Critical Thinking and Technology
Melita Ryland's insight:This website provides a practical insight into bringing technology into lessons to suport student's learning. They provide questions to make you think about your planning in...
View Article10 iPad Apps to Enhance Critical Thinking Teachers should not Miss ~...
Melita Ryland's insight:Critical thinking is a skill much sought after in probably every curricula. It is our ultimate goal as teachers and educators to bring up students who are critical thinkers and...
View ArticleCritical Thinking and Social Media Technology - Classroom 2.0
With the emergence of social media technology in the classroom, teachers are finding innovative ways to promote student learning. As educators become more soph…Melita Ryland's insight:This article...
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Melita Ryland's insight:This document address what is critical thinking and how to support it and then explores the computer program Reason!Able. Exploration into what this program can do and how to...
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Melita Ryland's insight:“Critical thinking is that mode of thinking – about any subject, content, or problem – in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully taking...
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Melita Ryland's insight:This document outlines the importance of critical thinking and various simple computer programs you could use to implement into the classroom which allow students to discover...
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Using technology to improve critical thinkingMelita Ryland's insight:This is my blog that i have created, this site contains more sites of relevant information in regards to thinking technologySee it...
View ArticleTechnology for critical thinking
This page is for EDP4130 and will provide links to sites that promote critical thinking in the...Melita Ryland's insight:This page is my facebook group created as a PLN...this is still a work in...
View ArticleAdora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids | Video on TED.com
Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism.Melita Ryland's insight:This video is by a child and outlines how children have...
View ArticleReflections on the BYOD Classroom and Digital Citizenship
Photo courtesy of Flickr user jennip98 If you are reading this, then I hope you will be willing to share your Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) expertise with my new friend, Anita (@anitaasimpson), by...
View ArticleKhan Academy
With a library of over 3,000 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when...
View ArticleWorksheets: BAD. Technology: GOOD. An Analysis.
I was skimming through my twitter feed the other day and saw a tweet that stopped me dead in my tracks. I can't quote it verbatim now, but it said something like this: Worksheets allow teachers to...
View ArticleThe KHS Technology Blog
everything that's new and exciting in technology....Melita Ryland's insight:This is the blog of a high school class who constantly complete technology challenges. In designing and making these...
View ArticleRSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms
This RSA Animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benj...Melita Ryland's insight:Education is...
View ArticleEducational Technology and Mobile Learning: The Modern Taxonomy Wheel
"Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: The Modern Taxonomy Wheel" good read http://t.co/WUC6Hbce9dMelita Ryland's insight:This model is based around the blooms taxonomy of higher order thinking....
View Article4 Wonderful Critical Thinking Graphics [MindMap]
Melita Ryland's insight:This diagram branches so many different ideas and traits of citical thinkers and gives ideas of how we can include more critical thinking into lessons and activities.See it on...
View Article12 Principles Of Mobile Learning
12 Principles Of Mobile Learning Mobile Learning is about self-actuated personalization. As learning practices and technology tools change, mobile learning itself will continue to evolve. For 2013,...
View ArticleTwitter For Learning: 7 Ideas For Using Hashtags In The Classroom
How can you use twitter for learning? How can you use hashtags in the classroom? It's very simple, really.Melita Ryland's insight:Great for critical thinking because in twitter you only have so many...
View ArticleA Design Challenge to Students: Solve a Real-World Problem! | MindShift
Creating a safe recreation space for teens; protoyping a recyclable lunch tray; setting up a water delivery system to guard against urban fires; building a puMelita Ryland's insight:This article talks...
View ArticleHow to Make Your Classroom a Thinking Space - Suzie Boss
Take a moment and imagine a creative work environment. Don't worry about the kind of work going on. Just focus on the space. Close your eyes and picture it. What is that space like? What does it sound...
View Article25 Ways to Develop 21st Century Thinkers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile...
RT @ictedservices: 25 Ways to Develop 21st Century Thinkers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning http://t.co/p8k0B7zcJx #cisedtechMelita Ryland's insight:Critical thinking as a skill is the...
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