View this page "Program Previews"

[Tim Cannon]

This brief page shows the major topics we'll be covering in the 1st
program. You can take a look at it and be one step ahead of your
students :)

If you have any questions - contact us!

Tim and Rob

Click on http://groups.google.com/group/brain-awareness/web/program-previews
- or copy & paste it into your browser's address bar if that doesn't
work.

[mnee...@gmail.com]

Just wondering if you have a preview for the October 6th program. I
only see my students once a week and would like to prepare them for
the next session.
Thanks,
Marie

[Tim Cannon]

Good point - we're used to having more than one week between sessions
and usually put the final touches on the next program the Monday after
the preceding program. Since we don't have a week, Dr. Waldeck and I
will have to got on this quickly.

Thanks for the prompt!

[Cathleen Scarborough]

I haven't received anything yet.

[Tim Cannon]

Right - Dr. Waldeck and I couldn't get together to work on this last
night - we'll try for today and we'll post what we generate here.

Before the sun goes down, we'll have something posted - hopefully by
early afternoon.

Sorry for the delay :)

A good thing to do with students would be to ask them what they want
the programs to cover. We try to adjust our content to students'
interests. We don't expect that students have done any real
'homework' before most programs - we hope that they just bring a
healthy interest and lots of questions - we LOVE questions!!!

There was a mini-assignment given during the last program, however, to
try to 'operationally define' consciousness when you see it in a non-
verbal organism. You could have your students discuss that. What are
the characteristics of consciousness. Why do you, hopefully, infer
that I'm conscious, when you see me lumbering around, but not a
table. Start with the basics and work up. When I do this exercise
with my students - we usually agree on about 5 non-verbal
characteristics.

Encourage students to come up with questions that can be posted here
on the discussion boards - if we don't deal with the questions
directly during the live programs, we'll try to do so on the
discussion boards. With so many students participating, it's tough to
let everyone ask questions live, but here - the sky is the limit!

Again, if you can find out from your students what questions they have
about neuroscience - that would be great!

Good luck!

[Marie Neeson]

Got'ya. My 8th graders should be arriving soon.

Thanks,

marie

[Tim Cannon]

Good luck!

Hope they're interested :)