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Enhancing Student Engagement Through Active Learning and Higher Order Thinking Skills

This resource emphasizes the importance of engaging students in higher order thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Tom March, a co-developer of WebQuests, reminds us that technology can distract if not utilized effectively. The critical inquiry, "Do Tablet PCs improve learning?" concludes with the assertion that it's the teachers who enhance learning, with technology serving as a supportive tool. The guide also showcases various active learning strategies and resources designed to cultivate 21st-century skills in students, promoting critical thinking and collaborative learning.

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Enhancing Student Engagement Through Active Learning and Higher Order Thinking Skills

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  1. Active Learning Engaging students in higher order thinking skills - Analysis - Synthesis - Evaluation Are these students engaged?

  2. 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!”

  3. THE GREAT 1 TO 1 QUESTION • Do TabletPCs improve learning? • NO!!!!!!!!!! • TEACHERS improve learning!!! (of course, technology is one of their tools!)

  4. 21st Century Skills • Core subjects • 21st century content • Learning and thinking skills • ICT literacy • Life skills

  5. 21st Century Skills www.21stcenturyskills.org

  6. 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

  7. Magic Questions for Higher Order Thinking • HOW? • WHY? • WHICH IS BEST?

  8. Other Active Learning Strategies • WebQuests webquest.org/index.php webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html • Wikis pbwiki.com ibritt.com/resources/wp_blogs.htm

  9. Lesson Ideas Websites • Marco Polo http://marcopolo-education.org • Think Quest http://thinkquest.org

  10. Other Active Learning Strategies • Multimedia Projects Audio Video Text Graphics Research THINKING!!!!!!

  11. 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

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