Teach how to learn Modern Memory Systems Workshops for teachers, lecturers and students. Grade I Tarnobrzeg, Poland, 19.04.11COMENIUS REGIO”BETTER TOGETHER THAN APART-HOW TO BUILD BRIDGES INSTEAD OF WALLS” MATERIALSKnowledge is a power. That is truth.
But the greatest power is the knowledge about knowledge, i.e. how to learn... About the programmeThe workshop aims to supply the listeners with the basic skills in practical use of modern memory systems and to encourage further study of the subject, eventually finding hidden Perfect Memory and experiencing joy and satisfaction of new learning, both for oneself and for the pupils.
You may expect:
- broadening your knowledge about how the brain works while learning
- joy of discovering new possibilities of your brain
- fun and relax resulted from an interactive form of the workshop.
Long-term plan for individual training after the workshop enables you gaining experience and further practical skills on the field.
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About lecturerTrainer/lecturer appointments and proffesional backgroundMr. Szurawski, a journalist, writer, sailor, coach and maritime culture propagator is a founder of Academy Ecce Homo XXI, the brain and memory training centre. He is the author of two popular training programs: Modern Techniques of Learning and Teaching and Memory for Success, which is presented in the form of seminars and workshops. By December 2010, he had run more then 1100 Brain and Memory training (all within the broader programme New Mind Master)for teenagers, university students and adults, with the audience of nearly 10 thousands participants. He wrote three best-sellers on the relevant subject: “Memory. Interactive Training”, “Memory and Intellect. Master Training” and “Memory for life. Super Master Training”. Beeing active journalist in public radio in Lublin he recorded 50-part series of radio programmes under the title “Five minutes for memory trainng”, broadcasted in Autumn 2010. In the 90-thies Mr. Szurawski was a member of organization committee of the Students Memory Championships. He hold the position of the lecturer and trainer in memory techniques in: Institute for International Research in Warsaw, Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Zarządzanie im. Leona Koźmińskiego in Warsaw (MBA level), Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu w Dąbrowie Górniczej, Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu w Nowym Sączu and Gdańska Fundacja Kształcenia Menadżerów. He is a member of Expert Board of Brian Tracy International Poland. He also run customized trainings (among the others) for PZU Life in Toruń, “Azoty” Tarnów, ERA GSM, Nordea Bank and Polish Electroenergetic Network.In contemporary rapidly changed and competitive world the main source of advantage is more efficient learning, using the full potential of your mind, spirit and body, enthusiasm, better communication , effective thinking and initiating and maintaining valuable, emotional relations with the others. Imagination is more important then knowledge Albert Einstein
There is no bad memory, only memory properly or improperly trained Harry LorayneHow to attain greater efficiency of learning in today’s schoolIn contemporary, rapidly changed and competitive world ambition, gifts and talents even supported by intensive effort are not of critical value. What really matters is the efficiency.
Bird’s eye view;
Quicker, more effective learning is a main source of advantage in today’s world.. To be better learner means to learn DIFFERENTLY, what implies becoming DIFFERENT man. To learn better is to follow the way of personal development.. The simplest way to improve your memory is to discard myths and get rid of bad habits, creating proper ones. Memory test: check your future accomplishments.
Questions you will answer:
When and under what conditions we learn better?
How better learning can influence our global future?
What are the most vital conditions of efficient learning?
What’s the future of human work?
Capabilities you will possess:Understanding the need of being better learner in today’s world.
Knowing the area you can improve to attain higher learning proficiency.
Ten myths about your memory
Memory is a thing
There is a secret to a good memory
There is an easy way to memorize
Some people are stuck with bad memories
Some people are blessed with photographic memories
Some people are too old/young to improve their memories
Memory like a muscle benefits from exercise
A trained memory never forgets
Remembering too much can clutter your mind
I have bad memory
Complete the following::
OLS can be compared with specific state of mind called....................
Knowing the ………………….of your life gives you the biggest supply of energy to accomplish all your life’s tasks.
Modern mental tools of efficient learning are speed reading, memory systems and...........
The quick way to reduce stress is to lower your shoulders, have a deep exhale and..............
Learning is the .......................of mind
Choose the proper answer(s):
The main course of failure in today’s school is
bad teachers
poor capabilities
low self-esteem
tiredness and fatigue
The best “fuel” for working brain is
a. coffee
b. tea
c. chocolate
d. water
Mind Mapping Biggest challenge for people of our century is to get back to the balance in efficient using of the left and right hemisphere of our brains. Bird’s eye view;
Mind Map is multidimensional picture of graphic representation of our thoughts on given subject. This new way of making notes speeds up memorising, improves understanding, facilitates and limits the amount and time of repetition and allows for creative widening of the notes.
Questions you will answer:
What are the minuses of traditional noting?
What are the basics of Mind Mapping (MM)?
What is and how works the key-word?
What is the secret of its efficiency?
In what way M M stimulates and enforces synergy of both hemispheres?
Capabilities you will possess: Knowing the basics of Mind Mapping you can make first steps on the road to quick and creative noting, sparing at least 90% of time and effort in comparison with traditional noting. And it accelerates learning in the same time.
