used in a good way?
  62. Civil War images
  63. Video games
  64. Whadda got?
  65. “One reason why habits are so difficult to dislodge is that we literally have to rewire . . . the brain. It is much more than just changing our minds.” Geoffrey Caine
  66. Read more Talk more Plan purposefully
  67. German Coast Guard and brain research?

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