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The music mentioned in this presentation can be both lyrical or instrumental. Both have these impacts on people.

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(Musician Playing Saxophone Cartoon)

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Music has a hugely positive impact on our lives.

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Music is a good way to communicate, because it creates a response in the listeners brain with mirror neurons. This interaction causes the brain to try and recreate the emotional state of what it is hearing, in this case music. Thus, by listening to music, people are able to understand how someone is feeling, or the story they are trying to tell (Ovary and Molnar-Szakacs).

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Music is a good way to communicate, because it creates a response in the listeners brain with mirror neurons. This interaction causes the brain to try and recreate the emotional state of what it is hearing, in this case music. Thus, by listening to music, people are able to understand how someone is feeling, or the story they are trying to tell (Ovary and Molnar-Szakacs).

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(Musical heart)

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Playing instruments has amazing impacts on your brain 

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Playing instruments has amazing impacts on your brain 

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People can relate to music, because it evokes empathy in the person listening to the music. This feeling of relating to something makes people feel happier (Ovary and Molnar-Szakacs).

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People can relate to music, because it evokes empathy in the person listening to the music. This feeling of relating to something makes people feel happier (Ovary and Molnar-Szakacs).

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Dance makes people happy, and it's only possible because of music. My little brothers love dancing to music, and it makes them very happy. 

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Dance makes people happy, and it's only possible because of music. My little brothers love dancing to music, and it makes them very happy. 

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Language and music are processed so similarly in the brain, that music can be used to help people with language problems. For example, patients with dyslexia had an easier time reading after going through music therapy (Patel).

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(Vector music icon flat modern design)

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The mirror neurons found in brain cells when people listen to music have powerful impacts on groups of people as well. Having the same reaction to a piece of music allows groups to unite and bond over something. This can help communities or specific groups of people grow closer together (Ovary and Molnar-Szakacs).

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How does your presentation answer the EQ (How do the texts we read help us better understand the complexities of our world and our place in it?)

My presentation answers the essential question because it shows how much music affects us, and how similar music is to language. Thus, it shows that language has a big impact on how we act and think. Since the brain processes language and music in similar ways, by proving that music can communicate ideas about our world, I am also proving that language can help us understand things about our world. Since language is the basis of all text, text can communicate ideas through language. Some of these ideas may involve the intricacies of our world and our place in it. By reading texts, our brain is trying to process the information we’re receiving along with comparing it to the information we already believe to be true. Thus, as we read text about the world, we try to understand the information we’re receiving, and also how it fits into what we already know about the world. Through this process, we can better understand the complications of the world and also how we fit into it, since we are constantly comparing information. When someone is comparing information about other’s places in the world, they eventually realize their own.

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Which competency have you made the most improvement in and how is that reflected in the project? Which competency do you still want to improve in for the future? Explain.

I have made the most improvement in the information integration category, and this is reflected in my project, through my bibliography and in-text citations. At the beginning of the class, I did not know how to properly cite sources in MLA format with NoodleTools, and now I can do it quickly and successfully. I showed my improvement by properly citing my sources both in a complete works cited, and within my information as in-text citations. I want to keep working on my process competency for the future, because I have a hard time efficiently managing my time. I think that through this course I have improved my time management skills, by experimenting and discovering what works best for me. I think that I could continue to improve in this competency, and doing so will benefit me for the rest of my life.

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(Cartoon little dancing robot)

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(Music Note)

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The same mirror effect in the brain cells also elicits a physical response to the music, meaning that listeners will feel the need to react in some way, whether it be by singing, dancing, or playing an instrument. This can cause people to exercise, which releases dopamine and makes people happier (Ovary and Molnar-Szakacs).

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Music impacts the listener's physical state.

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Music impacts the listener's physical state.

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Listening to music can affect the release of certain hormones, some of which make people happier. In addition, music can increase the heart rate of anyone who is listening, depending on the tempo, which is good for  one's health. Thus, music causes many physical responses in the listener's body, which are good for their body (Treasure).

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(Icon of the person in ear-phones listening to music)

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Good marketers can increase their sale production by using music to market their product. People are good at associating things with various sounds, which allows marketers to easily take advantage of a consumer's brain. This is very good for marketers, who can dramatically increase their sale production (Treasure).

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Playing music has amazing effects on your brain

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Playing music has amazing effects on your brain

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Playing music can greatly affect the musician's brain (Collins). Some of these effects include:

Improved memory

Improved fine motor skills and coordination

Ability for messages to transfer through the brain quicker and more efficiently

Higher levels of executive function such as planning and organizing

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How does your method of presentation contribute to the effectiveness of your argument?

My method of presentation contributes to the effectiveness of my argument because I presented my project with a padlet. This is a form of presentation that allows you to insert different multimedia into it, along with text, so there are multiple ways to get information across. I think this helps me prove my argument, because it is all about communication, and music is a form of communication. In addition, it allows me to insert music and video into my project, which helps me show real life examples of how music affects people. By showing a picture of my little brothers dancing to music, I am showing how music can make people happier at any age. Therefore, the effectiveness of communicating the ideas in my project is greatly increased by using a padlet, due to the ability to add multimedia.

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My annotations were turned in as a hard copy.

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(Earphone music)

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The type of sound around a person as they are working has huge effects on their productivity. If used correctly, music can greatly increase someone's productivity. For example, workers in an office setting typically are 33% as productive when in their office then they are when encompassed with music. If they use headphones, they can increase their productivity again (Treasure).

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Music and language are both analyzed the same way in the brain. When receiving language or music, the brain analyzes the information being received at the same time as predicting the next word or musical sequence, and also comparing it to previous words and musical phrases. This similarity means that the same parts of the brain are used to understand language and music, and thus they have similar impacts on people (Patel).

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I planned my project out carefully, in terms of the steps I would take to complete it, and the order of the steps. The following was my plan:

1) Find a topic (15 minutes)
2) Find four high quality sources (45 minutes)
3) Establish a clear thesis (5 minutes)
4) Annotate sources (60 minutes)
5) Pick out key ideas (40 minutes)
6) Gather images and videos to       use in padlet (30 minutes)
7) Put all ideas and images in padlet (45 minutes)
8) Create a bibliography with all sources (20 minutes)
9) Insert in-text citations into padlet (5 minutes)
10) Complete reflection (45 minutes)

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