Before I comment on the video I want to address this blog. I feel like I am having difficulty with setting up my own blog. I have set it up but I am not sure how to properly navigate it. Do you think we could do a quick overview tomorrow. I doubt I am the only one with this frustration. :)
I love the tip of giving students "brain breaks". I think this is so important when at any grade level. The video talks about doing simple movements to get students moving while incorporating silly motions to wake their brains. It seems silly as he demonstrates examples like: write the name of your father with your right elbow and your best friends with you left, and using your hip to write things in the air but using "silly" movements can release tension in the students emotionally and cognitively as well as physically. I think this strategy would have been beneficial when I was in grade school through my undergrad years. LOVE IT!
I hope the tips I shared in class were helpful with your blog. Let me know if you have other questions. "Silly" is why we need an environment of trust. :)
Michael Kuczala gave a lot of great tips on how a teacher can use kinetic in their class room . As he said we have to prepare our studnets brain to learn and physical movement and exercise is a great way of doing so. i also like the idea of having the students take a mental break from their work to do silly and fun movement which help them to alleviate stress and refocus n their learning.
A couple of points that caught my attention were points 4 and 5 in Michael Kuczala’s framework. For point four, he discussed the importance of creating classroom cohesion. A safe home for the mind and a safe place to take risks. I agree that it is extremely important for students to feel comfortable in the classroom and to build community. The fifths points was reviewing content with movement. He demonstrated this by answering a multiple choice question through movement or what he called, “a brain break without a brain break.” This is a great way to help students feel safe and to make learning fun to increase student motivation.
I liked how Michael Kuczala informed us how movement coincides with the brain and how movement can make our brains work better. I also liked how he talked about how adding movement and exercise into our classrooms can promote students to work well together and comradery. I believe this will also allow students to destress and help them concentrate better on their lessons.
Mike Kuczala had several important tips throughout his video to refocus the brain from becoming bored. Physical movement can help the brain reorganize itself. For example, getting your students up to do exercises like, “standing up and writing on your head with your fingers and using your elbow and acting like you are writing names, gives the brain the time do a readjustment and take a break to come back to the material fresh. Another tip that he he mentioned was, "Learning doesn't happen from the neck up, it happens from the feet up." This will help me to remember that when I create my lesson plans I need to put some kinesthetic movements into it.
I love that this video highlighted that cognitive functioning isn't simply a head process, but rather a feet up activity! If you go to recess it becomes very apparent that kids love to move and play. The classroom has been made into a sit down environment, but the reality is kids can really use physical activity as a means to get engages and get their brains in gear. I love that the clip beings up how physical movement in the classroom provides a safe environment, allows for easy progress monitoring, and makes learning implicit!
Mike Kuczala provided great tips on how to educate our students through kinesthetic learning. As educators we are always trying to find best practices to help our students achieve the highest level of learning he made that simple with six easy steps. The information about preparing the brain to learn, taking brain breaks, supporting exercise and creating classroom cohesion were all highly valuable but the most interesting to me was the last two topics he discussed. It made think in terms of teaching content in a totally different manner. For instance,physically using body movements to answer multiple choice questions, circumference and diameter, cardinal direction and why the kinesthetic implicitly is important to engage students while motivating them to achieve higher academic learning. This video has provided me with insight on differentiated instruction and gave me a few good ideas to help me develop future lesson plans. Great video!
I thoroughly enjoyed how this video promoted the Brain-Body Connection. His statement is true that the more you know, the more you can influence, as well as, implement. The framework introduced makes complete sense and I would love to use it in my classroom. He gave simplistic examples that could be implemented at any grade level. Brain breaks, creating a safe environment for the mind, and teaching content through learning really stuck out to me. Even as adults we need "brain breaks", why shouldn't children need the same. This allows for the brain to become refreshed while building a cohesive learning environment. I've always believed that being able to learn "hands-on" and through movement is a more effective way to teach and learn.
**I agree with Tanya regarding mini tutorial. I created a blog, but do not know if I successfully subscribed to everyone??
I watched the video on Tuesday, but did not see that we were suppose to comment. I thought it was interesting that research indicated a correlation between physical fitness and academic success.
Michael Kuczala has some great ideas for incorporating movement into the classroom. Brain breaks are very important for students, especially young children. I like how he mentioned they can be academically focused. His idea of asking a question and having students respond with a physical movement is one I want to add to my future teaching. This is a brain break for the kids and a quick assessment of who is understanding the content for me.
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ReplyDeleteBefore I comment on the video I want to address this blog. I feel like I am having difficulty with setting up my own blog. I have set it up but I am not sure how to properly navigate it. Do you think we could do a quick overview tomorrow. I doubt I am the only one with this frustration. :)
DeleteI love the tip of giving students "brain breaks". I think this is so important when at any grade level. The video talks about doing simple movements to get students moving while incorporating silly motions to wake their brains. It seems silly as he demonstrates examples like: write the name of your father with your right elbow and your best friends with you left, and using your hip to write things in the air but using "silly" movements can release tension in the students emotionally and cognitively as well as physically. I think this strategy would have been beneficial when I was in grade school through my undergrad years. LOVE IT!
