Let's+Grow+Some+Dendrites!

=Let's Grow Some Dendrites!: Creating a Brain-friendly Classroom= == = =


 * Weblinks:**

[|Brain Connection] (click on the Education Connection tab and then explore under the topics of ISSUES IN EDUCATION and THE LEARNING BRAIN)

[|Funderstanding: Brain-based Learning]

The Brain Lady

[|Brains.org]

[|Brain Gym]

Brain Breaks

[|Brain songs]

Wondermind: Play games and explore the science of your brain

[|Brain-compatible Classroom]

[|Using Brain-based Education to Optimize Learning]

[|Understanding How Adolescents Think]

[|Language Study and the Brain] (Teresa Kennedy)

[|Mind Expansion: Inside the Teenage Brain] (Newsweek)

[|Brain-based (Compatible) Learning]

[|12 Design Principles Based on Brain-based Learning Research]

[|Practical Ways Brain-based Research Applies to ESL Learners]

[|Brain-Compatible Teaching and Learning]

[|Surprising Truths- The Implications of Brain Research]

[|A Fresh Look at Brain-based Education]

[|Brain-based Learning Articles]

[|Brain-based Learning Links]

[|Hemispheric Dominance Inventory]

[|Hemispheric Dominance and Learning Styles]

[|How to teach students about the brain]

[|A brain-friendly environment for learning]

[|The tenth reason to play: brain-friendly instruction](Spencer Kagan)

[|Brain-friendly learning for teachers]

[|Eric Jensen's Brain Based Learning Blog]

Videos/Podcasts/Webinars:
[|Bobby McFerrin Hacks Your Brain with Music]

[|The Brain] (videos on iTunes University from Teaching and Learning Scotland)

How the Brain Makes Meaning (TED)

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How the Brain Learns Best: How to Make Learning Stick (Edutopia)

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Bobby McFerrin Hickjacks Your Brain with Music

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How We Learn: Synapses and Neural Pathways

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 * Downloads:**

Left or Right Brained? infographic

Understand How Your Mind and Memory Work infographic

Brain-friendly techniques

Selected resources for brain-friendly learning

The Current Brain Research: What Does It Tell Us and What Does It Mean?

Classroom Tips from Current Brain Research

The Brain-friendly Revolution

Using brain-friendly music in the classroom (Source: readingprof.com)

Creating a brain-friendly classroom (Source: Delta Kappa Pi)

Brain-Friendliness Tic-Tac-Toe Boards

=Interactives=

Educational Neuroscience: Test Your Brain

=Memory=

[|10 Strategies to Enhance Students' Memory]

[|What can a student do to increase his/her memory?]

[|Learning and Memory] Ask a Cognitive Scientist: What Will Improve A Student's Memory? (Source: www.aft.org)

Graphic Organizers
[|Customizable Graphic Organizers- CARLA]

[|Graphic Organizers- Everything ESL]

[|Graphic Organizers- Freeology]

[|Graphic Organizers- Holt]

[|Top Ten Sites for Brainstorming/Mindmapping]

Graphic organizers powerpoint

Variety of graphic organizers (p. 27-48)

Thinking with Visual Organizers

=Marketing and Neuroscience=

[|Infomercials juice your brain to induce buying]