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Jamaica Teachers Association Education Conference April 2015

Reaching Every Learner-Understanding the Brain: New Insights on Learning and Brain Development

Brain Development on Android Based Tablet Computers using “Lumosity”

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Workshop format

Time

(mins)

Task.

0-10 Visit Google Playstore and download and install the FREE Lumosity App as well as create account at www.lumosity.com (for those participants who haven't done so yet

11-20 DES Lumosity Presentation

21-30 DES Video on Brain Training, Lumosity Video on Brain Training

31-50 Using Lumosity Brain Training Games

51-60 Questions and Answers / Completion of Workshop Evaluation Form

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The Tablets In SchoolsProject

The tablets in schools project is by far the most important project the government of Jamaica is implementing over the next 3 years !

Teachers Students Schools Duration

Pilot 1,400 26,000 40 1 year, starting September 2014

Full Rollout 23,000 600,000 1800 ?

Lumosity runs on;

-Android phones, and Tablets

-IPads

- PC’s

- The Government of Jamaica’s pilot project has chosen Android as their platform for education

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What Lumosity ?

• We train our body at the Gym

• Where do we train our brain?

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What is Lumosity ?

• Lumosity.com started in 2007• To date 50M users in over 160

countries• Based physically in San Francisco

California• Can do training exercises without

Internet connection (will need to sync)

• Science of product is based on neuroplasticity; (the brain's natural ability to form new  connections in order to compensate for injury or changes in one's environment)

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How does Lumosity Work?

•40+ different exercises / Games in 5 areas, Memory, Attention, Flexibility, Speed and Problem Solving

•On creating your account you tell Lumosity what areas of your brain you want to improve and it selects the best exercises for you

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FREE vs PAID Lumosity

FREE PAID

3 Brain training exercises 40+ Brain Training Exercises

FREE Initial LPI (Lumosity Performance Index) test

Customised Training Course based on constantly changing state of brain, whilst tracking your training history

US$5 per month paid yearly

US$11.95 per month paid monthly

US$240 Lifetime

Compares your score with other similar members on Lumosity

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Chess as another way to exercise the Brain

•The thinking persons game !

•Can be played alone against Android device, Online with players anywhere in the world or with a friend FTF

•Have your students load the FREE Android App and Play and Play and Play !!!!

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Robotics as another way to exercise the

Brain•Robotics using Lego combines the creativity of the Art and Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics subjects (STEAM)

•Mona Prep started their own STEM lab for their Kindergarten students two years ago. This lab is based on Lego.

•David Hall of Halls of Learning has pioneered this in Jamaica and setup Mona Prep.

•STEM is one of the positive initiatives of our own Ministry of Education

•Start a STEM lab in your school come September 2015 !!!! ECI, PRI, SEC

Critical Thinking and Creativity

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Playing a Musical Instrument: another way to exercise the

Brain

It is a long established fact that music helps in brain development and scientific subjects.

FREE Android apps are available to load on your Android devices.

One no longer has to buy expensive keyboards and musical instruments

Beth just finished playing her piano app

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Teaching students Computer Programming to exercise the

Brain

Use FREE Turtle Draw, Algoid and Turtle Graphics app from age 5 !

No need for any expensive computer labs if you have tablets !

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Start them YOUNG !!!!

Neuroplasticity has shown that the brain does keep changing throughout our lifetime. However develops most in the 0-6 years.

Since we know that we NEED to focus on ECI !!!!!

Use your tablets to control the robots !!

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Good old fashioned READING as another way to exercise the

Brain•Add e-Books to your tablets !!!!

•There are literally millions of FREE age and GOJ curriculum relevant e-Books for K1-12 for all of Jamaica’s syllabus FREE on the internet in the that can be easily loaded on your tablets

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Other Android based Brain Training Apps

•Lumosity id the largest and most renowned brain training app, but there are others;

•Elevate

•NeroNation

•Peak Brain Training

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Brain TrainingExercise/Physical Fitness

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Brain TrainingExercise/Physical Fitness

Latin/Soca Zumba workout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quYH8l0Ac8U&list=PLwfg5NSUi4mxKKOvCJkhxX6CLU2GpiMN2&index=11

Soca Zumba workouthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H24O3o-82-k&index=10&list=PLwfg5NSUi4mxKKOvCJkhxX6CLU2GpiMN2

YouTube video workouts

Aerobic Dance workouthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj9d6aBOzDo&index=1&list=PLwfg5NSUi4mxKKOvCJkhxX6CLU2GpiMN2

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Brain TrainingGood Nutrition

“Caan study pon ungry belly”

“Proper food is good for you”

-Beth

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Brain TrainingRest NO Stress

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The components of 21st Century Education

• Technology• Integrated Learning• Student Centred Learning• Collaboration• Creativity• Hands on Learning• Entrepreneurship

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Other Services from DES

Wireless Network Infrastructure

21st Century Education Training

STEM Labs and Training

DIGITAL CCTV Systems

Face to Face to online course

conversionQuickBooks for Schools Training

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Other Services from DES

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Discover more about what DES can do for your institution or YOURSELF at our website

www.digedusrv.com

info@digedusrv.com

819-9537

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FREE Training !!!• All REGISTERED participants to this workshop will be

entitled to FREE Access to the DES 21st Century Education Training Course DES21EDU000

Simply send an email to training@digedusrv.com requesting registration. We will check your email address against the course register and you will be good to go !

• Learn more about this course a www.lms.digedusrv.com

• “Its not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It’s the one that’s most adaptable to change” Teachers, please don’t make yourself redundant we are living in exponential times !!!

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Some ResearchThe Next Slides are info graphics showing highlights of some of the many research papers carried out on Brain Training;

- Improving Cognitive Performance in School-aged Children:

A large scale, multi-site implementation of a web-based cognitive training program in academic settings

- Relationships between lifestyle factors and cognitive performanceAn online study including >160,000 participants

- The Brain Performance Test:Preliminary findings of transfer from cognitive training to a repeatable, dynamically generated assessment