https://padlet.com/jenniferareynolds/jy5gkrg93a68n82z Week Three - Brain Research en-us 2021-02-01 21:30:55 UTC 2021-02-01 22:19:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f49a.png jenniferareynolds https://padlet.com/jenniferareynolds/jy5gkrg93a68n82z/wish/1151081623 This is a video from 2012. The most interesting piece of this is the process of synaptic pruning in the prefrontal cortex. The classroom take-away are the potential to build healthy thinking and coping habits for a lifetime by incorporating them into the classroom. The information about perspective is valuable in seeing the teen as a work-in-progress. I also like the focus on turning risk-taking into a potential positive with good risks ...academic and performance risks, and seeing the teen brain as primed for learning.]]> 2021-02-01 21:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferareynolds/jy5gkrg93a68n82z/wish/1151081623 jenniferareynolds https://padlet.com/jenniferareynolds/jy5gkrg93a68n82z/wish/1151103242 In this 2015 TED Talk, Lara Boyd focuses on the brain research around learning. She dispels the concept of the brain being complete after puberty and the brain being split into strict areas of function. The research demonstrates neuroplasticity throughout life. The most important takeaways  for the classroom are about long and short term learning. Increased struggle leads to more learning and each student needs personalized pace. The idea of matching learners and teachers is interesting, but it would require structural change.]]> 2021-02-01 21:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferareynolds/jy5gkrg93a68n82z/wish/1151103242 jenniferareynolds https://padlet.com/jenniferareynolds/jy5gkrg93a68n82z/wish/1151153011 This research links emotion to decision-making and memory. The big ideas are the need for making the connections between the skills and material being learned and the individual student's drive. Physical engagement was key for the teacher featured, but his first attempts failed. He then started with the emotional why before jumping into teaching the technical aspects. This is relevant to my English classroom where we can focus on impact first, and method after. I am thinking of AP Language where we analyze the specifics of rhetoric.]]> 2021-02-01 22:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferareynolds/jy5gkrg93a68n82z/wish/1151153011 jenniferareynolds https://padlet.com/jenniferareynolds/jy5gkrg93a68n82z/wish/1151170778 This article focuses on the importance of resilience, adaptability, and collaboration. Traditionally, schools were tasked with the academic needs of children and SEL was something to be taught at home. Research and changing needs have revealed that the academic needs of students are inseparable from their social and emotional needs and these skills do not come naturally to most people.  In the current high school classroom, these skills are making an appearance as  modules during connections and support sessions. Eventually, these will find a better fit incorporated into regular lessons.]]> 2021-02-01 22:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferareynolds/jy5gkrg93a68n82z/wish/1151170778