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 arent engaging students!

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

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

21 st Century Skills

Other 21 st Century Skills Sites 21 st Century Connections Engauge: A Framework for Effective Technology Use Information and Communication Technologies Literacies

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 Think Quest

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