Education for free
How
our brain works
Here
and now – mindfulness
Develop
your cognitive skills
Improve
your mental skills
Improve your knowledge
Education for free
Is
it possible with use of modern technology.
If you think that learning is boring I know from my own experience...
I know that every person is different and need specific time and
effort. Some people are gifted some not, but remember you can do it -
we all have the same DNA only in some people is differently activated
and our brain shaped thorough our environment and it works how it
works. However you can change it with necessary commitment. Why and
for what? Because learning should be fun and for everyone for free!
How
our brain works
Neuroplasticity
– this mean that every action and reaction of ourselves shape our
brain that it will work in a specific direction.
Even
our way of thinking and behaviour. To read more about it check this
book Norman Doidge - The Brain That Changes Itself or watch short
video.
We
have two types of the memory:
A)
short term memory – chemical function – short term boost of our
function after few days we have a cloudy impression about specific
topic or action.
B)
long term memory – structural function – we need to work hard and
give a lot of effort if we want to truly develop specific automatic
mental skill and function. It will become
after some time automatic without thinking like walking, speaking, or
like for some yogis lucid dreaming.
With
use of short term memory average person can remember max 7 thinks in
one moment. With training we can extend it. However with use of
mnemotechnics we
can extend it as much as we need it. Tony
Buzan inventor of mind mapping and
authority in this subject.
Mnemotechnics
uses thought memory tabs - imaginary tabs. So that we use both of our
hemispheres left logic thinking and right creative symbol thinking.
Long
term memory – it is like our muscles if we don't practice we will
loose it capabilities after some time or
will be sleeping in ourselves. So we need
to repeat - break and repeat with use of our full attention to repeat
like we do it for the first time. To understand this subject I will
send you to Mindfulness
books.
Here
and now – mindfulness
It
is about our attention in a present moment, with
full observation and thinking about what are we doing here and now.
Concentration is very important so we can practice it with focus on
our breathing pattern so we can relax ourselves and provide in the
same time a lot of oxygen for our brain. To avoid silly thoughts just
ignore them and focus on this what is important for you in a specific
moment. Very good training for it is a concentration and observation
of our breathing pattern and changing it for abdominal breathing. If
necessary abdominal and upper chest breathing technique.
Develop
your cognitive skills
I
recommend Lumosity where
you can play and practice your concentration and cognitive skills in
the same time.
It
has few divisions:
Speed
– information processing.
Memory
– extend capacity of your memory.
Attention
– selective and divided attention on few topics in the same time.
Flexibility
- brain shift – task switching from one to another way of thinking.
Problem
solving – math, planning.
It has premium option which
you can buy it to get access to all options, but you don't have to.
If you want to find out more
about our cognitive functions I recommend you to watch series of
Brain Games.
How
to improve your mental skills
I
think the best way and the cheapest is just thinking about your
chosen topic and gathering necessary informations about it. However
you can improve it with use of Elevate
application. Every day session it gives
you 3 games.
You
have sections like for:
Writing
– brevity, clarity, detail, error
avoidance, expression, inversion, punctuation, refinement, spelling,
syntax.
Listening
– focus, name recall, retention,
sequencing, synthesis.
Speaking
– adjective recall, diction, eloquence, memory, precision,
pronunciation.
Reading
– agility, comprehension,
connotation, context, extraction, processing, visualisation, word
parts.
Math
– conversion, discounting, division, equivalence, estimation,
measuring, percentages, proportion, purchasing, subtraction, tipping.
It has premium option which
you can buy it to get access to all options, but you don't have to.
How
can you better use of your memory
Use your imagination and logic
thinking with use of mnemonics. I think is the best way if you are
going to do it on your terms, because we all different. If something
it's not working for you just try and find a way to improve this. I
give you specific tools, but remember without your effort you will
get only as much as you put to it, and nothing more. We live in a
century where we are consumers and no one wants from you more then
that because there are producers and they need consumers. They
program you from media that everything suppose to be easy and if you
can't afford it just take a credit, but in life nothing is easy.
Always you have to give something from you to get it.
It is the same situation with
learning, if you want to learn specific knowledge or skill you have
to give your time, energy, attention and stress. Remember when are
you going to learn something new it must be pleasant in the same
time, because if this will be only stressing you are going to abandon
it.
Improve your knowledge
Memrise
- to
avoid boring repetitions I will recommend this
android application. Where
you are going to improve your specific area which you want to learn
it. This
application concentrate on this what you don't know and repeat from
time to time only what you already remember. It has classic
repetition and fast repetition (after unblocking premium). I think
the best way to learn is classic repetition where you can focus more
profoundly and improve stay of your information in long term memory.
Easily
you can learn every language... I also recommend Duoligno
where
you can learn few languages if your mainly speak in English or use
this and new one if you are not.
Khan Academy
it is totally for free and it has all necessary lectures about
specific University Educations divisions. It is developing all the
time. All knowledge presented there is checked by specialists. I
think if you are eager eager to learn you have to check it.
You
can get access through your computer and your phone.
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