Becoming a Wiz at Brain-Based Teaching

I thought that the presentation for this book was awesome! It was very interactive and each of the members of the group seemed very informed about what the book focused on, even though they also had their own specialties to focus on from the book. It was very helpful to give us worksheets and starter notes so we could follow along with the information presented to us.
My favorite part of the presentation was that the group used the armidillo and the hippo to represent different parts of the brain. This was really engaging. It would be really helpful to use that method with middle school students and I think they would be a lot more engaged if animals represented different elements they had to know.
Lastly, I liked that the group was honest about whether they liked the book or not. They said it was very boring when they started to read it, but as they read further it became more interesting. They also said that the book tried to incorperate the theme of The Wizard of Oz too much, and that connection could be left out of the book.
I really liked the presentation for this book and I feel that I learned so much from their presentation.