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S Worrell

The Dean's List: 50 Must-Read Higher Education Technology Blogs | EdTech Magazine - 2 views

www.edtechmagazine.com/...her-education-technology-blogs

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  • S Worrell on 22 May 12
     
    EdTech: Focus on Higher Education has surveyed the web and found what we believe are the 50 best IT blogs in higher education. These blogs - including well-known names and some who are less familiar - cover every aspect of technology, both in the classroom and behind the scenes. Learn from tech experts and IT peers at colleges who are in the trenches. Dig into the very best the web has to offer.
  • Holly Ruiz on 22 May 12
     
    Higher Education Blogs is the source to see what's on the Dean's List for classroom integration. Educators reap rewards.
Karen Bradford

The Facts on Higher Order Thinking - 4 views

www.facultyfocus.com/...facts-on-higher-order-thinking

communication education HOTS Blooms taxonomy

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  • Jason Finley on 21 May 11
     
    Article that opens up the Chicken and the Egg discussion when it comes to Higher Order Thinking Skills. "Are beginning courses the best time to teach facts? Must students know the facts before they can think at higher levels? Asked a bit differently, is knowing the facts all that's needed to think at higher levels? Must students practice making connections, integrating facts and applying information, or can they do that automatically (once) they've got the facts?
  • Karen Bradford on 22 May 11
     
    Teaching students to think using higher order thinking skills may require teachers to think using higher order thinking skills. This article surely has me pondering the question, "Must students know the facts before they can think at higher levels?"
Thomas Fischer

Higher Education on-line opportunities are exploding! - 0 views

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  • Thomas Fischer on 17 Feb 13
     
    Gregory Ferenstein posts in Tech Crunch: http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/11/a-huge-month-online-education-is-replacing-physical-colleges-at-a-crazy-fast-pace/ GREGORY FERENSTEIN Monday, February 11th, 2013 The rate at which online education is becoming part of the fabric of higher education is experiencing exponential growth. Over 1800 accredited Universities including M.I.T, Duke, UPenn, University of Wisconsin are actively embracing the new technologies. Many of the new courses are rigorous science based courses now being offered at vey low tuition rates. Studies are showing that test scores are rising in an online environment. A word of caution must be added. Initial experiments in education usually recruit the best and brightest on both sides of the equation. As these programs expand, close attention should be paid to the results.
Libby Turpin

Making Online Discussion Boards Work for Skills-Based Courses - Faculty Focus | Faculty... - 10 views

www.facultyfocus.com/...-work-for-skills-based-courses

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  • Mary Keane on 10 Apr 11
     
    This article explores ways to enhance online communication between students.
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  • Megan Smith on 09 May 11
     
    How to make a disucussion board effective. Divide a large group into smaller study sections. Make certain to post application questions, not fact-based or calculation questions. Apply the questions to the students' life/future.
  • Jon Tyler on 09 May 11
     
    The author describes using discussion boards for his accounting course.
  • amy sunke on 16 May 11
     
    This article highlights some key points about how to successfully integrate online discussions into core subject content. He does this by pairing down the discussion groups much like we are doing in the Web 2.0 course right now ,"When I did discussions with the class as a whole, the students grumbled about having to read repetitive messages. They were much more willing to participate in the study group if there were relatively few messages". He is also looking for an inital post and a follow up post written with correct grammar and spelling.
  • Holly Fiechtner on 24 May 11
     
    In this article, Rob Kelly discusses how he uses online discussion boards to enhance the learning in his classroom. Students end up helping one another, and the conversations go beyond accounting so that students really see the applicability of the subject matter to their future lives. Students who really excel in accounting help students who struggle, and the split classroom discussion helps to make it manageable for all students.
  • Mary Leon-Sweeney on 25 May 11
     
    This article talks about how to make online discussions work for skills-based courses. Using Professor Roger Gee's practice and approach as an example, the author offers examples to guide students in expressing themselves creatively and persuasively, which engages and motivates them. The class is divided into study groups for the discussions. Each discussion begins with a posting by Professor Gee, the discussions are to begin after students have read the material, viewed the PowerPoint, and taken a quiz. Professor Gee encourages students to work within the study groups to help each other.
  • Caryn Elefante on 11 Aug 11
     
