Title:
Now you see it : how the brain science of attention will transform the way we live, work, and learn / Cathy N. Davidson.
Author:
Davidson, Cathy N., 1949-
Publication Information:
New York : Viking, 2011.
Call Number:
BF321 .D38 2011
Abstract:
Documents a 2003 experiment at Duke University where the author had free iPods issued to the freshman class to see how the device could be used academically, in a report that reveals other technological ideas that are revolutionizing education.
ISBN:
9780670022823
Physical Description:
viii, 342 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
I'll count : you take care of the gorilla -- Distraction and difference : the keys to attention and the changing brain. Learning from the distraction experts ; Learning ourselves -- The kids are all right. Project classroom makeover ; How we measure ; The epic win -- Work in the future. The changing workplace ; The changing worker -- The brain you change yourself. You, too, can program your VCR (and probably should) -- Now you see it -- Appendix. Twenty-first-century literacies : a checklist.
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