Sixth International School On Mind, Brain And Education
Program 2011, August 3-7
Education in the
Digital Era
Directors: Antonio M. Battro and Kurt W. Fischer
Program officer: María Lourdes Majdalani
PROGRAM 2011 - ALL SESSIONS WERE HELD AT SAN ROCCO LECTURE HALL
TUESDAY 2 AUGUST
Registration and lodging
20.00: Dinner and reception at La Pineta (see map)
WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST
Moderator: Antonio Battro
9.00 - 9.30 Welcome: Antonio Battro and Kurt Fischer
9.30 - 10.00 Hideaki Koizumi: Educational issues from the viewpoint of digital and analog concepts
10.00 - 10.30 Paolo Ferri: University students and social media: reflections from an empirical research
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30 Discussions
Lunch
16.00 - 17.30 Theo Dawson: Virtuous cycles of learning and assessment: A digital revolution
17.30 - 18.00 Coffee break
18.00 - 19.00 Discussions
THURSDAY 4 AUGUST
Moderator: Kurt Fischer
9.00 - 9.30 Lula Majdalani: E-learning for educators: the Moral Development on-line course
9.30 - 10.00 Antonio Battro on behalf of Mariano Sigman: The Meno experiment: from ancient Greece to one laptop per child
10.00 - 10.30 Francesca Scenini: Digital learning: the emerging consequences on literacy development. A case study perspective
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30 Discussions
Lunch
16.00 - 16.30 Hirokazu Atsumori: A wearable optical topography system: towards brain science and education
16.30 - 17.00 Emmanuel Di Folco: Children of the Moon: imaging the Earth’s satellite with XO laptops
17.00 - 17.30 Coffee break
17.30 - 19.30 Discussions
FRIDAY 5 AUGUST
Program officer: Lula Majdalani
Free day: Optional visit to historical places: Segesta and Selinunte
SATURDAY 6 AUGUST
Moderator: Hideaki Koizumi
9.00 - 9.30 Maki Koyama: Resting-state fMRI and its application to developmental dyslexia
9.30 - 10.00 Andrea Mangiatordi: Inclusion of mobility impaired children in the one-to-one computing era: a case study
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 - 11.45 Todd Rose and Parisa Rouhani: Designing for learner variability in a digital world
11.45 - 12.30 Discussions
Lunch
16.00 - 16.30 Kurt Fischer: Creating a Network for information about learning for educators and parents
16.30 - 17.00 Percival Denham: Technology and deaf children education, excellent partners
17.00 - 17.30 Coffee break
17.30 - 19.30 Discussions
SUNDAY 7 AUGUST
Moderator: Antonio Battro
9.00 - 9.30 Claudia Urrea: Making learning visible in the context of 1:1 learning
9.30 - 10.00 Cecilia Alcalá: One to one computing: reducing the knowledge gap in Paraguay
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 - 12.00 Discussions
Lunch
Free afternoon
21.00: Farewell dinner at La Pineta. Mind, Brain and Education Prize
MONDAY 8 AUGUST
Departure