Dan Pink
A Whole New Mind
A Brief Excerpt and Review

Dan Pink does a wonderful job speaking in layman's language contrasting the portions of the brain (left and right) against each other. He does not state that one hemisphere of the brain is better than the other, rather he infers the differences in relation to the way information is processed (content v. context, processing all at once v. in parts, synthesis v. analysis). In his viewpoint the logical, sequential, linear viewpoint that once took center stage in the business community now have given way to more creative versions of thought.  
Dan also has a video site (https://masielearning.pbwiki.com/DanPink) offering a glimpse into his book.
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“…successful technological implementation begins (not ends) with teacher training programs…”

Excerpts from an interview with B. Mark Francis

In their research, Sahin and Thompson examined faculty adoption of technology use within a COE (College of Education) learning context. Their hypothesis in brevity was could the technology adoption level of staff be predicted.  Their research concluded… that faculty adoption level of technology hinged upon four predictable areas: participant demographics, computer experience, instructional hardware used in teaching and the instructor’s method for learning about technology. Basically, if the instructor uses technology at home and work, they will most likely use it in class.
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