I don't have a ton of time to write tonight -- I'm busy preparing for a webinar on Literacy and Blogging for the Alaska Staff Development Network -- but I wanted to share a concept that I picked up from Howard Rheingold's newest book, Netsmart- How to Survive and Thrive Online.
It's called Attentional Blink:
That's important stuff, isn't it? I know that I sure struggle to stay focused on a single task in a world where I'm surrounded by interruptions that are waiting to happen.
So what are YOU doing to teach your kids to concentrate?
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Original Image Credit: Untitled by Louis Rabin
Licensed Creative Commons Attribution on February 5, 2013
Term Attentional Blink comes from P. Sven Arvidson, “A Lexicon of Attention: From Cognitive Science to Phenomenology,” Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 2, no. 2 (2003): 99-132
Thanks, Bill,
We'll have to do a small group book study with parents and teachers. Thanks for the recommendation!
Be Great,
Dwight
Posted by: Dwight Carter | February 20, 2013 at 11:35 PM
Hey Dwight,
First, thanks for stopping by -- definitely good to see you here!
And Netsmart is a GREAT read for parents, staff and students. A real eye opener about what kinds of skills students need in order to be prepared for tomorrows world.
Give it a look -- you wont be disappointed!
Bill
Posted by: Bill Ferriter | February 21, 2013 at 06:34 AM