The session began with ISTE President, Holly Jobe, sharing her vision, including authenticity, and student centered learning. I was impressed with her philosophy, and her background with the Pennsylvania Classrooms for the Future program . I think ISTE has made a great choice in leadership! This year's keynote was John Medina, a developmental molecular biologist, and a uthor of Brain Rules . I first heard of Dr. Medina a few years ago through Garr Reynold's Presentation Zen Website , then I bought the book.I blogged about his ideas about multi-tasking, here . Medina talked much faster than I could take notes on (Still not used to typing on the iPad), so I will share the Twitter feed here of the keynote for important quotes that were shared: How does formal neuroscience apply to Ed tech or education in general? He says we don't know! Still, certain mythologies have evolved: We only use 10% of our brain's capacity There are people who are Left brain dominant and others wh...
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