Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
About the Author xi
Introduction 1
About This Book 2
Questions This Book Will Answer 2
Chapter Contents 3
Other Helpful Tools 4
Who Should Use This Book 4
A Note About Effect Sizes 5
What's Coming 5
Chapter 1 Where We Are 7
Views and Status of Technology in Schools 7
How Technology Is Changing Schools 9
How Technology Is Changing Teachers 11
Does Technology Improve Student Achievement? 13
Measuring the Value of Technology 14
What Is Student Engagement? 17
Levels of Student Engagement 17
Types of Authentic Student Engagement 18
What Should Teachers Be Able to Do With Technology? 21
What's Coming 22
Chapter 2 Wiring the Young Brain 23
Getting the Brain Wired 25
Wiring for Spoken Language 26
Impact of Technology on Spatial and Language Development 27
The Addiction of Electronic Engagement 29
The Distress of Disconnecting From Technology 30
Technology Distractions and Student Achievement 31
Summary: Wired to Rewired Brain 32
What Kind of Classroom Will Engage the Rewired Brain? 33
An Academic Component 34
A Conceptual Component 34
A Differentiation Component 34
An Exploratory Component 34
A Flipped Classroom 34
Humor Is Included 35
Games Are Allowed 35
A Loosely Structured Classroom 35
Project-Based Learning 35
Technology Is an Important Tool 35
Mastery-Based Culture 35
What's Coming 36
Chapter 3 Engaging Attention 37
The Complexities of Attention 37
Attention Span 39
Do Some Instructional Models Discourage Attention 41
The Value of Novelty 42
Is Attention Span Getting Shorter? 44
What's Coming 46
Chapter 4 Engaging Memory 47
Memory Systems 47
Working Memory 48
Is Capacity of Working Memory Changing? 48
Retention During a Learning Episode 50
Getting Information Into Long-Term Memory 53
The Power of Closure 60
From Sense and Meaning to Practice 61
Does Practice Make Perfect? 61
Conditions for Successful Practice 62
Guided Practice, Independent Practice, and Feedback 63
Factors That Increase Retention 64
When Does Encoding Into Long-Term Memory Occur? 65
Checking What Is in Long-Term Memory 66
Self-Monitoring and Self-Regulation 68
Deciding What Is Worth Remembering 71
What's Coming 73
Chapter 5 Engaging Thinking 75
Technology and Thinking: Friends or Foes? 76
Effects of Television on Children's Thinking 76
Information Overload Affects Decision Making 77
Thinking and Learning 78
Are We Losing Our Desire to Think Critically? 80
Engaging Students With the Flipped Classroom 84
Improving Thinking by Integrating the Arts Into Other Subject Areas 87
The Case for Educational Video Games 90
Promoting Critical Thinking 95
Is Direct Instruction Dead? 97
What's Coming 98
Chapter 6 Engaging Social Behavior 99
Building the Social Brain 99
How Much Are Teenagers Using Technology? 102
Effects of Technology on Rewiring Social Behavior 103
Finding the Right Mix 112
What's Coming 112
Chapter 7 Where We Are Going 113
Are Educators Embracing Technology? 113
Other Opportunities for Student Engagement With Technology 114
Increasing Differentiated Instruction 115
Multiple Intelligences Model-Still Meaningful? 117
Creating a Workspace for Makers 121
Encouraging Online Learning 121
Teaching About Digital Ethics and Netiquette 122
Rewiring Teachers' Brains Through Professional Development in Digital Literacy 123
Training Versus Professional Development 124
Components of a Digital Literacy Professional Development Program 125
Will Technology Replace Teachers? 128
What's Coming 129
Glossary 131
References 135
Resources 149
Index 151
