Welcome to my blog! According to Ormrod in Information Processing and the Brain, "a big component of Cognitivism as an approach to learning is information processing theory. As Instructional Designers, we have to determine how to design or structure instruction that meets the needs of our learners. Since we have all experienced some measure of forgetfulness, I thought a video on "How to Improve Your Memory will be very helpful. The video gives some simple practical steps to improving your memory such as drinking grape juice, eating blueberries, etc. Go ahead and try some of the steps that are outlined in the video and let me know if anything has changed for you. The video can be found at the following link.
http://youtu.be/BBjr4jKYEpw
Below is another helpful website I found which will give you great ideas on how to assist your students with learning in your classroom, and also help you understand how they learn. The video shows learners using technology to stimulate their brain. The learners featured in the video are from Key Largo Middle School in Florida. Do you notice anything familiar? Yes...our course book! Here is an excerpt from the site.
"Key Largo received a two-year, $250,000 BellSouth Power to Learn grant in part because of its leadership in using technology and spending the time and money to train teachers to incorporate it into their instruction. The Power to Learn part of the grant refers to adherence to conclusions outlined in the book How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. First published in 1999 and written by a committee of scholars established by the National Research Council, How People Learn details research on learning and comments on the implications of such research on what is taught and how."
http://www.edutopia.org/brain-based-learning-key-largo-school-video
Money is the answer to all things! The fact that all students at this school have an opportunity to experiment with technology is fantastic. If career-readiness began as early as this in all middle schools, by the time the learners get to high school they would have already attained a high level of problem solving skills through project-based learning. This opportunity should be available to every school in the country. The Title I schools would benefit tremendously from this example of good use of technology in the classrooms.
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