Now you see it: how the brain science of attention will transform the way we live, work, and learn

Documents a 2003 experiment at Duke University where the author had free iPods issued to the freshman class to see how the device could be used academically, in a report that reveals other technological ideas that are revolutionizing education.;Introduction: I'll count: you take care of the gorilla -- pt. 1. Distraction and difference: the keys to attention and the changing brain. Learning from the distraction experts -- Learning ourselves -- pt. 2. The kids are all right. Project classroom makeover -- How we measure -- The epic win -- pt. 3. Work in the future. The changing workplace -- The changing worker -- pt. 4. The brain you change yourself. You, too, can program your VCR (and probably should) -- Conclusion: Now you see it -- Appendix. Twenty-first-century literacies: a checklist.