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Now you see it how the brain science of attention will transform the way we live, work, and learn
Year/Format:
2011,
eBook,
1 online resource.
Summary/Review: 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.
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| Publication information: | New York : Viking, 2011. |
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| ISBN: | 1101508329 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN: | 1101517727 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN: | 9781101508329 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN: | 9781101517727 (electronic bk.) |
| Physical description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
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| Record ID: | 2860024 |
| Local Format: | eBook |
| More creator details: | Cathy N. Davidson. |
| Contents note: | Introduction: I'll count: you take care of the gorilla -- Pt. 1. Distraction and difference: the keys to attention and the changing brain. Learning from the distraction experts -- Learning ourselves -- Pt. 2. The kids are all right. Project classroom makeover -- How we measure -- The epic win -- Pt. 3. Work in the future. The changing workplace -- The changing worker -- Pt. 4. The brain you change yourself. You, too, can program your VCR (and probably should) -- Conclusion: Now you see it -- Appendix. Twenty-first-century literacies: a checklist. |
| Electronic access: | Access Online |
| Access URL: | http://toronto.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=5FE2B39C-96B2-4E71-9A17-B2C78700FABE |