Complete the following::
MM respects three main aspects of our thinking: conceptuality, integration and............................
The first repetition using MM should take place ............. minutes after finishing your learning
All the key- words used in your MM should be written with .....................letters
Drawings and colours on your MM stimulates mainly................................ hemisphere of your brain
Choose the proper answer(s): 1. To understand better the conversation you should
pay more attention
be more gentle and polite
search for key-words and remember them
ask for speaking louder or slower
The key-word is usually
adjective
noun
verb
adverb
Main mechanisms, rules and stages of memorising In order to think, we must speculate with images Aristotle Bird’s eye view:
Efficient learning employs and relates to natural mechanisms used by thinking brain in the process of learning. Basic mechanisms you can easily discover yourself putting them immediately into practise.
Questions you will answer:
What are the most interesting aspects of modern memory techniques?
How can you prove that we think “with pictures”?
What’s wrong in using rote memory?
Why we find recalling so difficult in same instances?
How the rule of abundance influences positively effective learning of the adults?
Capabilities you will possess:Consciously using the basic mechanisms of memorising you will experience learning as a game with your brain and imagination, discovering unite the same time forgotten joy and bliss of the process.
Brain’s work during learning procedures
We think with images
We always link new information with our previous knowledge We actually never forget anything Stages of learning
Concentration
Encoding
Consolidation (repeating) Recalling/retrievingRule of abundance: The more you know (remember), the more you can learnRule of creativity: You will never forget what you have createdComplete the following:
While learning make several breaks, usually after each....................... minutes
Without knowing the proper way of learning we forget ............% of new info after first 24 hours.
The basic of efficient learning is to see new info and to...................them.
Choose the proper answer(s): 1. Most effective association is
logic
black and white
absurd
dynamic
Perfect memory
you have born with
there is nothing like this
it comes to you when you are of 6
you experience it after some time of training
How to create and use vivid pictureVisual imaginary in practiceThere is a method in this madness... Shakespeare
Bird’s eye view:
Time to become friends with your right hemisphere and discover unlimited possibilities of your imagination, responsible for creating “vivid pictures.”. As a result of creative imagination we call it
mental glue that links rigidly new info with your previous knowledge.
Questions you will answer:
How to gain best scores in the IQ tests today?
What is the relation between memory and emotions?
What are the main three elements of vivid picture?
What is the “personal” brain storm like? What is the procedure?
Capabilities you will possess:Knowing and practicing the power of associations you will have the key to learn with imagination that creates joy and highest efficiency possible
You can programme unblocking and strengthening your imagination arising and developing the potential of your unique mind
Exercise 1 Make an association in the form of vivid picture for the following pairs of words:
Example: teeth and guitar - I wash teeth with the guitar
Memory techniques in briefModern, tremendously efficient learning today demands:
use of your visual imaginary to transform new information into pictures in most convincible way for you
creating strong, vivid associations between new information and everything you know or remember and being fully concentrated on the task
maintaining your motivation to learn on the highest level possible
PICTURE + ACTION + EMOTION = MEMORYComplete the following:
What motivates us for action is experiencing pleasure or avoiding........................
What you create you never..........................
Seeing yourself doing something in your imagination automatically switch on your ......................
The most vital element of vivid picture is.......................
The main feature of men’s imagination is................................
.........................% of population is born with the right - brain orientation
Choose the proper answer(s):
The language of the right hemisphere is:
fantasy
strict definition
words
gesture
Memory in your brain is controlled by
one central unit
several centres scattered all over the brain
special unit situated near the reptile brain
units placed mainly in the left hemisphere
Remember: you can create vivid pictures ANYTIME!Main Memory SystemsMother of knowledge is memory Mother of memory is the method Ancient Greeks
Bird’s eye view:
The secrets of Link and Peg Memory Systems show how the modern mental tools of memorising work in practice and that the basics of the systems are simple and easy to grab. Very littler is needed to help our memory.
Questions you will answer:
Can fleas teach us something?
How many memory systems you should know in your learning practice?
What are the reasons of memory failures while using memory pegs?
How much info can you absorb using the Link Memory System?
Capabilities you will possess:You will know precise and specific mental tools to speed up effective learning and facilitate the every-day tasks in your professional and personal life.
Memory peg is deliberately chosen and perfectly memorised word, simple and easy represented on your mind s screen, with which using vivid and strong associations you can link (and thus remember) practically unlimited amount of information
Link Memory System is most useful in memorising new info in original order and sequence
Memory Peg systems we use to memorise new info in numerical order.
Complete the following:
If the trained memory is like big closet, memory pegs are like............................
Usefulness of all the memory peg systems depends on perfect......................... them.
To memorise effectively new info using memory pegs you need three things. 1. Vivid picture of the peg. 2 ..............................., 3...................................
Limits of our possibilities and all our “cannots” exist in most cases in our........................
Choose the proper answer(s): 1. Words that are the best memory pegs are
abstract
shirt
concrete
of foreign background
Using the Link Method you associate:
each pair of information in the original sequence
b. three elements of the sequence
c. first element with the second
d. or create story from the beginning to the end of the sequence
Perpetual calendar
Memory is time is money
Memory Pegs for months
