1. Nuts and Bolts Understanding the Blue Print of the Brain Dr. Jean Strait

2. What do you want to know? Turn to you neighbors and come up with three questions you want answered— Jean will collect these

3. Why do teachers need to know the brain? We are teaching digital natives while we are digital immigrants Students today have almost 80% more screen time than students just one generation ago. Human interaction is vital for brain development

4. The Framework… The Brain Gray matter-neurons White matter-glia What’s the deal with brain scans?

5. In a nutshell… Plasticity… The brain’s ability to adapt and restructure “when two areas of the brain interact, they influence each other and form a new whole” (Doige, 2009)

6. The Teacher Tool Box Physical activity Novel Activities Coherent complexity Managed stress levels Social support Good nutrition Sufficient rest time

7. The Nuts… Attention Perception Memory

8. The Bolts… Movement/Exercise Meditation Nutrition Humor

9. Student Behaviors Aggression Taking risks Pain and injury

10. The Instructional Design… Increase Physical movement Make things visual/sounds Talk less Give choices Increase social interaction Teach the other 3 R’s (reasoning, resilience, and responsibility)

11. Want to know more? Dr. Jean Strait jstrait02@hamline.edu Hamline University 651-523-2981