Making Connections

After reading chapter 5, I was able to make a better connection with Dr. Burmakcs suggestions. She explains the importance of thinking out side of the box and not being by the book on your lessons. Implementing other strategies is welcomes, especially technology. She goes into further detail of making connectins from abstract to concrete. It reminds me of schema, how our brain collects, stores and recalls informations for later use. Many students and people make different connections according to what is stored in our "files". It is always good to build on prior knowledge. Furthermore, including humor and sequencing events into to have fun with the audience. I enjoyed and look forward to implementing 10:2 in my educational setting. Since viewing Dr.Medina's tutorial video, it had me thinking of what activity can our classroom do every ten minutes. Also, comparing and contrasting activities as mentioned in the chapter assist with grabing the audiences attention. I personally enjoy pictues that have some attributes altered and the reader must locate them.