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Thursday, July 19, 2018 · 11:00 AM CDTExecutive Functions are a class of cognitive skills that constitute the directive capacities of our minds. They are essential for learning and for social and emotional intelligence. They are predictive of how students do academically, how much m...
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Thursday, June 14, 2018 · 11:00 AM CDTSTEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) are both getting a lot of attention lately, but it is only recently that the two crop up in the same article, much less the same sentence. In recent research...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2018 · 11:00 AM CDTAs the school year draws to a close, kids are champing at the bit for the carefree summer months to arrive. And while teachers and parents are also looking forward to a less pressured pace, they also often bemoan the loss of academic skills that ...
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Tuesday, May 1, 2018 · 11:00 AM CDTStudents go to school to learn. Teachers take professional development courses to learn. Employees participate in training courses to learn. We learn new languages, computer programming, golf, bridge, social media etiquette and emojis, and how ...
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Thursday, March 15, 2018 · 2:00 PM CDTA critical thinker is able to understand the connections among ideas; focus on relevant information and screen out the irrelevant; use good reasoning and problem-solving techniques; assess their own assumptions; and reflect deeply on their own thi...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 · 11:00 AM CSTEstimates are that there are approximately 4.6 million English Language Learners in U.S. Schools, closing in on 10% of the population. The number of English Language Learners around the world is estimated at over 1 billion. 60% of the world’s po...
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Thursday, February 8, 2018 · 10:00 AM CSTThis webinar is designed for parents (and grandparents!) who are working with a child as a BrainWare SAFARI “coach.” Being a great BrainWare coach is not difficult but there are some best practices that will make your time working with your child...
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Thursday, January 4, 2018 · 2:00 PM CSTParents and educators are confronted on a daily basis with issues related to stress – sometimes their own stress and that of their colleagues – and increasingly the chronic or acute stress of their children and students. The traumatic events that...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017 · 11:00 AM CSTThe concept of differentiated instruction is intuitively appealing. Each child is unique and each brain learns uniquely. In a sense, all learning is differentiated, by definition, even when instruction isn’t. But many teachers struggle with prov...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017 · 2:00 PM CSTWe all make hundreds if not thousands of decisions every day. Some are easy; some are excruciatingly difficult. In this webinar, we will explore the characteristics of different types of decisions as well as the critical steps to effective decis...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017 · 11:00 AM CSTDue to the high level of interest in this webinar, we have added a second session at 2 p.m. on 11/14. You can register for the added session at https://www.bigmarker.com/From-Synapses-to-Strategies/Copy-of-Keys-to-Effective-Decision-Making.
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Tuesday, September 19, 2017 · 11:00 AM CDTHow much do you know about the brain? Can you separate brain facts from brain fiction?
Brain fiction, or neuromyths, can lead us to ineffective or even counterproductive strategies as parents, teachers, and students. Misconceptions about the b...
