FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 7, 1999
For more information contact:
Bob Reap, Co-Director
Teachers.Net http://teachers.net/
AND COMPANION BRAIN-BASED LEARNING MAILRING
SAN DIEGO, CA -- Teachers.Net today announced the addition of its latest free teacher resource, the Brain-Compatible Learning Chatboard and the companion Brain-Compatible Learning Mailring. Educators now have 24 hour access to up-to-date information on the latest research on how the brain learns, the way memory is stored in the brain, how to build brain-compatible classrooms, and other strategies through the Brain-Compatible Learning Chatboard (http://teachers.net/mentors/bcl). Educators can also network instantly with colleagues around the world through the Brain-Compatible Learning Mailring (http://teachers.net/mailrings).
Brain-Compatible Learning combines old concepts with new research. Learning-friendly uses of music, lighting, plants, and color in the classroom have been strategies that teachers have used for centuries. In the last decade, researchers have discovered the impact of those strategies and how they affect the brain and the learning process. These concepts enable teachers to design teaching approaches conducive to the brain's natural abilities in order to promote student learning and achievement.
Brain-Compatible Learning is understanding the students' brains and how they store, sort, and retrieve the knowledge that is absorbed. More than a natural sponge, the brain is an organ that absorbs the information, but also catalogs it in certain neurological "files," then decides when to recall and regurgitate the material. Lessons which rely on more contextual, episodic memory and less rote memorization are maximizing the potential for every child to succeed. Utilizing this information, educators will be able to impact their students' capabilities by planning their lessons in ways that enhance the natural retrieval methods of the brain.
Teachers.Net, long recognized as a pioneer in on-line teacher development, continues the tradition with the release of these two new brain-compatible resources. Teachers.Net is the only Internet site to provide teachers with the opportunity to dialog with other educators and specialists around the globe on this evolving topic. Trying to better serve the needs of educator sea to sea, Teachers.Net offers the Brain-Compatible Learning Chatboard to allows educators an opportunity to express ideas and concerns, as well as request information on this topic. The Brain-Compatible Learning Mailring allows teachers using these strategies instant access to other utilizing this approach.
"The understandings of the neurological learning processes have increased dramatically in the last decade," says Bob Reap, Co-Director of Teachers.Net. "Assisting teachers in laying the foundation on which to base educational decisions is one of the many goals of Teachers.Net. Teachers.Net is pleased to be on the cutting edge of brain-compatible learning by offering educators the Brain-Compatible Learning Chatboard and Brain-Compatible Learning Mailring."
The Brain-Compatible Learning Chatboard is the newest addition to over 45 dedicated teacher chatboards offered by Teachers.Net. In addition to dozens of special interest support forums and mailrings, Teachers.Net offers over 1000 free lesson plans, job listings, curriculum support, reference materials, and 24 hour support, seven days a week.
For more information on the only teacher site offering the Brain-Compatible Learning Chatboard and companion Brain-Compatible Learning Mailring, visit Teachers.Net at http://www.teachers.net.