Having listened to the 'Eutopia' Youtube clip and reading the 'Brain Imagery' article, it is obvious that the brain is a very complex being.....far too complex for this mere unit student to comprehend. The expert authors however, have given an insight into this complex being and how to address it as a learning entity. The stress of the articles is on creating learning opportunities that are stimulating and engaging for the students. The video clip gives some very good examples of different engagement techniques that allow for the stimulation of the parts of the brain that researchers have found to be activated when learning occurs. If a student is not stimulated these areas of the brain remain dormant during lessons therefore not allowing content and learning experiences to be successfully engaged with and comprehended. The other interesting point is that of 'knowing the learner'. By undertaking some simple profiling of individual students, appropriate stimulating content and experiences can be undertaken. This stimulation can be targeted and refined depending on student learning styles, interests, social backgrounds etc. By identifying and targeting individual students, the barriers that the brain instinctively puts up as protection measures can be breached, therefore allowing the student to comprehend materials and content in a lesson. As a teacher, this means that I must work on providing those stimuli and create engagement that is relevant for all of the students in my class. With reference to ICT materials, in this forever technologically developing age, learning involving these materials must become a necessity in the classroom. Using ICT equipment may also be a way of creating this stimuli addressed in the above articles.Relating the use of ICTs to stimulate students, the opportunities for finding relevance to individual students is endless.....I just have to know what makes each student tick.

Hi All...

Hi All. Newby to this new fandangled technology thingy. Hope to learn a thing or two in the next few weeks. Good luck to all and hope to get to know a few of you a little better as we spend endless hours together, scratching our heads while staring blankly at the screen.... Cheers Jim