Engaging the Rewired Brain
Published on 9. December 2015
164 pages
978-1-941112-87-8 (ISBN)
Description
Technology is transforming the human brain. Students are engaging with new information in different ways, so educators must shift their instructional practice accordingly. In Engaging the Rewired Brain, bestselling educational neuroscience author Dr. David A. Sousa looks at how technology changes the way young people's brains function and how educators can adapt instruction to keep them motivated to learn.
With a glossary of terms and a resources section to connect educators with supplemental materials and information, this book is a must-have for anyone striving to understand technology's impact on the young brain and to prepare today's learners for an increasingly advanced future.
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Content
- Cover
- ENGAGING THE REWIRED BRAIN
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Questions This Book Will Answer
- Chapter Contents
- Other Helpful Tools
- Who Should Use This Book
- A Note About Effect Sizes
- What's Coming
- Chapter 1 Where We Are
- Views and Status of Technology in Schools
- How Technology Is Changing Schools
- How Technology Is Changing Teachers
- Does Technology Improve Student Achievement?
- Measuring the Value of Technology
- What Is Student Engagement?
- Levels of Student Engagement
- Types of Authentic Student Engagement
- What Should Teachers Be Able to Do With Technology?
- What's Coming
- Chapter 2 Wiring the Young Brain
- Getting the Brain Wired
- Wiring for Spoken Language
- Impact of Technology on Spatial and Language Development
- The Addiction of Electronic Engagement
- The Distress of Disconnecting From Technology
- Technology Distractions and Student Achievement
- Summary: Wired to Rewired Brain
- What Kind of Classroom Will Engage the Rewired Brain?
- An Academic Component
- A Conceptual Component
- A Differentiation Component
- An Exploratory Component
- A Flipped Classroom
- Humor Is Included
- Games Are Allowed
- A Loosely Structured Classroom
- Project-Based Learning
- Technology Is an Important Tool
- Mastery-Based Culture
- What's Coming
- Chapter 3 Engaging Attention
- The Complexities of Attention
- Attention Span
- Do Some Instructional Models Discourage Attention?
- The Value of Novelty
- Is Attention Span Getting Shorter?
- What's Coming
- Chapter 4 Engaging Memory
- Memory Systems
- Working Memory
- Is Capacity of Working Memory Changing?
- Retention During a Learning Episode
- Getting Information Into Long-Term Memory
- The Power of Closure
- From Sense and Meaning to Practice
- Does Practice Make Perfect?
- Conditions for Successful Practice
- Guided Practice, Independent Practice, and Feedback
- Factors That Increase Retention
- When Does Encoding Into Long-Term Memory Occur?
- Checking What Is in Long-Term Memory
- Self-Monitoring and Self-Regulation
- Deciding What Is Worth Remembering
- What's Coming
- Chapter 5 Engaging Thinking
- Technology and Thinking: Friends or Foes?
- Effects of Television on Children's Thinking
- Information Overload Affects Decision Making
- Thinking and Learning
- Are We Losing Our Desire to Think Critically?
- Engaging Students With the Flipped Classroom
- Improving Thinking by Integrating the Arts Into Other Subject Areas
- The Case for Educational Video Games
- Promoting Critical Thinking
- Is Direct Instruction Dead?
- What's Coming
- Chapter 6 Engaging Social Behavior
- Building the Social Brain
- How Much Are Teenagers Using Technology?
- Effects of Technology on Rewiring Social Behavior
- Finding the Right Mix
- What's Coming
- Chapter 7 Where We Are Going
- Are Educators Embracing Technology?
- Other Opportunities for Student Engagement With Technology
- Increasing Differentiated Instruction
- Multiple Intelligences Model-Still Meaningful?
- Creating a Workspace for Makers
- Encouraging Online Learning
- Teaching About Digital Ethics and Netiquette
- Rewiring Teachers' Brains Through Professional Development in Digital Literacy
- Training Versus Professional Development
- Components of a Digital Literacy Professional Development Program
- Will Technology Replace Teachers?
- What's Coming
- Glossary
- References
- Resources
- Index
