4TH SECRET: PERSISTENCE IS THE KEY
The process described in the 3rd secret was pretty simple, wasn’t it? The really challenging part for Mel though will be not to give up when there isn’t instantaneous success. In fact, this is where we as teachers and facilitators of learning really come into our own. Read more

3RD SECRET: GO META ON THE MAGICAL BEAST!
As long as Mel is caught up in looping through from confusion to frustration, there is
very little that we teachers can do. Or is there?

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2^ND SECRET:
IS FRUSTRATION A STUCK STATE?

Melanie is frustrated with her continuing lack of success at learning and she shows it! The question
is, was she born a frustrated learner? Was she hard-wired at birth with the ‘frustrated learner’ gene destined
to scowl her way through school and life stumbling from one frustrating learning episode to the next?

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From time to time, as a teacher, lecturer, facilitator or trainer you would have come across the students or participants in your class who displayed signs of frustration at the learning process. They are often openly disruptive and ignoring them in the hope that they might become interested in your lesson seems to antagonize them further. Let’s explore ways of shifting them from frustration to learning? Read more

Most memory techniques we know and use are for memorizing numbers,
shuffled decks of cards, etc., which are short-term memory endeavors.

What about long term memory for things like Medicine.

Here is a recent post by Michael Ostrovski in wwbc yahoo group.

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Here are a couple of my favourite memory quotes

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For ideas on how to use iMindMap check out the latest posts on the Mind exchange for Mind Maps drawn in iMind Map

Please add one of your Mind Maps and ask any questions that may have popped up as you where using the software.

Peter Russell, author of the Brain Book and long time collaborator
with Tony Buzan, has created a cool Life Expectancy Calculator. 
http://www.peterrussell.com/Odds/VirtualAge.php

My Biological age is 44 (though I prefer 40+gst)

The good news is that my virtual age is 31 and my life expectancy is 88 (I'm halfway there).

The calculator gives you real clues on what impacts on life expectancy and how to Age-proof your brain and body.

Once you have mastered the basic peg system of Number Rhyme for your short term memory lists. 1 = bun, 2 = shoe, you can easily extend the number of items remembered by associating an element with the images.
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1-9 as normal
10-19 same imagery but everything is in Ice (i.e. one = bun, in a block of ice)
20-29 – same imagery where everything is blue (2-blue) (i.e. one = a blue bun)
30-31 – same imagery with everything as velvet. (i.e. one = a bun resting in velvet)
Etc

Hello, I'm pleased to be doing my bit to promote mental fitness and literacy. Read more

As we get older, it's vitally important to keep the mind active and fit. In this film, brain guru Tony Buzan talks about the common problems and misconceptions of aging, as well as the secrets behind having a healthy mind at any age.

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-age-proof-your-brain

Hi,

thought I would start the group discussion by sharing a Mind Map for the Certificate 4 in Training and Assessment (TAA)http://www.fuzz2buzz.com/en/mex/mind-map/software/264/inclusive-learning-culture
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I created this Mind Map as my assignment to discuss the core elements of a Inclusive Learning Culture.
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The core strategies as I see it are
- to understand the learners - their background, learning styles and learning needs and current experience, skills and abilities
- to adjust the environment, activities and assessment to met their needs Read more

Stunning Sydney Harbour was the backdrop for stage 1 of Tony Buzan’s Australian Tour in February 2008 . Whether working with 40 executives (in a global environmental engineering organisation) on Grass Roots Leadership, or inspiring a diverse group of people (who travelled from all over Australia) to hear how they could Age Proof their Brain, Tony Buzan brought new and dynamic information from his recent global events and research.
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