Making Connections for Long-Term Memory & Recall

This workshop specifically targets the question: "How do I frame existing lessons so that all learners become engaged in learning?" The goals are to engage all learners simultaneously; to cause learners to do the work (processing) of learning; and to create multiple connections with respect to the important ideas being taught.

• The Making of Meaning
• From Hemisphericity to Neuroscience
• Writing with the Brain in Mind
• Integrating Learning Styles, Content & the Mind
• Passive Attention: S/he who Works and Thinks... Learns
• The Power of Silence: The "Second" Wait-Time
• Grouping Students: The Power of 2 for Time on Task
• Student Generated Learning
• Reading & the Neurosciences, What’s Known?
• Illustration: The Power of Internal Imagery
• Questions: What type, When?
• Removing Barriers to Learning
• What’s up with Praise, Rewards and Motivation a la the Amygdala?
• Emotion: Building Long Term Memory into Lessons
• Elaboration
• Visual Imagery and Memory
• Movement and Learning: the Influence of Context
• Behavioral Aspects: Procedures & Routines
• The Brain and Classroom Environment
• Sleep and the brain