Book Study - Ch. 8 & 9

1.  List the ways that music influences learning in the classroom, or brainstorm strategies to incorporate music in the classroom. 

~ Using 45-60 beats per minute music (Baroque era) increases test scores by an average of 10 percent.  This music reduces test anxiety.  It also induces the alpha state of the brain, which is the state that enhances memory and facts can be more easily absorbed.

* I use music when students are working and when they are testing. 

* I would like to incorporate more music in my classroom...using it more for classroom management purposes.  

1. Share links to some virtual mind mapping tools that have been used successfully and discuss how they were used in the classroom (e.g. technology needed, time involved, HOTS level achieved, etc.)

Mind Mapping Tool - University of Minnesota

Inspiration

Idea Sketch (on iPad)

FreeMind

MindMeister (free online mind mapping tool)

Mind42