1. How Internet is Changing Reading Comprehension – New Literacies Rand Research: Internet this generation’s context for reading literacy 2005 – in U.S. tipping point year for more reading online than offline  Online reading comprehension  Some challenged readers better online  Internet Reciprocal Teaching

2. Teaching for Long-term Retention in Age of Distraction  Seven Steps to Magical Memory 1. Personalize information 2. Inductive lesson design 3. Elaborate initial coding 4. PPP – prime, pause, process 5. Standing “lecturettes” 6. Moving students w/intentionality 7. Spaced learning

3. Educational Technology, Learning Styles, and the Brain  Learning theory central to brain-based learning  Interactive experiences can modify, inhibit, and augment inborn learning styles  Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children also includes aspect of learning style assessment  Confluence of learning style (based upon how our nervous systems function) with teaching style could lead to effective Educational Technology.

4. Technology Supported Instruction  How does it work?  What does student know?  What does student need?  What’s the path to engage student?