Jamaica Teachers Association
Education Conference April 2015
Reaching Every Learner-Understanding the Brain: New Insights on
Learning and Brain Development
Brain Development on Android Based Tablet Computers using
“Lumosity”
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Workshop format
Time
(mins)
Task.
0-10
Visit Google Playstore and download and install the
FREE Lumosity App as well as create account at
www.lumosity.com (for those participants who haven't
done so yet
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DES Lumosity Presentation
21-30
DES Video on Brain Training, Lumosity Video on Brain
Training
31-50
Using Lumosity Brain Training
Games
51-60
Questions and Answers / Completion of Workshop Evaluation Form
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The Tablets In Schools
Project
The tablets in schools project is
by far the most important project
the government of Jamaica is
implementing over the next 3
years !
Lumosity runs on;
-Android phones, and Tablets
-IPads
- PC’s
- The Government of Jamaica’s pilot project has
chosen Android as their platform for education
Teachers Students
Pilot
Full Rollout
Schools
1,400
26,000
40
23,000
600,000
1800
Duration
1 year, starting
September 2014
?
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What Lumosity ?
• We train our body at the Gym
• Where do we train our brain?
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What is Lumosity ?
• Lumosity.com started in 2007
• To date 50M users in over 160
countries
• Based physically in San Francisco
California
• Can do training exercises without
Internet connection (will need to
sync)
• Science of product is based on
neuroplasticity;
(the brain's natural ability to form new connect
ions in order to compensate
for injury or changes in one's environment)
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How does Lumosity
Work?
•On creating your account you tell Lumosity what areas of your
brain you want to improve and it selects the best exercises for
you
•40+ different exercises / Games in 5 areas, Memory, Attention,
Flexibility, Speed and Problem Solving
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FREE vs
PAID Lumosity
FREE
PAID
3 Brain training exercises
40+ Brain Training Exercises
FREE Initial LPI (Lumosity
Performance Index) test
Customised Training Course
based on constantly changing
state of brain, whilst tracking
your training history
US$5 per month paid yearly
US$11.95 per month paid monthly
US$240 Lifetime
Compares your score with other
similar members on Lumosity
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Chess as another way
to exercise the Brain
•The thinking persons game !
•Can be played alone against
Android device, Online with
players anywhere in the world
or with a friend FTF
•Have your students load the
FREE Android App and Play
and Play and Play !!!!
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Robotics as another
way to exercise the
Brain
•Robotics using Lego combines the
creativity of the Art and Science
Technology Engineering and Mathematics
subjects (STEAM)
Critical Thinking and Creativity
•Mona Prep started their own STEM lab for
their Kindergarten students two years
ago. This lab is based on Lego.
•David Hall of Halls of Learning has
pioneered this in Jamaica and setup Mona
Prep.
•STEM is one of the positive initiatives of
our own Ministry of Education
•Start a STEM lab in your school come
September 2015 !!!! ECI, PRI, SEC
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Playing a Musical Instrument:
another way to exercise the
Brain
It is a long established fact that music
helps in brain development and
scientific subjects.
FREE Android apps are available to
load on your Android devices.
One no longer has to buy expensive
keyboards and musical instruments
Beth just finished playing her piano app
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Teaching students Computer
Programming to exercise the
Brain
Use FREE Turtle Draw, Algoid and
Turtle Graphics app from age 5 !
No need for any expensive computer
labs if you have tablets !
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Start them YOUNG !!!!
Neuroplasticity has shown that the brain
does keep changing throughout our
lifetime. However develops most in the 06 years.
Since we know that we NEED to focus on
ECI !!!!!
Use your tablets to control the robots !!
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Good old fashioned
READING as another
way to exercise the
•Add e-Books to your tablets !!!!
Brain
•There are literally millions of FREE
age and GOJ curriculum relevant eBooks for K1-12 for all of Jamaica’s
syllabus FREE on the internet in the
that can be easily loaded on your
tablets
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Other Android based
Brain Training Apps
•Lumosity id the largest
and most renowned brain
training app, but there are
others;
•Elevate
•NeroNation
•Peak Brain Training
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Brain Training
Exercise/Physical Fitness
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Brain Training
Exercise/Physical Fitness
YouTube
video workouts
Latin/Soca Zumba
workout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quYH8l0Ac
8U&list=PLwfg5NSUi4mxKKOvCJkhxX6CLU2GpiMN2&i
ndex=11
Soca Zumba workout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H24O3o-82k&index=10&list=PLwfg5NSUi4mxKKOvCJkhxX6CLU
2GpiMN2
Aerobic Dance workout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj9d6aBOzDo&inde
x=1&list=PLwfg5NSUi4mxKKOvCJkhxX6CLU2GpiMN2
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Brain Training
Good Nutrition
“Caan study pon ungry belly”
“Proper food is good
for you”
-Beth
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Brain Training
Rest NO Stress
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The components of 21st
Century Education
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Technology
Integrated Learning
Student Centred Learning
Collaboration
Creativity
Hands on Learning
Entrepreneurship
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Other Services from
DES
Wireless Network
Infrastructure
STEM Labs and
Training
21st Century
Education
Training
QuickBooks for
Schools Training
DIGITAL CCTV
Systems
Face to Face to
online course
conversion
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Other Services from
DES
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FREE Training !!!
• All REGISTERED participants to this workshop will be
entitled to FREE Access to the DES 21st Century
Education Training Course DES21EDU000
Simply send an email to training@digedusrv.com
requesting registration. We will check your email
address against the course register and you will be
good to go !
• Learn more about this course a www.lms.digedusrv.com
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“Its not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the
most intelligent that survives. It’s the one that’s most
adaptable to change” Teachers, please don’t make
yourself redundant we are living in exponential times !!!
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Some Research
The Next Slides are info graphics showing highlights of some of the many
research papers carried out on Brain Training;
- Improving Cognitive Performance in Schoolaged Children:
A large scale, multi-site implementation of a web-based
cognitive training program in academic settings
- Relationships between lifestyle factors and
cognitive performance
An online study including >160,000 participants
- The Brain Performance Test:
Preliminary findings of transfer from cognitive training to a
repeatable, dynamically generated assessment
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