Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Let's get started!
The goals we agreed upon in our class are great! There are many dementions we can explore with learning styles, economic diversity, and diversity in culture. One thing I carried away from Friday's class is the phrase, Attitude Reflects Leadership.
According to Davis Sousa in his book How the Brain Learns (p.22), There are about 100 billion neutrons in the adult human brain-about 16 times as many neutrons as people on this planet and about the number of stars in the Milky Way. Each neutron can have up to 10 thousand dendrite branches. This means it is possible to have up to one quadrillon (that is one followed by 15 zeros) synapic connections in one brain. This inconceivably large number allows the brain to process the data coming continuously from the senses; to store decades of memories, faces, and places; to learn languages; and to combine information in a way that no other ndividual on this planet has ever thought of before.
I direct this point directly back to attitude and leadership. ALL of our expereinces come crashing back when we make decisions. Is it possible for us to remain nuetral and unbiased? Do we always consider culture and diversity when we make our decisions? Just something to think about.
According to Davis Sousa in his book How the Brain Learns (p.22), There are about 100 billion neutrons in the adult human brain-about 16 times as many neutrons as people on this planet and about the number of stars in the Milky Way. Each neutron can have up to 10 thousand dendrite branches. This means it is possible to have up to one quadrillon (that is one followed by 15 zeros) synapic connections in one brain. This inconceivably large number allows the brain to process the data coming continuously from the senses; to store decades of memories, faces, and places; to learn languages; and to combine information in a way that no other ndividual on this planet has ever thought of before.
I direct this point directly back to attitude and leadership. ALL of our expereinces come crashing back when we make decisions. Is it possible for us to remain nuetral and unbiased? Do we always consider culture and diversity when we make our decisions? Just something to think about.
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