Brain Links

Thanks to students in the Diploma in Adult Education Program for researching and annotating these web sites.

http://brainconnection.com
This site has an excellent set of resources. You will enjoy the monthly column from Bob Sylwester and others.

http://www.dana.org
This is an excellent site. Be sure to see it. There is a terrific newsletter available on line that updates brain research.

http://www.mic.ki.se/MEDIMAGES.html#G02.403.776.550
Karolinska Institute, Sweden, is one of Europe's largest medical universities. This site has some fascinating links to neurology sites.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
This is a terrific website for teachers and their students. This comprehensive web site has information on the nervous system, experiments and activities and excellent on-line and off-line resources.

www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/
The Atlas on the brain, online from Harvard University

http://pzweb.harvard.edu/
Project Zero from Harvard University - Co-directors are Howard Gardiner and David Perkins. This site deals with multiple intelligences. Excellent resources and ideas.

http://williamcalvin.com
William Calvin is the author of How Brains Think and many other excellent books.

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9808/18/marijuana.cancer/ This CNN report talks about the links between cocaine, marijuana and cancer.

http://www.brain.com/
A very interesting site. It has a number of short tests. Don't bet the farm on the results.

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/calvin/index.html
Competing for Consciousness: How Subconscious thoughts cook on the back burner. - an article by William Calvin

http://www.ncadd.org/
National Council on Alcohol and Drug Addiction. This site has information and links that are very valuable for anyone working with people who have addiction problems.

http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/
Centre for Cognitive Studies - Daniel Dennett, director.

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/calvin/index.html
COMPETING FOR CONSCIOUSNESS: How Subconscious Thoughts Cook on the Backburner - Article by William Calvin

www.psych.helsinki.fi/cbru
(University of Helsinki (Finland) – Cognitive Brain Research Unit (CBRU) - The focus of the scientific work is on human auditory information processing, memory and attention. There are currently about 30 researchers, lead by Professor Risto Näätänen.

http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy/
John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development – Vanderbilt University

http://www.neuropsychologycentral.com/index.html
Neuropsychology Central - a comprehensive Web meta-source devoted exclusively to the subject of Human Neuropsychology

http://ric.uthscsa.edu/services/brainmap_paper.html
BrainMap - a set of software tools which interface with a database management system to increase the user’s
understanding of the function and anatomy of the human brain. BrainMap allows quick, extensive
access to images derived from research on human funcational neuroanatomy.

http://www.neuroguide.com/toc.html
This web site, Neurosciences on the Internet, has a very comprehensive list of neuroscience resources available on the internet (web sites, e-mail lists, ftp sites, and some gopher and telnet resources). Check out the hyperlinks to "Best Bets" and "Recent additions."

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/resources/indexbrain.html This is Montgomery County Public Schools’ list of websites that provides teaching and learning resources to support the inclusion of multiple intelligences, learning styles, and brain-based learning strategies into instructional programs. Its hyperlink to http://www.vh.org/Providers/Textbooks/BrainAnatomy/BrainAnatomy.html shows dissections of the human brain.

http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ch5.html
This web site leads to an article about "Mind and Brain" which is an excerpt from How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School by John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, Editors; Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning, National Research Council.

http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/neurotut.html
This is an intriguing collection of tutorials on basic neural functions maintained by John H. Krantz, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, Hanover College. Try them out.

http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/interactive/news/brain/overview.html Do you have a teen or two in your life? Ever wonder what’s going on in their heads? This web site has articles about getting inside a teen’s brain. It includes lesson plans based on using CNN’s stories on teens’ brains.

http://7-12educators.about.com/cs/brainresearch
This is Dr. Eric Chudler's Web site. It has an abundance of links to other good brain resources on the internet. Dr. Chudler is a behavioral neurophysiologist and a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Washington.

http://www9.biostr.washington.edu/da.html
Go Inside the Human Brain
It is clear that no two human brains are alike. Our brains are suffused with a vast number of interdependent networks. To learn more about the brain visit the captioned web site.
This web site contains Digital Anatomist Interactive Atlases: Interactive brain. It has colourful, navigable images of the brain.

