Learning process

http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/cogsys/infoproc.html

This link shows great detail to the way the memory works. It quite useful in explaining the connections between the long term memory and short term memory. The chart include for student attention in the classroom shows how to reach students and apply the knoweldge of attention span covered this week.

http://cognitiveapproaches.pbworks.com/w/page/10506171/Cognitive-Information-Processing-Theory

This link has information that directly shows the that memory is a dual structure connected by both sides of the brain.  Adding something to long term memory takes external stimuli and also repetition to add it to short term memory.
Memory although linked together needs something external to connect it and keep it there. These connections are important and becoming more and more important for students.

This weeks discussions during class has discussed attention and the limited ablity of it. This link discusses has everyone only has a limited amount of attention.