Collaboration class #5: Brains

Brains

week 5

2. Reading Quiz

Question time: answer the following questions as succinctly as possible in your own words.

            –  Describe the relationship between teaching and learning according to Maeda?

Maeda says “knowledge makes learning simpler” meaning; the more you know, the easier learning becomes through the process of relating previous learnt material to the new information.

            –  Describe the importance of the use of metaphors in learning, why would you use 
them, how, give an example?

Metaphors are the easiest way to relate a completely new method or idea to someone by relating the new concept to something else that they have already had experience in.

            –  BRAIN - what does the acronym stand for – why is it important?

BASICS are the beginning

REPEAT yourself often.

AVOID creating desperation

INSPIRE with examples

NEVER forget to repeat yourself
 

This method re-enforces the age-old saying of “practice makes perfect “.




 

       –  Describe a situation where you have been required to teach someone a skill. 


Learning songs in a band. Teaching someone else a riff. Muscle memory is required and repetition is key.

How could you apply the BRAIN principle to it?

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  Inspiration is created through feeding off each other’s ideas.

·       A song or jam always starts off better if it is simpler.

·       Desperation is avoided by discipline.

·       The rhythm is created through repetition.

Brainstorming ideas for our collaboration film.

Still unsure of what we are doing but there is a lot of good ideas being thrown around, mainly to do with camera angles and camera tricks. We want to incorporate various elements of the course that we are learning, like film, photography, design n, etc. 


This video shows the art of dozens of artists around the world who are all involved in this ink drawing project.

 


References:

• http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/2011/05/27/study-autistic-brains-are-chemically-different/

• http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/money/superannuation/make-your-next-move-awinning-one/story-e6fredku-1226207705337
• http://www.tylerstrading.com/repetition-repetition-repitition/
• http://cheezburger.com/template/1329746
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiIQvDsTlZs