Becoming Creative Super Learners at #LIT4UNITAR!

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BECOMING CREATIVE SUPER LEARNERS Zaid Ali Alsagoff

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Imagine if you could read a 200-page book in 20 minutes? In today’s disruptive information overloaded world driven increasingly by innovation, we are required more than ever to transform the way we learn and think in terms of speed and creativity. In this talk, I will explore some of the things that we can do to stimulate and empower our brains and senses to be more focused, learn faster, and think more creatively. The most important message is that our brains can be rewired to become ‘Creative Super Learners’ at any age.

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Future Learning Methods?

Learn While Sleeping!

Massive Open Sleeping Courses!

Super Delta Brain Wave Learning!

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Learning Chips!

Future Learning Methods?

Learning Pills!

Learning Implants & Super Learning Neurons!

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Let’s First Do Some…

Video: http://youtu.be/KSwhpF9iJSsSuper Brain Yoga (research report: http://www.pranichealingontario.ca/SUPERBRAIN.pdfSuper Brain Yoga (SlideShare): http://www.slideshare.net/solarm_india/superbrain-yoga-7136961

Instructions: http://www.shridesk.com/post/2011/12/20/Thoppukaranam-Super-Brain-Yoga#.UorDXdJmgk0

SUPERBRAIN Yoga

…To ENERGIZE and ACTIVATE the brain by synchronizing ALPHA brain waves.

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LEARNING READING

MEMORIZING THINKING

CURATING TYPING

SPEAKING

COLLABORATING

BECOMING CREATIVE SUPER LEARNERS…

*Yellow (text): Will be explored in Episode II (Feb 12, 2014)

LEADING

VISUALIZING

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COMING 2015

BECOMING CREATIVE SUPER TEACHERS?

*Yellow (text): Will covered in Episode II (Feb 12)

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A Crash Course on How Our BRAIN LEARNS…1. EXERCISE - Exercise boosts brain power.

2. SURVIVAL - The brain is a survival organ.

3. WIRING - Every brain is wired differently.

4. ATTENTION - We don't pay attention to boring things.

5. SHORT-TERM MEMORY - Repeat to remember.

6. LONG-TERM MEMORY - Remember to repeat.

7. SLEEP - Sleep well, think well.

8. STRESS - Stressed brains don't learn the same way.

9. SENSORY INTEGRATION - Stimulate more of the senses.

10. VISION - Vision trumps all other senses.

11. GENDER - Male and female brains are different.

12. EXPLORATION - We are powerful and natural explorers.

http://www.brainrules.net/about-brain-rules

Dr. John Medina

Summary: http://sivers.org/book/BrainRules

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…to Stimulate the Brain and Maximize the Students’ Potential.

Brain-Targeted Teaching: http://braintargetedteaching.org/Brain Rules: http://brainrules.net/

Explore Brain-Designed Learning…

John Medina

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How can we use

Technology to

TRANSFORMLearning?

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E N V I R O N M E N T

T R A N S F O R M AT I O N

Online F2F

Substitution Redefinition

- Zaid Ali Alsagoff

Training Support

TEST-Learning Framework

STUDENT

Motivation

Learning Styles

Technology Knowledge

TEACHER

KnowledgeTechnology

Motivation

x-Gogy

LEARNING

Modification

OERs MOOCs

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)

ASSESSMENT

CONTENT / ACTIVITIES

TOOLS

*F2F: Face-to-Face *MOOCs: Massive Open Online Courses*OERs: Open Educational Resources *X-Gogy: Peda/Andra/etc./gogies

http://www.slideshare.net/zaid/testlearning-framework

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The Rate of Medical Knowledge is…

http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/2020/index.html

“…doubling every three years currently and projected to be

doubling every

73 DAYS by 2020…”

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http://www.nst.com.my/latest/national-library-conducts-survey-on-malaysian-reading-habit-next-year-1.385666

Is this True?

Malaysian Reading Habits?

19962 pages of a book a year.

20052 books a year.

20108 – 12 books a year.

*Western countries? At least 20 books a year.

- The National Library Malaysia

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http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/pisa-malaysia-up-in-maths-down-in-science-and-reading

PISA 2012: Malaysia?

Malaysia ranked 52nd overall out of the 65 OECD participating countries.

*OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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http://gpseducation.oecd.org/CountryProfile?primaryCountry=MYS&treshold=10&topic=PI

Girls Rock!

PISA 2012: Malaysia’s Reading Stats…

Average performance in reading of 15-year-olds is 398 points, compared to an average of 496 points in OECD countries.

Girls perform better than boys with a statistically significant difference of 40 points (OECD average: 38 points higher for girls).

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Your Speed Reading Level?

http://www.noahlaith.com/tag/speed-reading-test/

*wpm: Words Per Minute

Reading fast empowers you with more time for deep reflection and exploring new frontiers of your domain.

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Source: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_releases_for_journalists/091011.html

Juggling has been shown to increase both GREY and WHITE MATTER in the brain!

Did You Know?

It empowers you to FOCUS BETTER, THINK FASTER and improve your PERIPHERAL VISION, which are critical for speed reading.

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Speed Reading Tool?

8 More Speed Reading Tools: http://agbeat.com/tech-news/8-speed-reading-apps-can-slash-reading-time/

Acceleread: http://www.acceleread.com/

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Speed Reading Tips?

12 Speed Reading Tips: http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-Speed-Reading

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CURATING?

How do you FIND what you are looking for online?

Curating refers to the process of COLLECTING, ORGANIZING and SHARING resources relevant to a particular topic or area of interest.

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Social Curation/Bookmarking Tools…

http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2011/01/buzzing-with-social-curation-tools.html

To Pull, Discover, Filter, Organize & Share!

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To Collect, Organize, Cite, and Share

your Research Sources!

Social Citations/Referencing Tools...

Zotero: http://www.zotero.org/Citeulike: http://www.citeulike.org/Mendeley: http://www.mendeley.com/RefWorks: http://www.refworks.com/

End Note: http://endnote.com/

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How Fast Can You Type?

I TOUCH only!

ME too!

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Typing Skills?

1. The faster you can type, the more time you will have to think and do.

2. Once you are capable of typing as fast as you think, you will think twice about using a pen again.

3. Good typing skills is a requirement to enjoy teaching and learning online.

Online Typing/Keyboard Training Tools: http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2009/08/is-boltelicious-keyboard-skills.html

What was I THINKING

again?

Chat

e-mails

Forums

Feedback

Assessment

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To Be Continued…February 12, 2014!

URL to Register (Free): http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1559321-mm3-becoming-creative-super-learners-with-zaid-ali-alsagoff

Wednesday, 12 February (2014) at 10.00 PM Kuala Lumpur time!

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“Our brains can be rewired to become ‘Creative Super Learners’ at any age.”

- Zaid Ali Alsagoff

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Have a ZaidLearn!

Finally, You Might Want To…

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Zaid Ali AlsagoffE-Learning Manager

E-mail : [email protected]

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