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A Picture is Worth How Many Words?

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A Picture is Worth How Many Words?

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  1. We are in the middle of an unprecedented revolution of knowledge about the human brain, including how it processes, interprets, and stores information. Never before have we known more about human learning. Thanks to a rapidly growing body of research in neuroscience, teaching is no longer just an art form--it is also a science. Never before have we had the potential for being successful with more students. Although the research is no magic bullet, what we are discovering about learning has the potential for making the greatest contribution to our practice in recent memory. Yet despite this incredible promise, many educators still question its significance. Leslie A. Hart, Human Brain and Human Learning

  2. A Picture is Worth How Many Words?

  3. Agenda • Getting to know you • Getting to know me • The world we live in • Brain Research • Building upon what we already do • Tips and tricks • New Kidspiration Stuff • Resources • Door prizes

  4. Getting to Know You Please Raise Your Hand!

  5. Getting to know you • Classroom teachers, technology, media specialists, administration • Pre-school, elementary, middle school, high school, P/K – 12, college • Average classroom in your building/district: One, Two, Few, ? computers

  6. Getting to know you • Used Inspiration or Kidspiration before? • Familiar to the new Kidspiration 2? • First opportunity to learn about Kidspiration?

  7. Getting to know me Life Time Guarantee All courses, sessions, workshops, professional development and speeches provided by Barbara K. Barr have a “Life Time Guar-antee.” During my life time, if you ever have a question or comment, please feel free to contact me.

  8. Reaching me • bbarr@fayette.k12.ky.us • barbarabarr@alltel.net • http://itech.fcps.net/trt4

  9. Teaching Stratgies How do you think teaching with PowerPoint compares to teaching through • Books? • Chalkboard/white board? • Video? • Others?

  10. Your Brain Right Brain • Rhythm • Spatial Awareness • Gestalt (The BIG Picture) • Imagination • Color • Dimension

  11. Your Brain Left Brain • Words • Logic • Numbers • Squence • Linearity • Analysis • Lists

  12. Brain Game • How many intellectual skills of the right brain can you name? • How many intellectual skills of the left brain can you name?

  13. Your Brain

  14. Brain Game • How many intellectual skills of the right brain can you name? • How many intellectual skills of the left brain can you name? • What did you observe about the words vs. the Kidspiration?

  15. Think about this! Ninety percent of what scientists know about the brain has been discovered in the past decade, and the technology continues to change. Although few studies have had direct applications for the classroom, there is already a great deal of excitement surrounding the information being generated. Mind Matters: http://www.districtadministration.com/page.cfm?id=235&offsite_title=Mind+Matters

  16. 29 Research Studies! • Reading comprehension. Use of graphic organizers is effective in improving students’ reading comprehension. • Student achievement. Students using graphic organizers show achievement benefits across content areas and grade levels. Achievement benefits are also seen with students with learning disabilities. • Thinking and learning skills. The process of developing and using a graphic organizer enhances skills such as developing and organizing ideas, seeing relationships, and categorizing concepts. • Retention. Use of graphic organizers aids students in retention and recall of information. • Cognitive learning theory. The use of graphic organizers supports implementation of cognitive learning theories: dual coding theory, schema theory, and cognitive load theory.

  17. Kidspiration • The program • Tips and Tricks • Some resources • Door Prizes

  18. Kidspiration • When it comes to what we can do with technology and learning tools such as Kidspiration, we’ve only just begun………

  19. The best is yet to come….. The End

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