Jo Richards (izitjo)'s Public Profile in the Diigo Community

I'm a secondary school teacher interested in integrating technology to maximise student learning. My teaching areas include English, SOSE (Studies of Society & Environment) and Psychology

Member since Mar 28, 2008, follows 23 people, 9 public groups, 1513 public bookmarks (1534 total).

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Top Tags:	English(265), tools(226), resources(203), SOSE(158), writing(98), science(95), teaching(94), interactive(91), ideas(82), creativity(78)

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YouTube - SafetyCenterVideos's Channel on 2009-12-20
5 Ways To Improve Reading Comprehension - PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement on 2009-12-20
25 BEST Sites for Free Educational Videos on 2009-12-20
YouAreHere - where kids learn to be smarter consumers! on 2009-12-20
YouAreHere: Materials for Parents and Teachers on 2009-12-20
Teacher Training Videos created by Russell Stannard on 2009-12-20
ScreenToaster - Online screen recorder. Capture screencasts instantly. on 2009-12-20
Teacher Training Videos Free on-line training in using technology in teaching on 2009-12-20
Geek to Live: Incorporate text files onto your desktop - Desktop - Lifehacker on 2009-12-18
Dreams: Night School | Psychology Today on 2009-12-18
- If dreams evolved to simulate the threats in our environment, then being exposed to more dangers in real life should activate the nightmare function, overstuffing our dreams with threats. This is precisely what happens. Even a single exposure to a life-threatening situation can plunge a person into an inferno of post-traumatic nightmares, dreams in which the threatening event—the attack, the rape, the war—is repeated over and over in every possible variation.
- Dream researchers have known for centuries that dreaming helps problem solving, for example—but they still do not know why.
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- - Some researchers argue that dreams are designed specifically to help us come up with creative solutions. But if that's the case, it's infuriatingly inconsistent—and complicated by the fact that we rarely remember our dreams.
  - couples who dream about their relationship are more likely to resolve their conflicts than couples who don't.
  - The implication seems obvious: Sleep provides practice.
  - Stickgold holds that dreaming is much more complex than rehearsal. He points, for example, to the ability of sleep to allow us to integrate and consolidate knowledge.
  - During sleep, our brains are making sense of the world, discovering new associations among existing memories, looking for patterns, formulating rules. "That's how we create meaning," says Stickgold. "Our brain puts things together."
  - She contends that the purpose of dreaming is "as broad as all waking thought. That's why I say dreams are really just thinking in a different biochemical state."

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Brain Hacking

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Web sites and articles related to how the brain works, and things that can be done to alter the way it works.
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A place for members of www.Classroom20.com to share links, Classroom 2.0 is social networking site devoted to those interested in the practical application of computer technology (especially Web 2.0) in the classroom and in their own professional development.
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A group for teachers and students of History to share the sites they find most helpful.