    This article shows how to let online discussions allow for higher order thinking skills to flourish in a skills-based classroom.
  • Kim Metz on 18 Feb 12
     
    "Making Online Discussion Boards Work for Skills-Based Courses" is an article written by Rob Kelly and posted in a higher education newsletter. The author describes ways on how online discussions can enhance learning in skills-based online courses. He suggests rather than having students resolve math problems for example, steer students to coming up with an opinion supported by facts they have learned. Students should have the opportunity to have read the lesson, PowerPoints and other related resources before a discussion takes place. The discussions should also give students the opportunity to share opinions and how the material may affect their personal life. Like our class, the author suggest each student to post a reply to the instructor's question and reply to at least one other student's reply. The posting should have good spelling and grammar as if they were in the business world. Another way to enhance learning is to have students work collaboratively and help each other out. The suggestions offered by the author are similar to what we have received in this course. Although the article is written for higher education, I would assume, but I have to also wonder if this is valuable information at the secondary level too?
  • Steven Young on 13 May 12
     
    This is a first-rate article on how to run an online discussion for a class on a technical subject. The article elucidates the techniques used by an accounting professor at San Diego Messa College. Issues addressed include whether to focus on calculations or opinions, the size of discussion groups, at what point in the lesson plan students should post, and what role the teacher should play in introducing a topic. Professor Gee advocates that posts focus on opinions rather than facts or calculations, since the latter provides an opportunity to spread error. He also discusses dividing a class of 35 into two groups, having students post after they have reviewed a substantial part of the lesson, and the teacher introducing discussion topics and modeling the first comment.
  • Jeanne Lauer on 14 May 12
     
    As a teacher of a 2 year high school accounting program, I enjoyed reading this article about Professor Roger Gee's use of online discussion boards. I introduce my students to several elements of personal finance as it relates to a service business owner's personal finances and wondered how I could engage my students to delve a bit deeper into their own thoughts on their personal finances now and in the future. I will be using Gee's suggestion as it helps students use some critical thinking to plan for their future. Some of the items mentioned actually are part of the "flipped classroom" concept; students already having read the lesson, watched the PowerPoints, and taken the test. Then comes the discussion using the learned skills. I appreciate this information for a skill-based course be it high school or community college. As we articulate with our neighboring community college, and attempt to make our students college-ready, this concept fits the bill.
  • Libby Turpin on 16 May 12
     
    Rob Kelly discusses how to he used online discussion boards in a skills based course. This concept could be followed for any type of study group. Given students learn best when they not only teach the information but share and collaborate with others, this idea enhances the learning process.
  • Holly Ruiz on 22 May 12
     
    I'm the only Accounting teacher and have been teaching for 2 years at the high school level. I feel this article does a great job not just on how discussion boards can help and guide deeper levels of thinking among Accounting students, but provides the opportunity to take baby steps including technology in the classroom and push critical thinking. I can appreciate this article greatly because I believe we all learn through experience and as Gee mentions, some of the students have worked in the field and may be able to offer their peers another insight.
Amy Herman

John Jensen: Three Steps to Higher Order Thinking - 0 views

www.educationnews.org/...steps-to-higher-order-thinking

HOTS education web2.0 technology

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  • Amy Herman on 02 Nov 12
     
    The article discussed the idea that higher order thinking skills can not be disconnected from the content of the classroom. The author stated in a traditional teacher-centered classroom higher order thinking skills such as "analysis, problem-solving, investigation, participation in developing reasoning and meaning, questioning, discussing, engaging students, and relevance are short-changed." Think of the possibilities for all students in the room to be able to engage in meaningful conversation, investigation and analysis with the use of group work and web 2.0 technologies.
Donna Boudreau-Hill

Ending the 'tyranny of the lecture' - 2 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...ing-the-tyranny-of-the-lecture

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  • Mary McCarthy on 01 Aug 11
     
    At an educational technology conference in Boston July 27, Harvard University physics professor Eric Mazur explained how he uses "peer instruction" to help his students engage in deeper learning than traditional lectures can provide-and he unveiled a brand-new ed-tech service that can help educators take this concept to a whole new level.
  • Donna Boudreau-Hill on 01 Aug 11
     
