Summer Reflections

Over the summer, I attended two conferences and completed the application of KA-SIT. I attended a conference by the Mind, Brain and Education department at Harvard and learned about the brain as system and the connection of mind, brain and education. I have not completed capturing my syntheses, reflections and learning but have posted some concept maps of lectures I attended.

First is a lecture by Kurt Fischer, director of the Mind, Brain, Education program at Harvard:

Next is a lecture by Mark Shwartz, professor at the Mind, Brain, Education program at the University of Texas at Artlington:

And finally, is a lecture by Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, a cognitive neuroscientist and educator who studies the neurology and psycholphysiology of emotion, social interaction and culture and implications for devlopment at the Brain and Creativity Institute at USC. I saw Mary Helen speak again at the Syfr conference in Vail, Colorado. Here are some notes from her lecture at Harvard

The second conference I attended by the Syfr Corporation, focused on creativity in education. Mary Helen spoke as well as other authors. Some of the topics covered were brain plasticity, learning differences and thinking tools for creative thought.

I leave these conferences with a greater understanding of the human system.