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Active Learning. Engaging students in higher order thinking skills - Analysis - Synthesis - Evaluation. Are these students engaged ?. Tom March quote. Co-developer of the idea of WebQuests “These devices can be weapons of mass distractions and kids can tune out IF
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Active Learning Engaging students in higher order thinking skills - Analysis - Synthesis - Evaluation Are these students engaged?
Tom March quote Co-developer of the idea of WebQuests “These devices can be weapons of mass distractions and kids can tune out IF we aren’t engaging students!”
THE GREAT 1 TO 1 QUESTION • Do TabletPCs improve learning? • NO!!!!!!!!!! • TEACHERS improve learning!!! (of course, technology is one of their tools!)
21st Century Skills • Core subjects • 21st century content • Learning and thinking skills • ICT literacy • Life skills
21st Century Skills www.21stcenturyskills.org
Other 21st Century Skills Sites • 21st Century Connections www.21centuryconnections.com • Engauge: A Framework for Effective Technology Use www.ncrel.org/engauge • Information and Communication • Technologies Literacies • www.evalutech.sreb.org/21stcentury/index.asp
Magic Questions for Higher Order Thinking • HOW? • WHY? • WHICH IS BEST?
Other Active Learning Strategies • WebQuests webquest.org/index.php webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html • Wikis pbwiki.com ibritt.com/resources/wp_blogs.htm
Lesson Ideas Websites • Marco Polo http://marcopolo-education.org • Think Quest http://thinkquest.org
Other Active Learning Strategies • Multimedia Projects Audio Video Text Graphics Research THINKING!!!!!!
Other Active Learning Strategies • Case Studies with Research Science ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html Ethics ethics.sandiego.edu/resources/cases/HomeOverview.asp