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[Learning & the Brain @learningandtheb]

This is why #educators focus on #teaching #students skills and how to think. It's not about just amassing a bunch of facts.

[Learning & the Brain @learningandtheb]

In "Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage #Brain," cognitive #neuroscience professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore argues that we need to stop disparaging adolescence and instead recognize it as a time for building identity. #adolescenteducation

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[Learning & the Brain @learningandtheb]

Words of wisdom from Bob Talber, though it can be hard to remember when we're required to do so much test prep.

[Ian Jukes @ijukes]

The Perils Of Pushing Kids Too Hard, And How Parents Can Learn To Back Off https://t.co/vpL2RLOxqw

[Ian Jukes @ijukes]

The 10 Top Skills That Will Land You High-Paying Jobs by 2020, According to the World Economic Forum https://t.co/sOSogp46Mv

[David Geurin @DavidGeurin]

Every person has a need to feel significant. There is something in us that we all want to matter, to be important. But how we get our sense of significance and importance is what reveals our character. Do you make others feel important too?

[Ian Jukes @ijukes]

The difference between school and life...

[Ian Jukes @ijukes]

The power of a teacher

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

People who aren’t in education, don’t realize what teachers go through every day… every week. I assure you… they have EARNED this weekend!

[Learning & the Brain @learningandtheb]

When trying to understand #adolescent behavior, we should focus less on teenage hormones and more on the normal process of neuro-biological development. #brain #neuroscience

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[Ian Jukes @ijukes]

Success is an iceberg: the illusion behind success

[Learning & the Brain @learningandtheb]

Note-taking is a teachable skill. As a #student, did you learn to take notes, or were you self-taught? And what did you find to be effective? #classroom #teaching #notetaking

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[Ian Jukes @ijukes]

Qualities not measured by most tests...

[Ian Jukes @ijukes]

My thoughts? Simply put, the more I read, research, and write about the topic, the more alarmed I become about the effects of digital addiction on adults & children alike, and particularly an individual's ability to do deep thinking. Smartphones & tablets are the new tobacco.

[Eric Sheninger @E_Sheninger]

New post: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words https://t.co/769llMtg2D #edchat #cpchat #suptchat #leadered

[Brad Niessen @thetechteacher]

#SchoolCulture
#FutureDriven #EdLeadership #Lead #Edchat #edtech

[Ian Jukes @ijukes]

Academics created a periodic table of mind-blowing tech, and it's a handy guide to how the world will change forever https://t.co/1k9jxKu2KK

[Learning & the Brain @learningandtheb]

Does this quote from Bianchi's 1922 book, The Mechanism of the Brain and the Function of the Frontal Lobes, reflect our current understanding of how the #brain works? #neuroscience

[Ian Jukes @ijukes]

Why Teens Should Understand Their Own Brains (And Why Their Teachers Should, Too!) https://t.co/CqV4X1Ywb6

[edutopia @edutopia]

These questions could be asked in a survey, morning meeting, or in small groups.