By Nohora Edith Urrea

LEARNING HOW TO LEARN

• Learning occurs when we are able to:

• * Gain a mental or physical grasp of the subject.

• * Make sense of a subject, event or feeling by interpreting it into our own words or actions.

• * Use our newly acquired ability or knowledge in conjunction with skills and understanding we already possess.

• * Do something with the new knowledge or skill and take ownership of it.

• Find more at: http://www.skillsyouneed.com/general/learning.html#ixzz3Q50z9l7g

What is learning?

http://www.kizoomlabs.com

A synapse is a small gap at the

end of a neuron that allows

information to pass from one

neuron to the next

What is a synapses?:

Memory is the process that our brain does to store or retain information. The old information is actualized after learning something new. Our memory has two important friends to do her job.

What is memory and how it works?

A. The short term memory or working memory and B. the long term memory or storage warehouse. Take a look to the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKaWJ72x1rI#t=27

http://mfa2014.weebly.com/memory-what-it-is-and-how-it-is.html

CONSOLIDATION

WORKING MEMORY

INFORMATION

LONG TERM MEMORY

INFORMATION INFORMATION

The short term memory or working memory transfers information to our long term memory, moving that information we create connections between the information and that is how our memories are consolidated and created.

The importance of sleep in learning

http://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/sleep-trouble-causehttp://www.thefitindian.com/natural-ways-to-boost-immunity/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3W6j_FP7kA

TAKE A LOOK TO THE FOLLOWING VIDEO ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP :

Being awake creates toxic products in the brain. During sleep the cell of the brain shrink and the fluid wash away all the toxic products.

During sleep the brain is working • Tidies up ideas and

concepts• Erase the less important

memories• Strengthens areas you

need to remember.• Rehearses difficult part

of what you are learning.

http://www.ginerymira.com/blog/ideas-para-ahorrar-agua-en-el-jardin-i

http://pasamesachina.blogspot.com/2012_05_01_archive.html

Some advices

• The nigth before a test read the material once and go to bed

• If your ideas dot flow and you stay up all nigth studing hard everything will go away

• Study a bit about what you are learning before going to sleep will increased the change of dreaming about it and enhance the ability to understand.

What affects our learning?

https://westwood.wikispaces.com/Controlling+Procrastination

http://www.traducirco.com/2012/03/no-hay-crisis-dentro-de-mi.html

http://www.taringa.net/posts/imagenes/17488336/Cosas-que-pasan-en-el-mundo-a-cada-minuto.html

The unhappy feeling of doing something we don´t like or we don´t want to do, makes us turn the attention to something more pleasant and nice.

http://blogsilvfv.blogspot.com/

• http://www.comocuando.es/category/educacion-2/

http://pickyrunner.com/2013/04/02/rants-and-rambles/

http://blogs.qut.edu.au/international-students/category/gardens-point-campus/

http://cantorsappsychologyblog.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html

https://www.pinterest.com/rask88/exam-just-shoot-me/

How to kick procrastination

away???Habits that allow our mind to free it self from other activities 1. The cue: find out what triggers

us from stop doing what we are supposed to do.

2. The routine: create specific times to work

3. The reward: find a nice price for good habits

4. The belief: change the way of thinking… you can do it!!!!

Suggested videos of how to kick procrastination away:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvcx7Y4caQEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA8D1cGW5Qk

THANK YOU.