I hope the tips I shared in class were helpful with your blog. Let me know if you have other questions. "Silly" is why we need an environment of trust. :)
DeleteMichael Kuczala gave a lot of great tips on how a teacher can use kinetic in their class room . As he said we have to prepare our studnets brain to learn and physical movement and exercise is a great way of doing so. i also like the idea of having the students take a mental break from their work to do silly and fun movement which help them to alleviate stress and refocus n their learning.
ReplyDeleteFun definitely relieves stress. Maybe we should have students ham it up before taking tests ;)
DeleteA couple of points that caught my attention were points 4 and 5 in Michael Kuczala’s framework. For point four, he discussed the importance of creating classroom cohesion. A safe home for the mind and a safe place to take risks. I agree that it is extremely important for students to feel comfortable in the classroom and to build community. The fifths points was reviewing content with movement. He demonstrated this by answering a multiple choice question through movement or what he called, “a brain break without a brain break.” This is a great way to help students feel safe and to make learning fun to increase student motivation.
ReplyDeleteYes! Students need to feel at ease and the classroom needs to be safe to make mistakes and be silly for learning.
DeleteI liked how Michael Kuczala informed us how movement coincides with the brain and how movement can make our brains work better. I also liked how he talked about how adding movement and exercise into our classrooms can promote students to work well together and comradery. I believe this will also allow students to destress and help them concentrate better on their lessons.
ReplyDeleteThis cohesiveness between students will also help minimize classroom management issues.
DeleteMike Kuczala had several important tips throughout his video to refocus the brain from becoming bored. Physical movement can help the brain reorganize itself. For example, getting your students up to do exercises like, “standing up and writing on your head with your fingers and using your elbow and acting like you are writing names, gives the brain the time do a readjustment and take a break to come back to the material fresh. Another tip that he he mentioned was, "Learning doesn't happen from the neck up, it happens from the feet up." This will help me to remember that when I create my lesson plans I need to put some kinesthetic movements into it.
ReplyDeleteRight on! Movement is energizing.
DeleteI love that this video highlighted that cognitive functioning isn't simply a head process, but rather a feet up activity! If you go to recess it becomes very apparent that kids love to move and play. The classroom has been made into a sit down environment, but the reality is kids can really use physical activity as a means to get engages and get their brains in gear. I love that the clip beings up how physical movement in the classroom provides a safe environment, allows for easy progress monitoring, and makes learning implicit!
ReplyDeleteExcellent point. People were learning long before written language. So, how did they learn? Hmmm... :)
DeleteMike Kuczala provided great tips on how to educate our students through kinesthetic learning. As educators we are always trying to find best practices to help our students achieve the highest level of learning he made that simple with six easy steps. The information about preparing the brain to learn, taking brain breaks, supporting exercise and creating classroom cohesion were all highly valuable but the most interesting to me was the last two topics he discussed. It made think in terms of teaching content in a totally different manner. For instance,physically using body movements to answer multiple choice questions, circumference and diameter, cardinal direction and why the kinesthetic implicitly is important to engage students while motivating them to achieve higher academic learning. This video has provided me with insight on differentiated instruction and gave me a few good ideas to help me develop future lesson plans. Great video!
ReplyDeleteHappy to hear it! Usability is what I am aiming towards!
DeleteI thoroughly enjoyed how this video promoted the Brain-Body Connection. His statement is true that the more you know, the more you can influence, as well as, implement. The framework introduced makes complete sense and I would love to use it in my classroom. He gave simplistic examples that could be implemented at any grade level. Brain breaks, creating a safe environment for the mind, and teaching content through learning really stuck out to me. Even as adults we need "brain breaks", why shouldn't children need the same. This allows for the brain to become refreshed while building a cohesive learning environment. I've always believed that being able to learn "hands-on" and through movement is a more effective way to teach and learn.
ReplyDelete**I agree with Tanya regarding mini tutorial. I created a blog, but do not know if I successfully subscribed to everyone??
I hope the tutorial helped. Please let me know if you have questions! Hands on learning definitely wards off fatigue and increases engagement.
DeleteI watched the video on Tuesday, but did not see that we were suppose to comment. I thought it was interesting that research indicated a correlation between physical fitness and academic success.
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DeleteI looked back at where I posted that direction and see how you could have missed it, so no worries.
Michael Kuczala has some great ideas for incorporating movement into the classroom. Brain breaks are very important for students, especially young children. I like how he mentioned they can be academically focused. His idea of asking a question and having students respond with a physical movement is one I want to add to my future teaching. This is a brain break for the kids and a quick assessment of who is understanding the content for me.
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