http://muench.edublogs.org If you're comfortable you aren't learning! Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:12:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm going to do it!  Watch for future blog posts about my amazing adventures! You want to do it too? Don't you?  http://whiteboardchallenge.wikispaces.com/ http://muench.edublogs.org/2008/08/19/the-whiteboard-challenge/ Rule #9 - Stimulate more of the senses. 1. We do not learn things in layers (visual, auditory, tactile, etc.) Our brains take in information as a set or unit. So when I present a new rhythm pattern to my elementary students I need to have the visual ... http://muench.edublogs.org/2008/08/18/brain-rules-chapter-9/ Rule #8:  Stressed brains don't learn the same way. 1.  Stress affects us in physical ways.  Folks who are stressed are "3 times more likely to suffer from the common cold." (Medina, 177)  This explains why I was sick so often during my first 2 years of teaching.  New germs and ... http://muench.edublogs.org/2008/08/18/brain-rules-chapter-8/ Last week I taught a short 2 hour class on setting up a blog. We just enough time to cover the basics of blogging. I'm sure these teachers were feeling a little overwhelmed by 3 p.m. Please feel free to stop by their new sites and leave ... http://muench.edublogs.org/2008/08/12/welcome-new-bloggers/ In a perfect world, education would be out front leading the changes. In the real world, education has to change because the students already have. from:  The Principal's Page Blog http://muench.edublogs.org/2008/08/10/quote-of-the-day/ Loading... http://muench.edublogs.org/2008/08/05/welcome-to-making-a-blog-in-edublogorg/ Rule #7 - Sleep Well, Think Well 1.  Our brains are active, very active when we sleep.   Some of our best processing of new ideas happens while we snooze.  This is why often my chorus can't grasp big pivotal ideas of our music on the first day.  I've noticed this especially ... http://muench.edublogs.org/2008/08/05/brain-rules-chapter-7-sleep/ Loading... http://muench.edublogs.org/2008/07/29/google-forms/ new facebook? http://muench.edublogs.org/2008/07/25/facebook-changes/ Rule #6 - Remember to repeat. My take aways: 1.  Long term memories become short term memories again when we recall them.  That's important because it means that in order for that memory to be set back into long term storage it must go through the whole process of consolidation again.  This ... http://muench.edublogs.org/2008/07/20/brain-rules-chapter-6-long-term-memory/