1. What is your most vivid early memory?

2. Memory and Concentration

3. Memory is like a Because

4. Memory is not like a Because

5. Take a good look at these words dough laptop cheese gas grille pepperoni ATM card sauce newspaper mushrooms cell phone

6. Define “attention”

7. Attention The selective process that controls awareness

8. Define “concentration”

9. Concentration The continual re-focusing on a perceived message or stimulus Be here now

10. Two factors influence attention & concentration Internal factors Identify internal factors that influence your ability to concentrate:

11. Two factors influence attention & concentration External factors Identify external factors that influence your ability to concentrate:

12. Developing good attention & concentration requires that you control these factors

13. How can you control these factors? Internal factorsExternal factors

14. How Memory Works Remembering- active process of recalling Memory-capacity to store, retain & retrieve information 3 types of remembering: 1. sensory 2. short term memory 3. long term memory

15. Visual Strategies that help you remember Think Link or Mind Map

16. Visual Strategies that help you remember Time Lines

17. Visual Strategies that help you remember Tables

18. Visual Strategies that help you remember Hierarchy Charts

19. Can you recall the two lists of words? Which list was easier to remember and why?

20. Recite, rehearse, and write

21. Mnemonic Devices

22. Visual Images & Associations

23. Acronyms

24. Sing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeUqZkyRo3s&feature=related