The purpose of this course is to learn to think with data

Not to study

Not to teach

But to learn

To learn is to change our behavior rules

We think different, we act different

We think with two strategies:

• analytical
• automatic

So learning has to be in two stages

We learn what we do, not what we study

Like riding a bike

Can you learn to dance only reading Wikipedia?

Some theory, a lot of practice

Failure is expected. We learn from failure. Try judo

Not always. Kids learn easily.

We have difficult learning new things because we have to unlearn old habits.

So we will need to make an extra effort

According to cognitive research, there are three main ways of remembering

• A few people remembers what they see
• Some people remembers what they listen
• Most people remembers how they move

So handwriting helps to learn

Moreover logic is tightly connected with language, so you have to speak

cornell

Use Google to learn about Cornell Method

It’s easy to get distracted, specially when we don’t like the task

We learn by getting out of or “comfort zone”

Learning is uncomfortable, even annoying

We have to push ourselves to focus

• set a timer for 25 minutes
• force yourself to focus on that period
• no email, no Facebook, no toilet, no coffee/cigarettes
• in case of interruption, restart from zero
• when the bell rings STOP working for 5 minutes
• every 3 Pomodoros, take a 20 min break

We will use this technique in this course

We have roughly three stages of memory

• very short term memory (seconds)
• medium term memory (hours)
• long term memory (years)

Transition between medium and long term memory happens when we sleep (and dream)

All the ideas we will discuss are available for free on line

I expect you to learn from the web

I encourage you to do so

and then come and teach me something new

Attend to classes regularly (always!)

• Bring a notebook and a pen
• Handwrite what we speak, and your own questions
• Summarize at the end of the class (Cornell Method)

Speak with your classmates

Sleep well (but not during the class)

You have to research and present it in 25 min

Speaker will be chosen randomly

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