    This article by Dennis Pierce discusses events at a July 27 technology conference in Boston. The point of the article is to stress that education needs to move from information giving to student creation. He explains that students need the ability to assimilate the information given so that they can then apply it to another context. Web 2.0 tools have allowed for this "flipped" type classroom that he references, where students read up on a concept for homework, then in the f2f classroom use the higher order thinking skills....application, analysis, creation and publication with the new tools available.
tbreza

Higher order thinking skills - 4 views

www.edutopia.org/...te-instruction-kristof-mueller

HOTS Education Technology Gaming 21st Century Learning Critical

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  • tbreza on 13 Jun 14
     
    Many educators are looking for more outside the box methods to learning and understanding. Many teachers have tried implementing more technology inside the classroom or tried to create a more blended classroom. This article shows another method of instruction that brings higher order of thinking and that is using games to differentiate instruction. Our students have been playing games since they were no more than 2 years old. Why not implement a learning method that they are already accustomed to. This has transformed classroom learning into a more interactive learning style that has shown great success. The articles talks about the importance of moving your lessons to the students strengths so why not lean them towards what they know best? Using games for higher learning is no different then a classroom review. It is no different then a quiz. The only difference is that it is more interactive and it is electronic. This style of high order thinking or critical thinking creates a learning environment that is geared to challenge the students in a way that they want to be challenged.
tdoherty

How Free Online Courses are Changing Traditional Education - 2 views

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  • Julie Davis on 15 Feb 13
     
    There is lots going on in regards to the offering in of online learning in post secondary education.  A new organization Coursera offers college level courses using new technology with well known professors.  How will this effect the world of education going forward?
  • Mariam Mathew on 18 Feb 13
     
    Very interesting summary of MOOCs. They just downplayed the low percentage of students who complete the courses. (Though Thrunn's Artificial Intelligence graduated 23,000 students!)
  • tdoherty on 20 Jun 14
     
    Free courses that are available online allow for students of all backgrounds to have the opportunity to get higher education. Some programs allow students to receive a certificate that courses have been completed. Does this stunt a students social growth and/or ability to develop effective communication?
S Worrell

Helping students develop higher-order thinking skills | United Federation of Teachers - 1 views

www.uft.org/...p-higher-order-thinking-skills

HOTS VHS

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  • Developing these skills requires students to debate, write and master structured argument, the very activities that middle and high school teachers say they must abandon to respond to the demands of minimum-standards, test-driven curriculums. But such demands are smothering education.
  • S Worrell on 29 May 12
     
    Developing these skills requires students to debate, write and master structured argument, the very activities that middle and high school teachers say they must abandon to respond to the demands of minimum-standards, test-driven curriculums. But such demands are smothering education.
Cheryl Zaino

Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains - 4 views

www.nwlink.com/...bloom.html

HOTS taxonomy bloom learning education

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  • Cheryl Zaino on 15 Jun 14
     
    This article is about how the Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning has changed. The new higher order thinking is the following. Creating, Evaluating, Analyzing, Applying, Understanding, Remembering. The article also includes the three domains of learning: Cognitive, Affective, Psychomotor.  As stated in the article, Bloom's Taxonomy was create in 1956 and the old taxonomy included the following: Evaluation, Synthesis, Analysis, Application, Comprehension and Knowledge. The auther feels the new taxonomy , "reflects a more active form of thinking and is perhaps more accurate".- See more at: http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html#sthash.BeAdOInN.dpuf. Questions to ask are how does the new technology fit into the new definition of "Bloom's Taxonomy". At what stage will all education require technology as the main component and source for educating students?
Charles Haseman

Does Project-Based Learning Lead to Higher Student Achievement?: Understanding the Bene... - 4 views

www.edutopia.org/ead-higher-student-achievement

Higher Order Thinking Bloom's Taxonomy HOTS

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  • Charles Haseman on 14 Nov 10
     
    Merits of Project-Based Learning. This is where I want my teaching to head back to. In career and technical education I did a lot of projects with my kids. Not so much lately and really want to move back to this because I really believe that it works!
  • Mark Little on 04 Dec 10
     
    It made me want to do more than I do. I cannot afford to use "time" as an excuse. Good learning from PBL's takes time and there are many benefits including providing applications to the teaching and answering the question "why do we need to learn about this?"
amy sunke

