Information Technology & Higher Level Thought
What a great day we had yesterday with our district librarians and technology integration specialists! As we examined the AASL 2013 List of Best Websites for Teaching and Learning, it was nice to see our districts share examples of how these are currently being used. We realize that there is a difficult road ahead navigating teachers from rote, scoop and reports (aka copy 'n paste facts) to higher level thought, but we have to start somewhere. Perhaps we should adopt the motto: Don't Transfer --> transform!
Or... Report Knowledge...not facts.
Here is the Symbaloo link we used to navigate sites and a few examples: click here.
Some people had asked to have this PPT that was shared:
This teacher self-assessment tool can be used with colleagues to get teachers thinking about aiming for higher-level thought in their research, technology integration, and assignments.
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