Archive for May 9th, 2012

Effective Ad? Ask Your Brain – ScienceNOW

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Brain and Language Effective Ad?Ask Your Brain – ScienceNOW…See it on Scoop.it, via Cognitive Neuroscience… See on www.scoop.it

Los Altos Town Crier – Author explores theories behind creativity

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Brain and Language Individuals should paint their rooms blue, take breaks and do some productive daydreaming and perhaps watch a sad movie before writing a story. See on www.scoop.it

Jason Silva: How Ideas Are Living, Beautiful Beings Of Wonder [Video]

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Brain and Language In this video of his talk at PSFK CONFERENCE NYC, Jason Silva shares two of his ‘shots of philosophical expresso’ – an exploration of how technology can quickly manifest our ideas and desires. See on www.stumbleupon.com

Human brain shaped by duplicate genes

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Brain and Language Multiple copies of a gene may have boosted the computational power of our ancestors’ brains.See it on Scoop.it, via Cognitive Neuroscience… See on www.scoop.it

Sleepy Brains Think More Freely: Scientific American

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Brain and Language Creativity peaks at times of mental fuzziness… Early birds, save your creative challenges for just before bed. See on www.scoop.it

Language Magazine » Linguistic Diversity Linked to Biodiversity

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Brain and Language Interdisciplinary researchers report that areas with high biological diversity, such as biodiversity hot spots and high biodiversity wilderness areas, are also home to about 70 percent of the world’s languages. See on www.scoop.it

The power of the poster « one year

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Second Life y Mundos Virtuales 1. Posters facilitate oral practice Using posters at timely junctures during class acts as a great energizer for students, letting them know that it’s time to switch to English. See on www.scoop.it

Harvard and M.I.T. Offer Free Online Courses

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Second Life y Mundos Virtuales The universities announced a new nonprofit partnership, known as edX, that will offer vast new learning opportunities for students around the world. (RT @opencontent: Open course battle royale! See on www.nytimes.com

Technoliteracy

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Second Life y Mundos Virtuales In a speech I gave yesterday to the University of Chester’s final year teacher trainees, I touched on the concept of multi-literacy. This was in response to a question from a student about the potential dumbing down of language through SMS texting. See on steve-wheeler.blogspot.fr

Gaming in the Classroom Is Becoming the Norm – Education – GOOD

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

See on Scoop.it – Second Life y Mundos Virtuales Teachers say gaming helps them personalize instruction and meet the needs of all kids. See on www.good.is