There is a great book on brain research focused on education, actually the process of learning. It is called "The Art of Changing the Brain" by J. Zull. it is a great eye opener for teachers, and it makes so much sense, specially using the OWL method. Check it out. On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Darcy Rogers <rogersdr25@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is great! Another addition would be to have students look at a > transcription of short parts of the video (or the whole thing if someone > had that kind of time ;) for literacy. **For those of you at Bootcamp, > the literacy activity would also be a neat way to incorporate movement and > text. * > * > * > I just attended a Conference on brain research where it talked about two > very important things in learning: 1. aerobic movement and 2. information > entering the brain in different ways. As many different ways as possible > that we can expose our students to the information (seeing-visuals & text, > hearing, manipulatives, kinesthetic, etc.) the better for their learning > and understanding. > > I would love to hear what other ideas teachers have about incorporating > authentic resources (texts, videos, etc.) at ALL levels in an organic way > in class. It's great how your ideas are feeding off of each other as well! > > Awesome! > > *Darcy Rogers* > Organic World Language (OWL) > Phone: 541.601.4509 > Fax: 541.776.4099 > Website: olaed.com > Facebook: tinyurl.com/organic-language-facebook > > ------------------------------ > *De:* Emily Gerstner <emilygerstner@xxxxxxxxx> > *Para:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Enviado:* Lunes, 30 de septiembre, 2013 12:56 P.M. > *Asunto:* [ola] Texting and driving lesson > > Happy Monday! > > I am always looking for ways to incorporate videos and authentic resources > in my classroom, and I love this PSA about texting and driving from AT&T: > https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=oAH_mQVuLPo > > Tomorrow in Spanish III, we are going to watch the video 2 or 3 times > through and discuss familiar and key vocab words, then I am going to have > pairs come up with lists of "Actividades que no se debe hacer a la vez." > This idea came from an idea that someone had posted on the listserv about > listing things that do or don't go together, so a shout out to you, whoever > you are! Then, I will have each student create a PSA poster that roughly > follows the format of the video, using their favorite pair of activities > that don't go together. For example, "Correr y usar tijeras a la vez es > peligroso. Puede esperar." > > Something I'm working on in my planning is what kinds of activities work > best to accompany videos and authentic resources... if folks have feedback > on tomorrow's lesson plan or what you do in your classes when interacting > with these kinds of resources, I would love to hear it! > > Cuidense, > Emily > > -- > Emily Gerstner > Teacher, Spanish II & III > Parma Community High School > > (781) 258-4530 > emilygerstner@xxxxxxxxx > > > -- Claudia Marin The Evergreen State College MIT 1st year Tacoma Cohort