eLJam Transforming Jamaica through Education, Science

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e-LJam Transforming Jamaica through Education,
Science Technology
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CREATING LIFE-LONG LEARNING

• Cooperative Learning Style thinking skills
• Teamwork and work-stations
• Sociology of the Classroom - principles
• Rules and roles
• Status and multiple abilities
• Physiology of the Classroom brain senses
• Neurobiology of learning and memory
• Pregnancy outcome and classroom performance

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SOCIOLOGY/PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CLASSROOM
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Thinking Skills
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Teamwork and Work Stations
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CREATING LIFE-LONG LEARNING

• Cooperative Learning Style thinking skills
• Teamwork and work-stations
• Sociology of the classroom - principles
• Rules and roles
• Status and multiple abilities
• Physiology of the classroom brain senses
• Neurobiology of learning and memory
• Pregnancy outcome and classroom performance

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Principles

• Writing
• Time
• Measurement
• Rules and Roles
• Shapes and Structure
• Number and Geometry
• Sensing and Perception
• Reading and Trust

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PERCEPTION
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CREATING LIFE-LONG LEARNING

• Cooperative Learning Style thinking skills
• Teamwork and work-stations
• Sociology of the classroom - principles
• Rules and roles
• Status and multiple abilities
• Physiology of the classroom brain senses
• Neurobiology of learning and memory
• Pregnancy outcome and classroom performance

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RULES
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RULES
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RULES
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CREATING LIFE-LONG LEARNING

• Cooperative Learning Style thinking skills
• Teamwork and work-stations
• Sociology of the classroom - principles
• Rules and roles
• Status and multiple abilities
• Physiology of the classroom brain senses
• Neurobiology of learning and memory
• Pregnancy outcome and classroom performance

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Summary of Results of Thoth Method in Jamaican
Primary Schools1994-2001
GSAT Results 2001, Ewarton Primary
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CREATING LIFE-LONG LEARNING

• Cooperative Learning Style thinking skills
• Teamwork and work-stations
• Sociology of the classroom - principles
• Rules and roles
• Status and multiple abilities
• Physiology of the classroom brain senses
• Neurobiology of learning and memory
• Pregnancy outcome and classroom performance

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Principles

• Writing
• Time
• Measurement
• Rules and Roles
• Shapes and Structure
• Number and Geometry
• Sensing and Perception
• Reading and Trust

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Time
Open w/o blinking
toe
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MEASUREMENT
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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CLASSROOM
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CREATING LIFE-LONG LEARNING

• Cooperative Learning Style thinking skills
• Teamwork and work-stations
• Sociology of the classroom - principles
• Rules and roles
• Status and multiple abilities
• Physiology of the classroom brain senses
• Neurobiology of learning and memory
• Pregnancy outcome and classroom performance

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SENSING AND PERCEIVING
touch
taste
hearing
smell
vision
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SENSING AND PERCEIVING
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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CLASSROOM
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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CLASSROOM
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SENSING AND PERCEIVING
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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CLASSROOMPerception
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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CLASSROOMPerception
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CREATING LIFE-LONG LEARNING

• Cooperative Learning Style thinking skills
• Teamwork and work-stations
• Sociology of the classroom - principles
• Rules and roles
• Status and multiple abilities
• Physiology of the classroom brain senses
• Neurobiology of learning and memory
• Pregnancy outcome and classroom performance

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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CLASSROOMPregnancy Outcome
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CREATING LIFE-LONG LEARNING

• Cooperative Learning Style
• Teamwork and work-stations
• Sociology of the classroom
• Rules and roles
• Status and multiple abilities
• Physiology of the classroom
• Neurobiology of learning and memory
• Pregnancy outcome and classroom performance

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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CLASSROOMAttention
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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CLASSROOMAttention
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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CLASSROOMAttention
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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CLASSROOMShape/Structure and
Number/Geometry
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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CLASSROOMPerception
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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CLASSROOMPerception
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LOTS OF DOTS
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LOTS OF DOTS

• INSTRUCTIONS
• Each Member receives a set of cards.
• Each card in the set has one or more matches,
  except one card we call the singleton or solo.
• Discover which card is the solo, i.e. the one
  that is unique and has no matches.
• There are a few simple rules.

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LOTS OF DOTS

• THE RULES
• You cannot show your card to another member.
• You cannot pass cards to another member.
• You must not peep at another members cards.
• Keep your matched cards in front of you.

