I unfortunately could not find one good video that was at least 15 minutes in length, but I did find several videos that I thought were relevant to our recent lectures on memory/retrieval and were also related to my work with students with disabilities. I was looking for a video that outlined some of the many strategies we use in the schools for students with disabilities (listed on their IEPs as accommodations/modifications) to help them retain core content information, but only found one that had some potentially useful information. The first video was provided information on how we can use some of the strategies we have discussed in class that are helpful for retention of information with students with disabilities (e.g., cueing, chunking of information, state-dependent learning, etc.). I thought the second video was a great abbreviated version of the many things we have discussed related to memory over the last two weeks. Finally, the last video was more for fun/entertainment than anything else. Throughout my search for videos, I found a multitude of videos related to "improving" memory, and this is just one example. The narrator in the video is a self-proclaimed memory expert, and she discusses using various strategies that are similar to those utilized by Foer in the article we read last week. I hope you all enjoy them!
1) Memory/Retrieval Strategies for Students with Disabilities:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MYjSVshr0A
2) Memory, Retention, and Learning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GR1KfTJ-I4&feature=related
3) How to remember a to-do list:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lDJXSvb4Rg
I enjoyed the videos you posted and found them to be relevant to the in-class activities we engaged in a few weeks ago and especially the Foer and King-Friedrich readings last week. The video discussed how we can create memory hooks and link tasks in order to increase memory to complete tasks. Foer related learning as an ability to “think in more memorable ways”(p. 1). The lady in the video showed how thinking of ticket burgers, keys in shoes, and teeth in trees would help the list maker, do just that think in memorable ways to them in order to complete tasks at hand. I think this video just shows how individualized learning is and how instructors must make meaning memorable in different ways to engage different students.
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