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"The student’s eyes drift to the classroom window and the teacher’s voice fades from consciousness. The daydream begins. It’s a familiar scene, one we have likely both experienced as students and struggled against in our students as teachers. But daydreaming is not what it might seem. Recent research in both psychology and neuroscience makes clear that daydreaming is an essential part of mental processing, reasoning and, yes, even learning." Via Beth Dichter 
Γιώργος Παπαναστασίου's curator insight,
January 8, 2:22 PM
Και οι 15 λόγοι συνοψίζονται στο απόσπασμα από την Αναφορά στον Γκρέκο του Νίκου Καζαντζάκη:
Μια μέρα, ήταν άνοιξη, χαρά Θεού, τα παράθυρα ήταν ανοιχτά κι έμπαινε η μυρωδιά από μια ανθισμένη μανταρινιά στο αντικρινό σπίτι∙ το μυαλό μας είχε γίνει κι αυτό ανθισμένη μανταρινιά και δεν μπορούσαμε πια ν' ακούμε για οξείες και περισπωμένες. Κι ίσια ίσια ένα πουλί είχε καθίσει στο πλατάνι της αυλής του σκολειού και κελαηδούσε. Τότε πια ένας μαθητής, χλωμός, κοκκινομάλης, που 'χε έρθει εφέτο από το χωριό, Νικολιό τον έλεγαν, δεν βάσταξε, σήκωσε το δάχτυλο: 
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January 8, 4:58 PM
If you have wondered if daydreaming makes students better learners then this article will provide 15 reasons as well as many resources. A few of the reasons listed are (all are quotes): * Daydreaming is the mind's natural state * Daydreaming helps with critical thinking and problem solving * Daydreaming...greatly increases the mind’s ability to smoothly shift in the face of unanticipated events and situations. An additional 12 items are listed. Delete the scoop?
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Learners not Knowers I’m not saying that my kids don’t need teachers. But I am saying my kids don’t (won’t) need teachers any more to get them to pass the test. “Knewton’s software analyzes students’...
.."we should all be feeling an acute urgency right now to take back the definition of what “learning” really is in a world filled with content and teachers and personalization." Via k3hamilton Delete the scoop?
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The Web offers a wealth of learning opportunities and teachers and students should be taking advantage of them, writes Will Richardson.
a few selected quotes:
"First and foremost, schools want our kids to be knowers, not learners."
"In the future, although it’s already happening in some classrooms today, the best teachers will be connected to educators and learners from around the globe, and, in turn, they will connect their students to educators and learners."
"To make this happen, to get us to the point where we are fully able to support students in these new literacies of learning, we must see our teachers as learners first, and create a culture of learning within the four walls of our schools"
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