December 1, 2008
· Filed under GIS Reading · Tagged making connections, Thinking Strategies
Check out these video clips that actually show what happens in your brain when you make connections and learn new things! Watch with your family members and ask if they have ever seen anything like this before.
How your brain makes connections (with narration)
How your brain makes connections (without narration)
What do you think about these video clips? What do these videos tell us about how we learn?
November 24, 2008
· Filed under GIS Reading · Tagged making connections, Thinking Strategies
Mrs. Cox needs more blog comments to read on the morning announcements! She is looking for some thoughtful responses to this post…
Think about something you have read recently. What connections did you make to the text? What did it remind you of (something you have already learned, another book you have read, something you have done in the past, etc.)? Make sure to include how this connection helped you understand the text.
