Friday, November 20
Pre-Conference
Workshops
|
Workshops
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Marriott
Cambridge Hotel |
Best Learning Strategies:
Part I: 9:00–11:00 AM
Using the
Developments of Neuroscience as Best Learning Strategies in
the Classroom
Judy Willis, MD, EdM |
Memory Strategies:
9:00AM - 1:00PM
Eight Ways to Help You and Your Students
Remember
Marilee B. Sprenger, MA
Room: Salon I-II |
The Teen Brain:
Part I: 9:00–10:15
AM
Teen Brain Development in the Modern Age
Frances E. Jensen,
MD |
Smart but Scattered:
9:00AM - 1:00PM
Executive Skills Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential
Margaret (Peg) Dawson, EdD
and Richard
Guare, PhD
Room: Salon V-VII |
Brain 101:
9:00AM - 1:00PM
Introduction to the Brain and Neurosciences for Beginners
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD
Room: Dana |
ADHD:
9:00AM - 1:00PM
Recognizing and Treating ADHD-Related Executive Functions and Complications in Children and Adults
Thomas E. Brown, PhD
Room: Longfellow |
Part II:
11:15 AM – 1:00
PM
An Exchange of Knowledge in Teaching to the Brain
Jeb Schenck,
PhD
Room: Salon III |
Part II:
10:30 AM – 1:00
PM
Teaching the Teen Brain in the Modern Age
Willy Wood,
MA
Room: Salon IV |
1:00
– 2:00 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own) |
Friday,
November 20 – Conference
Day 1
Opening Keynote Addresses: Modern Minds,
Multitasking & Memory
|
| 2:00 PM |
Opening Remarks:
Kenneth
S. Kosik, MD, Neuroscience Research Institute, UCSB |
| 2:15 PM to 3:30 PM |
Keynote Part I:
Digital
Brains and Memory: Surviving the Technological Alteration of
the Modern Mind
Gary W. Small, MD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
3:30
PM – 3:45 PM Coffee Break |
| 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM |
Keynote Part II:
New
Media, Multitasking and Education: The Effects of Technology
on Learning
Patricia M. Greenfield, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
| 4:45 PM to 5:45 PM |
Keynote Part III:
Think
Smart: Improving Brain Performance in the Modern Age
Richard
M. Restak, MD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
5:45
PM – 6:45
PM Dana Alliance “Meeting of the Minds” Reception & Book Signing Event |
Saturday,
November 21 – Conference Day 2
Morning Keynote Addresses:
Distracted Brains, ADHD & Learning Disorders
|
| 8:30 AM |
Welcome Remarks:
John
DE Gabrieli, PhD, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT |
| 8:30 AM to 9:45 AM |
Keynote
Part I: Crazy
Busy: Dealing with an Overstretched, Overbooked, Distracted Life
Edward M. Hallowell, MD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
9:45
AM – 10:15 AM Networking Coffee Break, Poster Sessions
and Book Signing |
| 10:15AM to 11:15AM |
Keynote Part II: The
Overflowing Brain: Information Overload, ADHD and Working Memory
Torkel Klingberg, MD, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
| 11:15AM to 12:15PM |
Keynote Part III: Countering
the Cyber Life: Getting in Touch with Our Hunter-Gatherer Genes
John J. Ratey, MD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
12:35
PM – 1:45 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own) and Book Signing |
Afternoon Concurrent
Sessions A
|
A Sessions
1:45 PM to
5:00 PM
Breaks: (various times)
2:45 PM to 3:30 PM |
Enhancing
Memory & Learning
(RP,
K-16) |
Distracted
Brains, Language & Reading
(RP, PreK-8) |
Changing Society, Parent Pressure & Play
(RP, PreK-16) |
Digital
Brains Technology & Learning
(RP, K-16) |
Social
Networks, Youth & Relationships
(RP, 8-12) |
Dev.
Brains, Video Games & Learning
(RP,
K-16) |
Part I: 1:45 –2:45 PM
Educating
the Brain: Enhancing Memory & Learning
John D.E. Gabrieli,
PhD |
Part I: 1:45–2:45 PM
The Evolving Reading Brain in a Digital Culture: Implications for Learning
Maryanne Wolf, EdD |
Part I: 1:45–2:45 PM
Challenges
of Parenting in a High Stress World
Wendy S. Grolnick, PhD |
Part I: 1:45–2:45 PM
Searching
with Google: New Directions in Universal Design for Online Learning
David H. Rose, EdD |
Part I: 1:45–3:00 PM
Connecting
Brain, Empathy, & Relationships in the Media Age
Mary Helen
Immordino-Yang, EdD |
Part I: 1:45–3:00 PM
Children
and Video Games: How Much Do We Know?
