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Strategic Use of Music to Support Learning

Learningtogo

The song is an example of a mnemonic deviceā€”an effective tool for helping learners memorize nearly anything. Listening to music affects a wide cross section of the brain , including those areas linked to spatial reasoning and navigation. This is no surprise because math and music are processed as languages in the brain.

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Creating Mastermind Retreats and Building WordPress Tools for Developers with Brad Touesnard the Founder and CEO at Delicious Brains

LifterLMS

We discuss creating mastermind retreats and building WordPress tools for developers with Brad Touesnard the founder and CEO at Delicious Brains in this LMScast hosted by Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. At Delicious Brains , Brad has developed four plugins that can help WordPress website developers with various aspects of website building.

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Friday Find Finds ā€”Ā Tools for Learning, Understanding Forgetting, Memorable Feedback

Mike Taylor

Jane Hartā€™s Top Tools for Learning. The results of Jane Hartā€™s annual tools for learning survey is in and it looks like the experimentation and influx of new tools from last year has abated with fewer tools being submitted this year. Building a brain with Dr. Anna Machin on the How Weā€™re Wired podcast.

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Empowering students with digital tools and project-based learning

Kadenze

This novel curriculum solidifies new content knowledge, exposes students to modern digital tools and provides the opportunity to create tangible learning artifacts. license. The goal is learning through the creation of ā€œstunning acts of communicationā€, an idea that is both aspirational and we believe, wholly achievable.

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The Secret to Beating the Forgetting Curve

CourseArc

As it turns out, the answer is a decisive ā€œno,ā€ because thatā€™s not how human brains are wired. After all, thereā€™s only so much available space in our mental hard drives, so our brains are optimized to quickly recall what repetition and habit have proven to be ā€œimportantā€ while everything else that seems less essential gets pushed aside.

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Free learning & development webinars for June 2024

Limestone Learning

ā€œ field, mark ā€ by wostemme is licensed by Pixabay. CEO of Brain Aware Training, will focus on ways to increase critical thinking for employees through effective training. Discover new ways to frame critical thinking and how this skill is already vastly different than before the use of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities

Learning Visions

Thursday, May 24, 2007 Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities Ive just read Richard Nantels post The Ultimate Pretest in which he talks about his interest in brain plasticity. Scientists are finding ways to change the brain through intellectual exercises. Havent yet read that brain plasticity book , but its on my list.

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