Cognitive Development Knowledge Language 
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
While we often don’t think of ourselves as brain changers, when we teach we have an enormous impact on our students’ cognitive development. For example, the predominant language (or languages) and familiar faces, voices and objects will become the data the brain uses to build new cortical maps and their interconnections.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
However, if we define personalization as deeply understanding each individual’s unique experience, passions, strengths and areas for growth and then tailoring learning experiences based on that knowledge, then it requires an approach that meets the needs of the whole child. math, literacy, science, social studies, foreign language, art).
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Edsurge
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Cognitive, motor, language and social skills, among others, are beginning to develop as children learn about their world, learn how to communicate and start to make friends. The early years in a child’s life are a time of discovery. That’s part of a troublesome trend that may require more adult vigilance.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 11, 2019
These block-based programming languages utilize a low floor, high ceiling approach , meaning the technology is accessible enough for learners of all ages and abilities to participate and engaging enough so that users can build expertise and do more complex projects with time and experience. Shift the focus to exposure, rather than knowledge.
Edsurge
AUGUST 3, 2016
Constructionism,” a term Seymour coined in the mid-’80s in connection with the academic work on LOGO, (the children’s computer programming language) and the education movement it spawned, became the basis for our work together at the MIT Media Lab (described in a book we published in 1991). Seymour’s genius goes far beyond the academic.
Edsurge
JULY 31, 2020
In an ordinary year, when schools let out for the summer, many students experience learning loss —also known as “summer slide”—where their knowledge retention and cognitive development slows or recedes. About 230 miles east of Hampshire, in Knoxville, Tenn.,
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 3, 2019
It is a subject that can also benefit many other areas of learning, including math and languages, by engaging many different hemispheres of the brain. Simply Piano and Joy Tunes are two excellent piano apps that provide informative lessons and musical knowledge in a logical, step-by-step way. Streaming live music. More on music.
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