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  4:56 pm on December 8, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

  Neuro Myths: Separating Fact and Fiction in Brain-Based Learning | Edutopia 

  With the great popularity of so-called brain-based learning, however, comes great risk. “So much of what is published and said is useless,” says Kurt Fischer, founding president of the International Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) Society and director of the MBE graduate program at Harvard University. “Much of it is wrong, a lot is empty or vapid, and some is not based in neuroscience at all.”

  Still, there are some powerful insights emerging from brain science that speak directly to how we teach in the classroom: learning experiences do help the brain grow, emotional safety does influence learning, and making lessons relevant can help information stick. The trick is separating the meat from the marketing.

  via Neuro Myths: Separating Fact and Fiction in Brain-Based Learning | Edutopia.

   

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  Ted W 11:15 pm on December 30, 2009 Permalink  

  Skepticism and critical thinking website… 

  Skepticism and critical thinking website links – shared by Kathy Stuart-Stevenson

  THE SKEPTICWORLD SITE

  SapereAude • Dareto Know!

  http://www.skeptic.ws

  SKEPTICALRESOURCES
  |Home| Organizations|Resources|BadGeology|Creationism|Environmentalism|Medicine| Shroudof Turin|Theism| UFOs|

  Skeptical Organization Websites – live links here

  • The Skeptic World Site • Steven Schafersman

  • The Skeptics World Site Skeptical Organizations Websites • Most complete list

  • The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal • CSICOP

  • The Skeptic Society • Michael Shermer

  • James Randi Educational Foundation • James Randi

  • The Skeptic’s Refuge • Robert T. Carroll

  • The Skeptic’s Dictionary • Robert T. Carroll

  • The Encyclopedia of Skepticism and the Paranormal

  • Skeptic Friends Network • David Glück

  • The World Wide Skeptical Web

  • The Skeptic Tank

  • Pseudoscience, Paranormal Phenomena, and Skepticism

  • The Skeptical Gourmet

  • Skeptic News • The “What’s New” Page for Skeptics

  • sci.skeptic FAQ: The Frequently Questioned Answers

  • BadAstronomy.com • Phil Plait

  • The Fine Art of Baloney Detection • Carl Sagan

  • Skeptic Gary Posner

  • Sources of Skeptical Information on the Internet • Jim Lippard

  • Skeptical Information Links • Jim Lippard

  • Skeptical Quotations

  • Great Quotes From Great Skeptics

  • Enlightenment • Jerome Kahn
   
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  Ted W 10:49 pm on December 11, 2009 Permalink  

  Alternative Education Resource Organizat… 

  Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) is an interesting web site with a variety of materials about alternative education – has lots of videos including this one … Four Arrows is a professor at Fielding Graduate University and author of sixteen books, including The Authentic Dissertation: Alternative Ways of Knowing, Research and Representation (Routledge, 2008) and Unlearning the Language of Conquest (University of Texas Press, 2006) in addition to invited chapters for Education as Enforcement: The Militarization and Corporatization of Schooling and Battleground Schools. He has doctorates in both health psychology and in Curriculum and Instruction, with a specialization in Indigenous worldviews.

  Keynote Topic:

  “Traditional Indigenous Knowledge: The Original “Alternative” Learning Model”

  Keynote Summary:

  Indigenous ways of knowing, researching, and education have been suppressed, ignored or ridiculed for centuries, and our world’s condition is paying the price. Many alternative education programs naturally have re-discovered portions of this approach to learning, but a more complete or more widespread application may be needed if we are to survive as a species. In this keynote, Four Arrows will offer a summary of the basic tenants of Indigenous education.

  via Happy Holidays! Enjoy a 2009 Keynote Talk Online for FREE: Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs) « Education Revolution.

   
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  Ted W 3:43 pm on November 25, 2009 Permalink
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  This link leads to an excellent faculty … 

  This link leads to an excellent faculty web site from Honolulu Community College with an extensive list of teaching resources and tools. Honolulu Community College’s faculty teaching tips.

   
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  4:28 pm on November 9, 2009 Permalink | Reply
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  News: Fans and Fears of ‘Lecture Capture’ – Inside Higher Ed 

  Attendance is much more contingent on whether the professor is an engaging lecturer, said Jennifer Stringer, director of educational technology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, at one of the sessions. “Well-attended lectures were well-watched; poorly attended lectures were not watched,” Stringer said, pointing to research she had conducted at Stanford.

  via News: Fans and Fears of ‘Lecture Capture’ – Inside Higher Ed.

   
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  4:12 pm on November 5, 2009 Permalink | Reply
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  Pew Internet Study on Social Isolation a… 

  Pew Internet Study on Social Isolation and New Technology
  One of the most common myths about the web is that people who spend a lot of time online are less social. This study suggests the opposite, that people who are more social online also may have more diverse social networks offline.