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= Meeting the Needs of All Learners: Brain-Based Learning =

For the April Showcase Day- April 6, 2017
Create a display that offers evidence of brain-compatible practices in your classroom. This could be a detailed description of a specific project or unit... OR... it could be a general snapshot of your classroom, highlighting routines, procedures, specific lessons, etc. Along with whatever you choose as the focus of your display, include a brief rationale regarding the brain-compatible elements you are highlighting.

Your display should include:
 * Your personal definition of the phrase "brain compatible teaching and learning" (several paragraphs that you might use if asked to explain the phrase to another teacher, a parent, an administrator or a community member)
 * Your Synthesis Sheet (either a hard copy attached to your display, or a digital copy on your laptop) Use the link at the right to get a more detailed description of the Synthesis Sheet assignment
 * Photos, artifacts, and rationale statements providing evidence that you are consciously considering what you've learned about the brain, as you design instructional activities for your students.

In other words, synthesize what you have learned about the brain by showing and telling how you are creating and maintaining a brain-compatible classroom. It is not expected that you directly reference specific structures in the brain or their functions as you are citing brain-compatible practices. You can be more general in nature, just explaining what a specific strategy, event, or activity.... required of students- or how it benefited students- and why you believe that it could be considered "brain compatible".


 * 3 to 5 resources (articles/videos/blog posts, etc.) that support one self-selected "concept" regarding brain-compatibility (for example, the use of music, rhyme, rhythm, movement, physical activity, storytelling, collaboration, choice, differentiation, safe learning environment,elaborative rehearsal strategies, "being there", knowledge of results, school start times, etc.)

We'll talk more about this at our first session, as well as throughout the year.