Schedule

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Concurrent Sessions Guide:
(R) = Mostly Brain/Child Development Research
(RP) = Brain Research ghj_amp Practical Strategies/Interventions
(P) = Mostly Brain-Based Practical Strategies and Interventions
(PreK-16) = Applicable Grade Level

Wednesday, February 16 - Pre-Conference Workshops
Location: The Fairmont San Francisco Hotel

10:00AM-5:00 PM

Sustaining Students' Classroom Attention in the Digital Age

Judy Willis, MD, EdM

Room: Pavilion

10:00AM-5:00 PM

Teaching Teens in the Digital Age

Jessica K. Parker, PhD and Marilee B. Sprenger, MA

Room: Pavilion

1:00-5:00 PM

High Impact Teaching in the (Generation) XYZ Era of Education

Richard H. Allen, PhD

Room: French

1:00-5:00 PM

Building the Reading Brain in PreK-3

Patricia Wolfe, EdD

Room: Terrace

1:00-5:00 PM

Emotions, Today's Culture and Learning

Mary Helen Immordino- Yang, EdD

Room: Vanderbilt

Thursday, February 17 - Conference Day 1
Opening Addresses: Understanding the iGeneration, Their Brains and Learning
8:30 AM Opening Remarks: Kurt Fischer, PhD, Director, MBE Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education
8:30 AM
to
10:00 AM
Keynote I: Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn
Larry D. Rosen, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break, Poster Sessions ghj_amp Book Signing
10:30 AM
to
11:45 AM
Keynote II: iBrain: The Technological Alteration of the Student Mind
Gary W. Small, MD

Room: Masonic Auditorium
11:45 AM
to
12:45 PM
Keynote III: Language and Learning: From the Age of Literacy to the Digital Age
James Paul Gee, PhD

Room: Masonic Auditorium
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own) and Book Signing
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions A

Sessions: 2:00 PM
to
5:15 PM

Breaks: Various times between 3:15 PM
to
3:45 PM

Educating ghj_amp Assessing the iGeneration
(RP, K-16)
Understanding the iGeneration at Home/School (RP, K-16)
Teaching the iGeneration: VR, Games ghj_amp Learning (RP, K-16)
Memory, Retention ghj_amp Distraction (RP, K-16)
Digital Brains, Literacy ghj_amp Reading (RP, PreK-12)
Student Brains, Stress ghj_amp Pressures
(RP, K-12)

Part I - 2:00-3:30 PM

Mind, Brain and Education in the Era of Globalization

Mary Helen Immordino- Yang, EdD

Part I - 2:00-3:00 PM

"Me, MySpace and I:" Parenting the Net Generation

Larry D. Rosen, PhD

Part I - 2:00-3:00 PM

Social Learning in Virtual Reality: How Avatars Can Make Us Better Teachers

Jeremy Bailenson, PhD

Part I - 2:00-3:00 PM

Enhancing Retention of Information

Harold Pashler, PhD

Part I - 2:00-3:00 PM

Universal Literacy: The Digital Age Engages the Learning Brain

Dominic W. Massaro, PhD

Part I - 2:00-3:30 PM

Raising Well- Balanced Children in a Fast-Paced Digital World

Denise Clark Pope, PhD

Part II - 3:45-5:15 PM

Teaching and Assessing 21st Century Skills

Tony Wagner, PhD

Room: Masonic

Part II - 3:15-4:45 PM

Understanding the Digital Generation

Marilee Sprenger, MA

Part II - 3:15-4:15 PM

Action Video Games as Learning Tools

Daphne Bavelier, PhD

Part II - 3:15-5:15 PM

Improving Memory and Learning in Distracted, Multitasking Students

Judy Willis, MD, EdM

Room: Grand Ballroom

Part II - 3:15-4:15 PM

Internet, Videos and Children

Linda A. Jackson, PhD

Part II - 3:45-5:15 PM

Stressed-Out Overflowing Student Brains

Martha Kaufeldt, MA

Room: Terrace

Panel Discussion

4:45-5:15 PM

Room: Stanford Ct. East Ballroom

Part III - 4:15-5:15 PM

Digital Games, Digital Learning

David Williamson Shaffer, PhD

Room: Pavilion

Part III - 4:15-5:15 PM

Brain Organization for Reading

Jeannine Herron, PhD

Room: Venetian

5:15 PM - 6:15 PM "Meeting of the Minds" Wine ghj_amp Cheese Reception (Gold Room)
Friday, February 18 - Conference Day 2
Morning Keynote Addresses: Educating, Teaching ghj_amp Testing the iGeneration
8:30 AM Welcome Remarks: Kenneth Kosik, MD, Co-Director, Neuroscience Research Institute, UC Santa Barbara
8:30 AM to
9:45 AM
Keynote I: Overcoming the Global Achievement Gap
Tony Wagner, PhD
Room: Masonic Auditorium
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Networking Coffee Break, Poster Sessions and Book Signing
10:15 AM Welcome Remarks: Deborah Stipek, PhD, Dean, Professor, Stanford University School of Education
10:15 AM
to
11:30 AM
Keynote II: Flat World and Education: Transforming Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Linda Darling-Hammond, EdD

