Week Fourteen Overview
Week 14! Two weeks of instruction left before finals. How are you holding up? Remember to take some time to renew and refresh. Eat right and get lots of rest.
Sleep and Memory:
Did you know that your brain processes what you learned while you sleep and that the most important processing happens during REM sleep? According to brain research published in 2017, " recent work demonstrated for the first time that neural activity occurring specifically during REMs is required for spatial and contextual memory consolidation."(Boyce, Williams, & Adamanditis, 2017). Read: REM Sleep and Memory abstract Links to an external site.
According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Health Links to an external site., there are two basic types of sleep: rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and non-REM sleep (which has three different stages). Each is linked to specific brain waves and neuronal activity. You cycle through all stages of non-REM and REM sleep several times during a typical night, with increasingly longer, deeper REM periods occurring toward morning.
So, staying up all night cramming for an exam will not help you do better! Study some each day and get a full nights sleep to move that information into long term memory!
This Week's Topic:
This week we will review three websites. One is specific to your professional growth and should be used to help you build your portfolio, CompSAT. Links to an external site. We have discussed it before in class as one of those you should bookmark. I hope you have started using Diigo or OneNote to save these websites I am sharing!
The other two are related to working with children and should also be bookmarked and returned to often!
CSEFEL Links to an external site. , the Center on Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning is a wealth of resources to help you work with children who have challenging behaviors.
The California MAP to Inclusion and Belonging, Links to an external site. is designed to help you work with children who have special needs.