

Theo Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. Outsourcing our brain to technology: declutter the clutter. If you’re like most people, you’ll need to declutter in both ways.

The other way is to determine in what ways you are wasting time. One way is to look at your obligations, the things on your calendar right now, and determine what needs to go. This presentation will look at some of the examples of critical thinking in the classroom and attempts to go beyond the facts and general information to show examples of processing issues online and through writing and discourse with others. There are two main ways to declutter your time.

I feel like 2-minute task has gotten an unfairly bad rep in recent years.
#Brain declutter full#
Use of blogs and other types of chats will enable more engagement and processing. Schedule time to worry about things so that when the worry appears randomly, instead of suppressing it or allowing it to hijack the present moment, you can say, I promise I’ll give you my full attention at our date night. In our development of courses and seminars, there needs to be a continued emphasis on critical thinking and not just on facts and knowledge. Our brains begin to be only a secondary source of information and fear of not having the correct answers continue to grow.Īll of this has an immense impact on our learning and what we do with information. Brain dumps can help you be more functional during the day when you have to write information quickly and don. It can help you start your day with a clear focus by writing out everything that is in your mind. All generations increase in their use of the Internet for both searching and retrieval of useful information.Ĭognitive fatigue as a result of using technology refers to a decline in mental efficiency and the accompanying feelings or needs to look beyond ourselves for answers. A brain dump is a safe place to jot down whatever you need to help organize your life, clear your head, and help prioritize your tasks. The more we use a tool, the more comfortable we become with that tool. Techo-fatique continues to rise at rapid speeds with all the changes and platforms to explore. There is a fear that in our ever-changing society, we will become more dependent on devices and the Internet for information. The more we use technology, the more we eliminate parts of our brain functions.
