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Resources for Helping students hold on to information in the “instant” age. Methods of Helping Students Hold onto Information. Teach them to Pray Move away from tempting distractions when trying to store information to LTM
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Resources for Helping students hold on to information in the “instant” age.
Methods of Helping Students Hold onto Information • Teach them to Pray • Move away from tempting distractions when trying to store information to LTM • Help them determine an honest assessment of how they allocate their time • Encourage exercise, sleep, & proper diet • Find ways to integrate the information throughout the year in new applications • Expect recall on tests and quizzes • Patience as they try out new ideas
“Culture shapes adolescence- but it does not create adolescence.” (Baird) Our job then is to develop the learning habits that will lead to the virtue of Wisdom
Fun Places to go to strengthen the mind • ImproveMemory.org • Luminosity.com • BrainMetrix.com • ImproveMemory.org • AARP.org Memory test
Sources for “Helping Students Hold Onto Information in the ‘Instant age’ “ • Books: • Lemov,Doug. Teach Like A Champion 49 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2010. • Lewin, Larry. Paving the Way in Reading and Writing Strategies and Activities to Support Struggling students in Grades 6-12. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2003. • Marzano, Robert J. .What Works in Schools Translating Research Into Action. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2003. • Nichols, Beverly. Improving Student Achievement 50 Research-Based strategies. Columbus, OH: Linworth Books, 2008.
Resources pg 2 • Rice, Ruth. English Teacher’s Book of Instant Word Games. West Nyak, NY: The Center for Applied Research in Education, 1992. • Unrau, Norman. Content Area Reading and Writing Fostering Literacies in Middle and High School Cultures. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson- Merrill- Prentice Hall,2004 • Whitaker, Todd. What Great Teachers Do Differently 14 Things That Matter Most. Larchmont, NY: Eye on education, 2004. • Online: • http://www.teenhelp.com/teen-issues/teen-motivation.html • Baird, Abigail.”TeenageBrains.http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/teenage-braindobbs-text.2-2012.Sept25 2012 • Images: • lost.jpg • laurenmceachran.com • risen+Jesus+6_245.jpg • rorate-caeli.blogspot.com • sunrise.jpg • universitytoday.com
Resources pg 3 • crawling-baby-boy.jpg • sheknows.com • brain_scan1.jpg • edinformatics.com • eff.167fa-d05d-4453-a45c-67f3b219822-anato • my.hsj.org • scarecrow2-jpg.gif • daniwao.wordpress.com • Video: • You Tube “Call Me Maybe” Carley Rae Jepson