Room: Masonic Auditorium
11:30 AM
to
12:30 PM
Keynote III: Teaching Digital Natives - Partnering for Real Learning
Marc Prensky, MBA

Room: Masonic Auditorium
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own), Book Signing and Poster Sessions
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions B

Sessions: 1:45 PM to 5:15 PM Breaks:

Breaks:
Various times between 2:45 PM
to
3:30 PM

Assessing Knowledge in the iGeneration
(RP, K-16)
Understanding Social Networks, Youth ghj_amp Learning
(RP, 7-16)
Teaching the iGeneration: Skills ghj_amp Schools (RP, K-12)
Multitasking, Distraction ghj_amp Tweens/Teens (RP, 7-16, adult)
Digital Reading, eText and Disabilities (RP, PreK-16)
Childhood Intervention, ghj_amp Virtual Reality (RP, K-16)

Part I - 1:45-2:45 PM

Wikification of Knowledge: Implications for Education

Kenneth S. Kosik, MD

Part I - 1:45-2:45 PM

Youths, Social Networks and Learning: Implications for Education

Christine Greenhow, EdD

Part I - 1:45-3:15 PM

STOMP: Practice Improves Reasoning Skills

Silvia B. Bunge, PhD

Part I - 1:45-2:45 PM

Multitasking and Tweens

Clifford I. Nass, PhD

Part I - 1:45-3:45 PM

Rethinking Learning Disabilities in the Age of Google

David H. Rose, EdD

Part I - 1:45-3:15 PM

Clinical Virtual Reality: 21st Century Tools for Childhood Disorders

Albert A. Rizzo, PhD

Part II - 3:00-4:15 PM

Mind, Brain and Emerging Technology for Robust Learning and Assessment

Kurt W. Fischer, PhD

Part II - 3:00-4:15 PM

Fusing Online Communities, School and Home Activities to Develop New Media Literacy

Brigid Barron, PhD

Part II - 3:15-4:15 PM

Quest to Learn: Growing a School for Digital Kids

Chloe Varelidi, MFA

Part II - 3:00-4:15 PM

Distractions and Multitasking in the Modern Media World

Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD

Part II - 4:00-5:00 PM

Textbooks and E-books as Learning Tools: Implications for the Classroom

David B. Daniel, PhD

Part II - 3:30-4:45 PM

It Takes a Virtual Village: Computational Agency Dev. Among Marginalized Youth

Sneha Veergoudar Harrell, PhD

Part III - 4:15-5:15 PM

How is Knowledge Better Learned Through Skills?

Charles Fadel, MBA

Room: Masonic

Part III - 4:15-5:15 PM

Strategies for Teens, Teachers and Young Adults

Jennifer H. Selke, PhD

Room: Terrace

Part III - 4:15-5:15 PM

From Students to Learners: New Learning Environments for 21st Century Learners

Bob Pearlman, BEE

Room: Venetian

Part III - 4:15-5:15 PM

Understanding the Mind of Supertaskers

David Strayer, PhD

Room: Gold

Panel Discussion

5:00-5:15 PM

Room: Grand Ballroom

Panel Discussion

4:45-5:15 PM

Room: Pavilion

Saturday, February 19 - Conference Day 3
Morning Keynote Addresses: Digital Brains, Learning Problems ghj_amp Reform
8:30 AM Final Remarks: Silvia Bunge, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
8:30 AM
to
9:15 AM
Keynote I: Faulty Connections: How School Reform Ignores How the Brain Works
Gerald N. Tirozzi, PhD

Room: Masonic Auditorium
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Coffee Break and Poster Sessions
9:45 AM
to
11:00 AM
Keynote II: Different Brains, Different Learners: Rethinking "Intelligence" for the 21st Century
Jane M. Healy, PhD

Room: Masonic Auditorium
11:00 AM
to
12:00 PM
Keynote III: Countering the Cyber Life: Getting in Touch with Our Hunter-Gatherer Genes
John J. Ratey, MD

Room: Masonic Auditorium
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break and Book Signing
Saturday, February 19 - Post-Conference Workshops
Location: The Fairmont San Francisco Hotel

1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Play, Exercise and Learning in the Digital Age

John J. Ratey, MD and Stuart L. Brown, MD

Room: Pavilion

1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Teaching and Learning 21st Century Skills

Bob Pearlman, BEE

Room: Venetian

1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Stress, Addiction and the Growing Brain: New Challenges for Teaching Today's Students

Jane M. Healy, PhD

Room: Terrace

1:00PM - 4:30 PM

Brain-Compatible Approaches for Motivating Reluctant Learners

Rick Smith and Grace Dearborn

Room: Vanderbilt