Week 2  (Jan 21 - 27, 2013) - THE EMOTIONAL BRAIN & MOTIVATION

During this week, participants will

• understand how the emotional brain can trigger or hinder learning
• come up with activities that promote the effective use of emotion to enhance learning
• explore if different types of reward (intrinsic X extrinsic) can trigger motivation equally
• share their findings and ideas with the group
• continue digitally curating brain-related resources
• share ideas on how educators can enhance learning taking into account what they've learned about the emotional brain & motivation

NEW: What Happened to Tony

Week 2 Tasks 

Task 1 - Tony's Story

From James Zull book, The Art of Changing the Brain, page 58

Narrated by Mary Hillis

Images by Brazilian educator Cleide Frazão

a. Listen to a teacher's story with his new group and Tony, a student. 

Task 2 - The Emotional Brain - Some Key Concepts

a. Understand some basic concepts related to the Emotional Brain and make the connection with Tony's story.

>>>If you prefer, you can listen to the audio file. 

Task 3 - Expanding your Learning

a. Check this word cloud with concepts, words, expressions related to the emotional brain.

Choose the ones you'd like to explore more in depth and go on a Web search to expand your knowledge about it. 

b. Share what you've learned and the resources you've found with our community at Week 2 - Expanding your Learning . 

Task 4 - Portfolio Entry

a. Add your personal views of what you've learned this week in your portfolio. 

b. Add the link to your portfolio reflection to our Edmodo group at http://www.edmodo.com/post/103606705 

(please, add the direct link to the post, not the general one to your digital portfolio).

Task 5 - What Happened to Tony

a. check what happened to Tony and add your thoughts about it. 

http://hottopicselt.pbworks.com/w/page/63050653/What%20Happened%20to%20Tony 

Extra Resources

http://www.edutopia.org/richard-davidson-sel-brain-video

http://www.learner.org/courses/neuroscience/common_includes/si_flowplayer.html?pid=2386 - Emotion and Cognition: A Neuroscientist's Perspective - Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and the teachers from the Sacred Heart Preparatory School in Atherton, CA, and the surrounding area discuss the implications for understanding learning in their classrooms

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/10974?sponsor_id=1 The Emotional and Vulnerable Brain - click on the picture of the person and the video will load.

http://www.helpguide.org/toolkit/immordino-yang_video.htm Dr. Immordino-Yang on the role of emotions.

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