People think and learn differently. No one else process information exactly the same way you do. If you know how you process information best, you can learn things more efficiently and in less time. When you learn something new or difficult, you naturally tent to use the learning style you prefer. Doodling can be a positive for some students.
Take our your mind map and try to add on more information during the colloquium.
Read Father's article - different brain dominance in his children.
Classroom management - two approaches: reactive or preventative.
To help my teaching practice and style, I wanted to focus on the preventative. How can I understand each student's needs? What learning styles are in my classroom?
Present research hypothesis and results with visual chart and graphs.
Brain Gym Exercises - Way to balance the brain tailored specifically to what students are going to be learning - give handouts and have group do Space Buttons exercise.
Multiple Intelligences -
Understand your learning style so you can use capitalize on your strengths and learn to control your own learning.
Many students are labeled "learning disabled" with ADD because they have different ways of learning different from the predominant verbal and mathematical classrooms.
Teachers should be trained to present their lessons in a wide variety of ways using music, cooperative learning, art activities, role play, multimedia, field trips, inner reflection, and much more.
Short and long term behaviour strategies for using MI in classroom - Activity with slips of paper
Is this easy to do?
Change the way you have students take notes. Give them several options. One example - mind mapping. You brain is like a pin-ball machine. Re-visit homework and note-taking during colloquium.
How can you plan your units to meet every student's needs? Hand out graphic organizers for MI
Conclusion: Review methods used during colloquium to help behavior and increase focus.
Musical Intelligence - background music - setting the mood
