Posts Tagged ‘K12-education’
How to promote brain health at scale: Examples in the workplace, K12 education and consumer tech
? How to promote brain health at scale: Examples in the workplace, K12 education and consumer tech from SharpBrains Hoping you enjoy this slidedeck supporting an important discussion during the 2019 SharpBrains Virtual Summit: The Future of Brain Health (March 7–9th). Full recordings are available for purchase here. 3pm‑4.30pm. How to promote brain health at scale: Examples in…
Read MoreAlzheimer’s Disease: Treatment Directions
Last year, Jeffrey Gonce, a Psychology teacher at Red Land High School (West Shore School District, PA) asked his students to “complete a project describing a recent brain (or genetic) study that affects behavior.” The students could opt to post their articles online, and Jeffrey was kind enough to send us a link to read…
Read MoreReport: The State of the Brain Fitness/ Training Software Market 2008
After many months of work (and we hope many new neurons and stronger synapses in our brains), we have just released our inaugural report on the emerging Brain Fitness Software Market, the first to define the brain fitness and training software market and analyze the size and trends of its four customer segments. We estimate…
Read MoreCarnival of Education #159: Briefing the Next US President on 35 Issues
Dear Mr or Mrs Next US President, Thank you for stopping during recess for a quick study session. 35 educators have collaborated to present this Carnival of Education as a useful lesson plan for you and your education policy team on what our real concerns and suggestions are. In case this is your first visit to…
Read MoreThe First Step Is Failure
Joanne Jacobs, educator, blogger and author of Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea and the Charter School That Beat the Odds, participates today in our Author Speaks Series with an excellent article on how “Schools won’t improve until administrators and teachers can admit the problems, analyze what’s going wrong and…
Read MoreAre Schools (Cognitively) Nutritive for Children’s Complex Thinking?
Today we host a very stimulating essay on the importance of problem-solving and encouraging complex game-playing for children’s complete “cognitive nutrition”. Enjoy! ——————– Children’s Complex Thinking – By Tom O’Brien and Christine Wallach Pop over to your neighborhood school and visit some classrooms. Is what’s happening cognitively nutritive? That is, does it satisfy present needs…
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