Weekly nuggets come from a brainstorm the class does together every Thursday to review the most important concepts discussed during that week in class.

Cognitive Classes

Decision Making

• You start and end with the blue hat.
• The Blue keeps track of times, ensures everyone has an opportunity to speak, ensures all hats are used in the decision making process.
• During the white hat stage you collect all the facts and search for answers to questions that might arise.
• Findings should be backed up by valid data, creditable resources.
• In the red hat you share your emotions without judgement. There is no need to justify your feelings in the Red hat.
• We learned about the Black Hat (doubts, what could go wrong) from the Six Thinking Hats method

Reading to Learn

• We reviewed articles using questions 1-9 of What Smart Students Know
• We learned WSSK question 10: How can I picture this information?
• We learned and applied WSSK question 11: What’s my hook for remembering this information?

Computer Lab

• YouTube videos and Google documents can be inserted directly into a Google Site.
• A file cabinet is a page you can set up to store a lot of info in one place. The info can be inserted as a file, a link, or files from Google Drive.

Psychosocial

• We use different types of listening: listening for instruction, for enjoyment, exp. audio books.
• There are psychological and educational barriers to listening.
• Listening is not only auditory, but also about body language.
• There are six steps to better listening:
  1. Deciding to listen.
  2. Getting your body ready to listen.
  3. Aggressive can be negative because you only take your needs into consideration and dismiss the needs of others; can lead to the alienation of other people.
  4. Creating a supportive environment.
  5. Putting the other person first.
  6. Communicating that you are listening.
• After a brain injury, you should let the speaker know about any limitations you have related to listening
• Listening is an active skill, not passive.
• We spend 45% of awake hours listening.
• Our listening efficiency is 25%.
• Listening is not a single activity, but a series of steps relating to a specific goal.
• You can become a better listener.