khenry
Hello from Jamaica
Hi all! Saying hello from Jamaica. I am a teacher in a small Arts College in Jamaica where I teach Dance, Information Technology, Technology in Education and Mathematics. I feel very blessed to teach and perform in both left and right brain fields. This is my second to last MET course and I am looking […]
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verenanz 7:44 pm on September 9, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hello Kerry-Ann! How wonderful to live in Jamaica and to work with both sides of your brain…what kinds of technological adult literacy programs are you currently using?
Verena:)
khenry 5:11 pm on September 11, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hello Verena,
Thank you. In also responding here to David’s comment, with which I agree, I would say that traditionally academic areas have definitely been categorised as left-brain and right-brain and so indeed I feel lucky to be able to exercise some blending. I actually have not started working in any technological adult literacy programmes but would definitely hope to head there.
Kerry-Ann
David William Price 7:39 am on September 10, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
You may be interested in neuromyths… left brain/right brain thinking apparently is one of those myths. This surprised me to learn but the original research was done on people whose brains were split (the corpus collosum was cut) which caused a large differentiation. It’s exciting to read recent research and realize how we use most of our brain regularly and how we can design instruction to take advantage of that.
khenry 5:14 pm on September 11, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hello David,
I will definitely check this out as I agree with you and have many times commented that for me there is no separation. What I should have said is that the areas have been ‘traditionally’ categorised as left-brain vs. right-brain.
Kerry-Ann
Everton Walker 1:27 pm on September 10, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Kerry,
What’s up? Great to have you around on the home stretch. I know we will have a great time learning as usual. All the best 🙂
khenry 5:17 pm on September 11, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hello Everton,
Really great to see you again. Thank you for the well wishes and all the best to you as well. I am looking forward to having a great time as well, which seems to be how this course is already shaping up 🙂