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LOTS OF DOTS

• CONCLUSIONS?
• How long did it take you to find the solo?
• What did you discover that you would do again?

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LOTS OF DOTS

• INSTRUCTIONS
• Each Team receives a set of cards.
• Choose a leader to deal the cards among the Team
  members, face down.
• Each card in the set has one or more matches,
  except one card we call the singleton or solo.
• The Team must discover which card is the solo,
  i.e. the one that is unique and has no matches.
• There are a few simple rules.

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LOTS OF DOTS

• THE RULES
• You cannot show your card to another member.
• You must not peep at another members cards.
• You cannot draw pictures or diagrams of the
  design on the card, even if you draw in the air.
• Keep your matched cards in front of you.
• You may talk any way you choose.

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LOTS OF DOTS

• Team Rules from Lots of Dots
• DISCUSS THEN DECIDE
• MAKE A PLAN AND AGREE UPON A STRATEGY
• DESCRIBE ACCURATELY AND CAREFULLY
• PAY ATTENTION
• CHOOSING AND DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP
• SIGNIFICANCE OF RULES

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Thoth Galore

• INSTRUCTIONS
• A figure will be posted on the screen for 5
  seconds.
• Look at it and remember it.

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Thoth Galore

• TASK
• You will be given a piece of paper to draw the
  figure.
• You must work alone for 3 minutes to draw the
  figure.

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Thoth Galore
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Thoth Galore

• INSTRUCTIONS
• A figure will be posted on the screen for 5
  seconds.
• Look at it and remember it no DRAWING.

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Thoth Galore

• TASK
• You will be given pieces of sticks to make the
  figure.
• You must work alone for 3 minutes to make the
  figure.
• When you are done making it, draw the figure you
  made.

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Thoth Galore
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Thoth Galore

• INSTRUCTIONS
• A figure will be posted on the screen for 5
  seconds.
• Look at it and remember it no DRAWING.

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Thoth Galore

• TASK
• You will be given pieces of sticks to make the
  figure.
• You must work AS A TEAM for 3 minutes to make the
  figure.

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Thoth Galore
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Thoth Galore

• Principles emanating from Thoth Galore
• Shapes and structures
• Number and geometry
• Role of rules
• Perception

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CREATING LIFE-LONG LEARNING

• How much do we learn? William Glasser
• We learn 20 of what we hear.
• We learn 30 of what we see.
• We learn 70 in interaction, oral and manual.
• We learn 95 of what we teach.

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CREATING LIFE-LONG LEARNING

• How Much Do We Learn? Thoth
• We learn 100 of what we WRITE - Thoth
• This principle, Great Pharaoh, will make the
  Egyptians learn more and it will improve their
  memories my invention is a perfected recipe for
  both memory and life-long learning.
• Plato in Phaedrus

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The Scene of Writing
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The Scene of Writing

• I heard that at Naucratis in Egypt there lived
  one of the old cosmic geniuses of that country,
  the one whose sacred symbol is the ibis and the
  name of the man was Thoth. It was he who first
  invented numbers and calculus, geometry and
  astronomy, not to speak of draughts and dice, and
  above all writing. Now the Divine ruler of All
  Egypt at that time was Imon (Ammon) who lived in
  the magnificent city that the Greeks call
  Egyptian Thebes. Thoth came to him and exhibited
  his inventions and declared that they should be
  taught to all the Egyptians. And Imon questioned
  him about the usefulness of each one and as
  Thoth enumerated, the King blamed or praised what
  he thought were the good and bad points in the
  explanation. Now Imon is said to have had a good
  deal to remark on both sides of the question
  about every single invention, but when it came to
  writing, Thoth said, This principle, Great
  Pharoah, will improve their memories and will
  make the Egyptians life-long learners my
  invention is a recipe for both memory and wisdom.

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Emergence and Evolution of Writing
Hieroglyph Greek Latin - English
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Thoth
Thoth at Work
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Writing
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Writing
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The Scene of Writing
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Emergence and Evolution of Writing
Hieroglyph Greek Latin - English
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Writing

• RULES FOR ENGLISH
• Twenty six symbols and 8 adorations.
• Letter-order is important.
• Space between letters is important.
• Word-order is important.
• Grammar of agreements person/pronoun
  subject/verb verb/object time/verb.

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The Alphabet _at_ Padmore
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Writing
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Writing
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Writing
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Writing
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Writing
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(drawing as the precursor to) Writing
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Writing
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Writing
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Writing
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The Scene of Writing