Chapter+2

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Chapter 2 is focused on the brain and learning. The brain is the main tool that allows students to learn, and without it there would be no potential for growth. By understanding how the brain works, teachers can better understand and provide for their students. All the main ideas in the chapter touched upon networks in the brain. The first main idea discusses recognition networks and the big role they have in enabling us to identify and understand information. The second main idea focused on strategic networks that allow us to plan and execute skills. Lastly, the third main idea affective networks, says that learning requires interactions with the external world with variations in people, materials, tools, and context. The important thing to remember about this last main idea is that every child will experience situations and have a different outlook on them. The brain is a very complex element of the body, but using the three elements to analyze a students strengths and weaknesses can be very useful. Once you find the problem your one step closer to a solution!

This video is a perfect example of adapting different ways to reach more students. In Chapter 2 the discussion is focused more on the individual and the different ways that each person's //recognition networks, strategic networks, and affective networks// operate//.// In addition to assessing the individual a teacher must also be aware of how these networks are different for different generations. Young people today are raised in a more technologically advanced environment than even ten years ago. Therefore their recognition, strategic, and affective networks operate differently as a group as well as individually. In Chapter 2 brain scans were used that showed different patterns for recognition, strategic, and affective networks in people that in the past were labeled as problem learners. These scans would also show different patterns in a 50 year old and a 20 year old when working on a computer. Especially in recognition and strategic networks where a 20 year old will react to certain instructions without consciously thinking but the 50 year old will struggle to find the correct icon, tab or link. This chapter stresses the importance of educators looking deeper at the root causes of students who are not succeeding. Age difference is another factor for educators to consider. This video is interesting because it uses twitter which is a very recent development in technology. The classroom setting is on a college campus and has 90 students. Using twitter allows all the students to participate because the age of these students makes most of them very familiar with technology and they won't feel the same pressure as when having to participate verbally. What should be added is that if there are any older students, the instructor must take into consideration that they may struggle with this approach just as other students may struggle with a straight lecture approach. Overall this video portrays a great innovative way to incorporate the latest technology into a lesson plan to reach all students.

http://current.com/groups/culture/90024801_the-twitter-experiment-twistory-in-the-classroom.htm