http://www.sfn.org/briefings/
Brain Briefings
The Brain Briefings web page has information and links that pertains to the neural function of the body. It has a detailed information linkage on the Nervous system disorders and diseases, nervous system repair, senses, memory, brain mechanisms, brain Injury, development of the brain and other related topics.
The web page connections include articles that answer basic neuroscience questions and definitions for a lay audience.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html#bb

http://www.thebrainstore.com/
Brain-Based Learning: Truth or Deception
What are the implications for brain based learning on education?
Questions are often raised about the reliability of brain research for training or classroom applications. Conservative educators will, by nature, be hesitant to embrace new things. Overzealous or impulsive risk-takers will, by nature, try almost anything, founded or not. Educators who are going to use or quote research ought to know what makes a good study, who is funding it, the reputation of the researcher, the design of the study, what are the implications and constraints on the findings. A little information can be dangerous. To be accepted as professionals, educators must know their stuff. The position taken in this article is that of neutrality. The research collected are from reliable sources with supporting data. The reader is encouraged to be the ultimate judge as to whether and how the research fits in his / hers particular learning climate.
This web site offers an insight on reputed brain based research and its application to educators.

http://www.dana.org/brainweek/
Take a Brain Facts Quiz
On completion of the exploration of the brain and its function, the captioned site a galaxy of links that provides a beginner with material to access and re-enforce the information extracted from the earlier web site.
These pages contain worksheets, crossword puzzles, word search, word scramble, games, treasure hunts and lessons that are ready for you to print out and work on off-line. Just click on a worksheet, print it out and get to work.

http://www.cainelearning.com
Brain Compatible WEBSITES
Interesting webs site that post information relating to brain compatible learning.
It recommends ideas on how to improve the learning environment; to improve motivation, improve attention, and other learning related suggestions.
The page also provides differences in teaching styles in what could lead to being Brain Antagonistic learning as compared to Brain Compatible learning.
The web site has consolidated much of the brain research into activities that one can readily apply in a classroom environment. The implications for teachers are particularly valuable. In keeping with brain-based theory, the site provides just enough information to interest, but not to overwhelm the reader.

http://www.help4teachers.com/
Layered Curriculum
Based on current brain-imaging information Layered Curriculum is a completely student centered teaching methods, which uses triangular-shaped model of three layers, each requiring a higher level of education.
This website has information and links that are different and interesting from the normal web pages on the net.

http://library.thinkquest.org/50072/index.shtml
ArtFul Minds
Artful Minds is a dynamic, interactive web site that provides educators with the resources needed to build a bridge to the learning environments of the 21st century. Prospective and practicing teachers will find theoretical information and practical applications about arts education, brain research, and technology use and integration. Artful Minds gives teachers the tools to increase cultural literacy and create classroom environments that promote life long learning.

http://www.inspiredinside.com/learning
Center for Inspired Learning
The Center for Inspired Learning is designed to serve as a virtual meeting place of more progressive structures and holistic approaches to education.
A web site created to help people connect with other people and ideas related to more holistic and community-based forms of learning. Contains links to pages describing different types of schools, a library of reflective articles, and more.
The web pages offer library for teachers, parents, and students, to explore the diversity of holistic learning practices.

http://www.edrev.org
Alternative Education Resource Organization
The Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 by education expert Jerry Mintz to advance learner-centered approaches to education. Its focus and services include:

• development and promotion of resources, and information in the alternative education field.
• improving charter schools, public and private alternative schools, learner-centered classrooms/programs.

www.sfn.org
The Society for Neuroscience is like the national geographic for the brain. Seems to link you to the world on brain issues, topics, newsletters and people.
In searching for problem-based learning on the web I came across this site that will lead you to all sorts of areas on problem-based learning.

http://www.worldbestwebsites.com/mind.htm
Great listing of brain resources, including www.brain.com, which has a vast amount of easy to read information and specifics on research and training.

 http://www.neuroguide.com/index2.html#is
Neurosciences on the Internet. Excellent resource site for searching on Neuroscience all over the web. There are many categorized case studies, which are submitted from universities and research groups globally. Best Bets site http://www.neuroguide.com/bestbets.html, which lists the Neuroscience’s best site picks, mostly relating to Neurology, but also includes other great sites such as Google.com. All in all, this is another site that is full of information and an easy way to look for all kinds of information.

http://www.brainconnection.com/library/?main=explorehome/brain-facts
The Brain Connection. Excellent reference site for all kinds of articles about the brain. It also has a book review page as well as recommended web sites, (an option I like). The topic library makes it easier to scale down on searches, such as Education, Thinking, Stress and a whole lot more. Is also contains a BrainTeasers section: http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers and a great image gallery.

