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Learning Theories
This is a summary of major learning theories: Behaviorism, Constructivism, Humanism, and others including the work of Howard Gardner, Benjamin Bloom and Erik Erikson.

Neurology and Cognitive Sciences

Celebrities in Cognitive Science
Read about the leading thinkers in cognitive science such as Piaget, Bruner, Dewey and Vygotsky.

Brain Museum
This website is not only a valuable resource showing images of the brain but there are also links to information about how the brain works.

BrainConnection
This is an extensive set of resources about the brain and learning.

Instructional Technology

ESchool News Online
"Our schools need transformation, not integration." This article discusses how schools need to change in the ways that we use technology.

ESchool News Online
"We've got some rethinking to do..." A report regarding a study of factors that inhibit the use of digital resources in the classroom along with some suggestions.

Landmark Project
David Warlick provides users of this website with many tools and information about using technology instructionally. Plan to spend a lot of time here to check out his tools and the links to online handouts from his presentations.

Consider This with David Thornburg
David Thornburg, Director of Global Operations for The Thornburg Center, provided information on emerging technologies and their impact on learning from 1998 through 2003. Although he doesn't actively contribute to this site at the present time, the archives here contain articles that are just as relevant and thought provoking today.

From Now On
Jamie McKenzie, a longtime technology advocate, publishes this website with a monthly newsletter containing thought provoking articles about how we use technology in the classroom. Additional links provide information to related resources.

Gary Stager on Tech Insurgents
Gary's article makes some great points about using technology to allow students to develop "modern knowledge."

Classroom Clickers Make the Grade
This article describes how teachers are using personal response systems for immediate feedback during instruction.