The conference reminded me of many ideas I have learned over the years. Reflecting on the day I questioned how to take all of this information and create new meaning for students to use in our constantly evolving society. Blending the proven skills with new ideas becomes our challenge. We have so many skills, content knowledge, and processing activities to complete each day in a short amount of time each day it becomes challenging to reach all students needs.
This session was more about the developing adolescent than creating a positive learning environment. Having read The Teenage Brain , a lot of the information shared was not new to me. One interesting take away - an MRI of a brain after eating sugar is similar to an MRI of a brain on drugs (I think it was heroin). The few examples of creating a positive learning environment included incorporating movement and allowing for interaction. I was hoping to take away ideas on how to get students who are hesitant to join groups and participate more involved.
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