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good critical thinking skills are essential for cutting through the noise on the Web and getting to resources that are actually trustworthy and accurate

So here are ten resources I found valuable as I searched the Web for tools to help with sharpening my critical thinking skills

An interesting, 26-question online quiz

a more humanistic approach to Internet technology.

Lanier rails against web 2.0, which he calls at the start of the book "a torrent of petty designs" and "freedom [...] more for machines than people."

He writes that web 2.0 presents the current generation of kids with a "reduced expectation of what a person can be."

Web-based instructional activities have an enormous potential to enhance and entice learning. Unfortunately integrating the internet into your curriculum in a way that has a positive impact on students' learning is often a difficult process. Below are some questions to ask yourself to help you get started.

Not everyone would agree that multitasking is a healthy attribute of today’s students.

A Stanford University study released last year found that high-tech jugglers have problems paying attention, controlling their memory, or switching from one job to another as well as those who prefer to complete one task at a time.

In his book, Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn, Rosen suggests, among many other things, that teachers should begin to use cell phones as tools for mobile learning.

Sue Waters, editora de The Edublogger, comparte desde su wiki un interesante manual para iniciarse en la construcción de un Entorno Personal de Aprendizaje. Este manual, especialmente la parte referente a las herramientas, se desarrolló a partir de las respuestas de 160 personas al siguiente cuestionario:¿Qué es lo mas importante que has aprendido de tu PLE?Clasifica las herramientas de tu PLE según su importancia¿Qué cinco herramientas recomendarías como punto de partida para construir un PLE?¿Que cinco consejos darías a la gente que quiera comenzar a desarrollar su PLE

podríamos entender la cultura digital como una serie de valores, normas, prácticas y expectativas compartidas (y constantemente renegociadas) con respecto a la forma en que la gente (debería) actuar e interactuar dentro de la sociedad red contemporánea.

is a learning ecosystem, which is a community of connected people learning and working together

conversation, real-time, two way

Nuestra trayectoria tecnológica actual promete innovaciones inimaginables; con características de montaña rusa, sin sistema de frenado. Aunque la trayectoria es emocionante, es tal la velocidad del movimiento que generalmente carecemos del tiempo para pensar en las consecuencias indeseables que pueden acompañarla.