2.  What can learning about ‘learning networks’ teach us about how we learn?  How can we connect our learning about ‘learning networks’ to our experiences to gain a better understanding of ourselves as learners?  Based on our understanding of ‘learning networks’ and ourselves as learners, what strategies can we adopt to help us with the process of learning?

3. 1.What do you think you know about learning and the brain? 2.What questions or puzzles do you have? 3.What does the topic make you want to explore?

4. Recent neurological findings confirm three interconnected systems in the learning brain:  Recognition networks know what and where an object is.  Strategic networks know how to do things.  Affective networks know which objects and actions are important.

5.  Are specialized to sense and assign meaning to patterns we observe.  Enable us to identify and understand information, ideas, and concepts. Recognition Networks http://www.oln.org/teaching_and_learning/ada/Fame/u dl/v2_18_173_79.html

7.  The positron emission tomography (PET) scan shows typical patterns of brain activity associated with: Reading words Hearing Words Thinking wordsSaying words Activity is highest in red areas and then decreases through the other colors of the rainbow from yellow to blue-violet.

8. http://www.oln.org/teaching_and_learning/ada/Fame/udl/v2_18 _173_80.html  Are specialized to generate and oversee mental and motor patterns.  Enable us to plan, execute, and monitor actions and skills. Strategic networks

11. Affective networks http://www.oln.org/teaching_and_learning/ada/Fame/udl/v2_18 _173_81.html  Are specialized to evaluate patterns and assign them emotional significance.  Enable us to engage with tasks and learning and with the world around us.

13. Discuss your reactions with a partner!

16. What can we deduce from these experiences? Discuss with a partner some of your thoughts.

17. Watch Brain Works (30 minutes)  http://www.uwtv.org/programs/displaye vent.aspx?rID=4909 http://www.uwtv.org/programs/displaye vent.aspx?rID=4909 Play Brain Games  http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/c hgames.html http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/c hgames.html