Becoming the Wiz

I thought the activties in this presentation were awesome. They are definetly going to be awesome resources to use in the classroom. I hav to admit it was kind of funny that I was the only blue person in the entire class. When I was looking over my teammates blogs about this presentation I have to admit that I agree with Bridget. There was A LOT of information in this presentation, and I have to admit I really didn't absorb as much as I would like to have. To be honest I don't think that there is really anyway your team could fix that. You wiki is awesome, it's very well organized and I know that it is going to be an awesome resource for me to use. I'm thinking that maybe inbetween each transition amongst the group you guys could have done maybe a little exact overview of what the page was all about. This might help, with all of the scientific infomation, especially for people like me who never have really been interested in learning about the brain. I know I didn't put all positive feedback but you folks did a great job on the presentation, and with all of the information that you had to share I wouldn't have cut anything out it.

"Wiz"

I thought your presentation went really well. All of you seemed as though you knew the book very well and knew which parts you were all presenting. I liked the activities that you had us do during class, but your presentation was a little boring. I think you talked too fast and presented too much information in a little span of time. Also, you basically had us sit there for the entire presentation instead of getting up and moving out of our chairs in order to re-energize our brains. However, I love your wiki page and the different links and information that you have presented there. Good Job!

WBBT

Becoming a Wiz at Brain Based Teaching expanded on last weeks presentation by going more in depth on the brain and how classroom strategies can positively or negatively affect it. When educators have a rough idea of how students brains work, its easier to develop classroom activities and themes that help them connect more with the material and enhance their chances of placing it in their long term memory.

I really enjoyed the information that was presented and thought all of you did a good job of going in depth and making it easy for me to understand. The wiki was filled with lots of information and good links, which makes it easier for me to understand and remember when I want to go back in the future and refresh on it. I liked all of the pages and links, but the ones I really liked where the charts from "if I only had a memory," and the "Dorothy" page. The information that was covered on those pages fascinated me more then the others. I also enjoyed the class activities, especially the personal characteristics chart.

Though I really enjoyed the presentation, I could have used more activities, especially one that involved movement. After sitting down the whole class, I was extremely antsy at the end and struggled to pay attention to "Which witch is which," and "No place like home". I think if the information wasn’t so strong and interesting, you might have lost me after the first twenty minutes. There was a lot of lecture, and I traditionally struggle to pay attention when I’m not as involved and have to sit down and listen.

Great job overall, I gained a lot of valuable information and am defiantly interested in reading the book at some point.