INVITATION TO A SPECIAL PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT

"TECHNOLOGY COGNITION AND LEARNING SUMMIT"

8:00 AM -4:00 PM, THURSDAY, MAY 3

Sponsored by JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY NEURO-EDUCATION INITIATIVE and CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

Cost: (includes lunch):
$100 per person (BY MARCH 19)
$125 per person (AFTER MARCH 19)

(Requires separate fee and registration from the Learning & the Brain Conference.)

This Summit will take place at the Glass Pavilion on the Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. The summit will explore three research areas and discuss implications for practice.

The three strands include:

• The influence of "multi-tasking" on attention and engagement, including how it affects children with attention deficits.
• The influence of gaming and other educational technologies on cognition and learning.
• The use and implementation of assistive technology as it relates to genetic, metabolic, and degenerative brain disorders.

Learning & the Brain Conference participants are receiving a special invitation to attend this event. Please note that attendees at this pre-conference event must register directly with Johns Hopkins University at the web site below between Feb. 1 and April 25 and that space is limited. For more information or to register, visit www.education.jhu.edu/nei or contact Sharon Lampkin at Lampk_s@jhu.edu or 410-516-0640.