http://www.cerebral.org/
The Cerebral Institute of Discovery.
Very informative site with links to other sites related to the composition and operation on the ability, function, disabilities, diseases and injury of the brain. Excellent

http://www.benbest.com/science/anatmind/anatmd8.html Neurophysiology and Mental Function.
A site that seems easy to read explaining the functions of the brain and the locations from which these functions seem to originate. It also has easy to read diagrams of the different sections of the brain and the purpose of the brain regarding self-awareness motivation and other emotions. Excellent

http://www.neuroguide.com/
A very good comprehensive search engine for neuroscience. Excellent.

http://www.loloville.com/brain_based_learning.htm
Brain Based Learning. Very nice site with many links to research, games, related workshops and learning chat rooms. Good.

http://www.brains.org/articles.htm
Nice information site. Talking about drugs and the effects on the brain, student accountability, downshifting, stress, and memory and much more on effective teaching. Excellent.

http://www.jlcbrain.com/main.html
Brain Research Applied Learning. Very good.

http://www.teachers.net/releases/bcl.html
A teacher site offering the Brain-Compatible Learning Chat board and companion Brain-Compatible Learning Mailing. For the teacher it is an Excellent site.

http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic70.htm
Brain-Based (Compatible) Learning.
At this site there is Mind Brain Learning Principles and articles on brain based learning and left/right brain research. Links to other sites and more info with very easy to understand commentaries. Great for someone interested in the various problems concerning the brain. Very good.

Education Websites

http://www.eduref.org/
This is the ERIC search site. (Education Resources Information Center) This is an excellent database for locating educational articles, reports, etc.

http://horizon.unc.edu/
On the horizon

http://tecfa.unige.ch/info-edu-comp.html
The Virtual Library for information Technology

http://www.multimedia.edu
Vancouver Film School

http://es.rice.edu:80/ES/humsoc/Galileo
The Galileo Project

http://www.chem.ucla.edu/chempointers.html
Virtual Chemistry

http://wwar.com
World Wide Art Resources

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
Library of Congress Educational Page

http://www.gsn.org
Global SchoolNet Foundation

http://www.uwex.edu/disted/home.html
Distance Education Clearinghouse

http://philae.sas.upenn.edu
Courseware for Higher Education on the World Wide Web

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
University of California-Berkeley Museum of Paleontology

http://k12.school.net/home.html
SchoolNet

http://easi.ed.gov
Project EASI (Easy Access for Students and Institutions)

http://ceiss.org/edresearch/
Centre For Education Information- has information on education research in British Columbia - Key performance indicators etc.

http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/apa_index.htm
Guide for writing term papers using APA style. This guide was developed by Capital Community College, Hartford, Conn.

http://www.ascd.org/
The Association For Supervision and Curriculum Development is the organization that publishes Educational Leadership, probably the most important curriculum journal in the world.

http://cms.prenhall.com/webct/index.html
Web CT - information on putting your courses online using WebCT.

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Discovery channel list of websites and curriculum materials for teachers

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/sci_tech.htm
PBS television teacher resource pages.

http://www.hpcnet.org/cgi-bin/global/a_bus_card.cgi?SiteID=154797
Web-based Education Commission

http://literacyworks.org/mi/flash.html
Multiple Intelligences for Adult Literacy and Adult Education

Other Interesting Websites

http://www.atlas.gc.ca/
The National Atlas of Canada on-line

http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet

http://www.sciam.com/
Scientific American Magazine site - contains many interesting web sites as well.

http://www.nasa.gov/
NASA site - has fantastic satellite pictures of the planets, etc.

http://cbc.ca/news/
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation TV and radio news page

http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/
Human Genome Project Site

http://www.terryfelke.com/
Example of a faculty web page that is interesting - in case you need some ideas for your own.

http://williamcalvin.com/bookshelf/climate.htm
William Calvin from the university of Washington calls rapid climate change the most underreported story today. His ideas are fascinating and very scary.

http://www.indiana.edu/~idtheory/green2.html
Curriculum development site - Ideal for ID101 students.

http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/theories.html
50 theories of learning - very interesting.

http://www.AlfieKohn.org
Rescuing Our Schools from "Tougher Standards"
Alfie Kohn has rather controversial views of the tougher standards movement in the American education system. His book "Punished by Rewards" is designed to help educators rethink our behaviouristic approach to grading.