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Please Turn your Cell Phones ON in the Classroom

Instead of trying to control technology, accept and harness it. Use those cell phones in the classroom. Do you agree?

Perhaps we are the dinosaurs.

For a report on how a high school is using cell phones in the classroom, follow this link: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8694-Workplace-Training-and-Development-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Please-use-your-PDAs-and-iPhones-in-the-classroom

Does How We Feel Affect What We See?

An interesting study came to this reporter's attention this week. Conducted by Taylor Schmitz and a team of researchers at the University of Toronto and reported in the June issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, the study found the following.

"Positive moods enhanced peripheral vision and increased the extent to which the brain encoded information in those parts of the visual field, to which the participants did not pay attention. Conversely, negative moods decreased the encoding of peripheral information" (quoted in the science blog Neurophilosophy).

My Examiner column has for months been making the case that positive emotion quiets the brains automatic panic impulse and allows a person to open their mind to new stimuli. The impact of emotion on the visual field of vision is something this reporter had never considered before.

The implication of this research for learning professionals may be that a positive, emotional environment - like that created by Learnertainment® - actually allows a trainer's, teacher's, or speaker's learners to see and absorb more.

Tips for helping people learning with music

A new Learnertainment(r) focused article offering some tips on how to use music in training, teaching, and speeches is available at http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8694-Workplace-Training-and-Development-Examiner~y2009m9d23-Music-as-a-learning-tool. Read the article and get with the beat.

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Thank you for taking action. You'll be fabulous!

Well, summer is over and it's back to work. That doesn't mean I've been idle. I've actually posted several articles at Examiner. com. One of which, Ice breakers are harmful to learning, caused quite a stir. Here are the links:

Strategies for marketing training

Ten concrete steps for beginning a learning event successful

Ice breakers are harmful to learning

How the human brain experiences learning

Uncomfortable learners may experience real pain

Observations about training on the Disney Wonder

As we all refocus from summer on work, may all your efforts be successful and your learners flourish.
Lenn

What is accelerated learning?

I have begun a series at Examiner that highlights Accelerated Learning, defining all it's components as best I can. You can find the series at http://www.examiner.com/x-8694-Workplace-Training-and-Development-Examiner.