Brain Breaks with GoNoodle 34th VenTESOL National Convention

1. Xiohelys Mujica
Diego Navarro
Miguel Perez
MFL
Academy

2. What do you see in this picture?

3. How about this picture?

4. What do they need?
They need a brain break with…

5. What is a Brain Break?

6. What is a Brain Break?

7. Due to the nature of its activities, it stimulates the
usage of multiple intelligences which are,
according to Gardner (2006) quoted in Shannon
(2013), a group of cognitive human competence
that gather different mental talents, capacities
and abilities that are activated to accomplish the
dancing, stretching, yoga tools, singing and
others having students ready to work on their
English activities.
Supporting Theory

8. What is GoNoodle?

9. What is GoNoodle?
Video-based Brain Breaks
Engagement
Motivation
Gamification
EFL/ESL

10. Who is it good for?

11. Who is it good for?

12. Discuss & Reflect

14. Key Features

15. Key Features
Free Research-
based Fast
Long-Term
Engagement
Multiple
classes
http://support.gonoodle.com/knowledgebase/articles/191223-what-is-gonoodle

16. Benefits

17. Benefits
Cognitive Improvement
“Exercise is not just good for general health, it actually
improves cognition.” Medina (2008)
Mood-enhancing effects of physical exercise may
have a positive effect on cognitive functioning.
Kashihara, Maruyama, Murota & Nakahara (2009)
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpa2/28/4/28_4_155/_article

18. Benefits
Passive Language Learning
Commands Idioms
Lexical
Chunks
Slangs
Real
Language
Use
Collocations

19. GoNoodle Channels

20. GoNoodle Channels (1/2)

21. GoNoodle Channels (2/2)

22. Type of Activities

23. Energizing

24. Energizing

25. Energizing

26. Let’s try one out!

27. Discuss & Reflect

28. Calming

29. Calming

30. Calming

31. Let’s try one out!

32. Transitioning

33. Transitioning

34. Ways to use GoNoodle

35. Ways to use GoNoodle
Warm up
Transition
Break
Substitute
Reward
Closing

36. Start using GoNoodle

37. https://www.gonoodle.com/

38. Sign Up!

39. Sign Up!

40. Sign Up!

41. Sign Up!

42. No Internet Access for GoNoodle

43. Unplugged GoNoodle
Blackout!

44. Final Brain Break
POP
SEE
KO

45. Contact us!
Miguel Perez
miguelperez.uc@gmail.com
@maperezramos
Diego Navarro
etdnp89@gmail.com
@danp89
Xiohelys Mujica
xiohelysm@gmail.com
@xiohelys
http://bit.ly/BrainBreaksGoNoodle