Cheryl K. Olson, MPH, ScD |
Part II:
3:00–4:30 PM
Neuroscience
and Strategies for Maximizing Children’s Long-Term Memory
and Brain Potential
Judy Willis, MD, MED |
Part II: 3:00–4:00 PM
How Internet
is Changing Reading Comprehension
Lisa Zawilinski, et el |
Part II: 3:00–4:00 PM
Role of Historical, Societal Changes on Conception of Personality
Jerome Kagan, PhD |
Part II: 3:00–4:00 PM
Wikification
of Knowledge
Kenneth S. Kosik, MD |
Part II: 3:15–3:45 PM
Emerging Adults Dating in a Virtual World
Patricia M. Greenfield
PhD |
Part II:
3:15–4:30 PM
Simulations,
Video Games & Learning in the Next Generation
Eric D. Klopfer
PhD |
Discussion: 4:30–5:00 PM
Room: I-III |
Part III: 4:00–5:00 PM
How the Brain Reads: Digital/Computer Remediation
Laura L. Cestnick,
PhD
Room: IV |
Part III: 4:00–5:00 PM
How Children Educate Themselves Through Free Play
Peter Gray, PhD
Room: I-II |
Part III: 4:00–5:00 PM
Mind,
Brain & Emerging Technology to Improve Robust Learning
Kurt
W. Fischer, PhD
Room: Bartos Theater, Media Center, MIT |
Part III: 3:45 - 5:00 PM
Engaging
Youth to Learn in the Social Networking Age
Erin B. Reilly,
MFA
Room: V-VII |
Discussion: 4:30–5:00 PM
Room: 46-3002, McGovern Institute, MIT |
Sunday,
November 22 – Conference
Day 3
Morning Keynote Addresses: Distressed
Brain, Adversity & Memory
|
| 8:30 AM |
Welcome
Remarks:
Kurt
W. Fischer, PhD, MBE Program, Harvard Graduate School of Eduation |
| 8:30 AM to 9:45 AM |
Keynote
Part I: Making Memories of Emotionally Significant Experiences:
Stress Hormones/Brain Activation
James L. McGaugh, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
9:45
AM – 10:00 AM Networking Coffee Break & Book Signing |
| 10:00AM to 11:00AM |
Keynote
Part II: Poverty, Pills and Pupils: Neuroethical Issues in Education Policy
Martha J. Farah,
PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
| 11:00AM to 12:00PM |
Keynote Part III: The
Effects of Early Adversity on the Development of Brain Architecture: When Bad Things Happen to Good Brains
Charles A. Nelson III,
PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
| 12:00PM 12:30PM |
Panel
Discussion: How is Today’s High-stress,
Adverse and Pharmacological Society Affecting Education?
Room: Grand Ballroom |
12:15
PM – 1:45 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own) |
Afternoon
Concurrent Sessions B
|
B Sessions
1:45 PM to
5:00 PM
Breaks: (various times)
2:45 PM to 3:30 PM |
Enhancing Memory & Learning
(P,
K-16) |
Distracted Brains,
Learning & Multitasking
(RP, K-16) |
Changing Society,
Sleep & Memory
(R, K-16) |
Digital Brains,
Technology & Instruction
(RP, K-16) |
Teen Brains, MEdia & Sense of Self
(R, 8-12) |
Dev. Brains,
Television & Learning
(RP, PreK-12) |
Part I & II: 1:45–5:00PM
Using Memory Pathways for Long-Term Retention in the Distracted
Age
Willy Wood, MA
Break:
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM |
Part I: 1:45–2:45
PM
Challenges for Productive Learning in the Digital Information Age
David E. Meyer, PhD |
Part I: 1:45–3:15
PM
The Importance
of Sleep for Learning, Memory and Mental Health
Robert A. Stickgold,
PhD |
Part I: 1:45–2:45
PM
The Digital
Brain in the Classroom: Bridging the Digital Divide
Marilee Sprenger, MA |
Part I: 1:45–3:15
PM
Teen Brains,
Media Culture & Relationships
Thomas J. Cottle, PhD |
Part I: 1:45–2:45
PM
Neuroscience
of Children, Media & Learning
Daniel R. Anderson, PhD |
Part II: 3:00–4:00
PM
Improving
Exec. Skills in the Distracted Age
Peg Dawson, EdD |
Part II: 3:30–5:00
PM
The Cluttered Brain: Sleep, Dreams and Memory Formation
Matthew A. Wilson, PhD |
Part II: 3:00–4:00
PM
Educational Technology, Learning Styles and the Brain
David Singer, EdD |
Part II: 3:30–4:30
PM
Social
Dev. and Youth in the Facebook Age
Margaret Weigel SM; Katie
Davis, EdM
|
Part II: 3:00–4:00
PM
Media Violence to Media Literacy
David S. Bickham, PhD |
Part
III: 4:00–5:00 PM
Can We Multi-task Efficiently?
Andrew B. Leber, PhD |
Part III:
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Technology Supported Instruction
David A. Dockterman, EdD
|
Discussion: 4:30–5:00
PM |
Part III: 4:00–5:00
PM
Media, Attention & School
Achievement
Marie Evans Schmidt,
PhD |