Educators Explore How to Use GPS for Teaching - 2 views

www.edweek.org/...01gps.h04.html

higher order thinking skills

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  • amy sunke on 25 May 11
     
    This article highlights schools that are integrating gps technology into the classrooms and the linking this to students being connected to the real world along with building critical thinking skills. Joseph Kerski, the curriculum manager in Redlands California, is quoted as saying "From bus routing to airplane navigation to geocaching for recreational purposes, it's one of those technologies that's all around us now" . He goes on to say, "And it's not just the tool. It's about students' using those higher-order thinking skills and thinking critically about their world". An earth science teacher , Jim Kuhl, explains how he pairs up reading and interpreting topographic maps with geocaching. GPS can cost as little as $75 per unit and most data phones have a gps embedded. Example provided was Monroe BOCES Stream Team Project where 10 schools are collecting gps and gis data about the quality of streams feeding Lake Ontario.
Gordon Christie-Maples

7 Stories From Educators About Teaching In The Flipped Classroom | Emerging Education T... - 3 views

www.emergingedtech.com/...ching-in-the-flipped-classroom

HOTS education web2.0

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  • Gordon Christie-Maples on 26 Feb 12
     
    This link accesses a number of articles based on the model of the "flipped" classroom. In this model, students view videos as homework and engage in collaborative learning activities tied to their homework. This approach advocates for, and emphasizes, less teacher "lecture" and more student collaboration engagement, while in the progecss, the application of higher level thinking skills.
Katy Williams

Differentiated instruction allows students to succeed - 9 views

www.edutopia.org/...ed-instruction-student-success

HOTS education differentiation average web2.0

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  • Katy Williams on 29 May 11
     
    This article discusses the importance of differentiation and especially the need for students to "redo" their assignments until they get them correct. By allowing students to "redo" they are improving their higher level thinking skills. Good and short article with practical reminders.
  • amy sunke on 03 Jun 11
     
    I love this article! Great reminders for all of us as educators to simply differentiate learning for our students. -vary the length or quantity of the assignment. -extend or curtail the duration of the assignment. -change the language of the assignment. -scaffold the learning activity from hard to medium to easy. -compact the activity and teach only what they don't know. -give them learning activities that let them perform the same learning objective with multiple mediums like summarizing a story they have read through narrative, drama, song, poetry, art, or design They also discussed the ability to redo assessments and I agree with this but somewhere in my teaching experience this has been engrained in my head only once. But I realize the feeling of success this allows a student.
  • Holly Fiechtner on 07 Jun 11
     
    In this blog, Ben Johnson reiterates the misconceptions in education about all students getting concepts in education at the same time. He goes on to discuss the importance of true differentiation in the classroom and that it is not creating an imbalance among students but a way for all students to succeed. He emphasizes the things teachers already do in the classroom to help students succeed and ends with a suggestion to allow students to redo their work in all areas (not just English and history).
Kae Cunningham

Education World: Promoting Active Online Learning - 0 views

www.educationworld.com/...ning-communication-tools.shtml

HOTS online learning education

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  • Kae Cunningham on 10 Feb 13
     
    An Interesting article that focuses mainly on good Communication practices for online courses. However, having good "communication tools" is simply good practice in any learning environment. Having the right tools and using them in the right learning environment promotes Higher Order Thinking, building these skills is essential to success.
Karen Bradford

Online Learning: For AP Students, a New Classroom is Online - 0 views

people.uis.edu/...onlinelearning

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  • Karen Bradford on 09 May 11
     
    Students from small schools with budget cuts are taking AP courses online. Students are being educated as well as being immersed in the technology world.
Kae Cunningham

Summary of #Games Research Qualitative Literature Review Conducted by Fengfeng Ke | Kap... - 0 views

www.uleduneering.com/...eview-conducted-by-fengfeng-ke

HOTS Technology education

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  • Kae Cunningham on 10 Feb 13
     
    Recent research study shows game based-learning 'seem[s] to foster higher-order thinking such as planning and reasoning more than factual or verbal knowledge". Also "Instructional computer games seem to facilitate motivation across different learner groups and learning situations" And we already know they're addicting.....
Sister Jacqueline

Higher Order Thinking - 2 views

www.cdl.org/...Where%20we%20are%20going.html

education communication

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  • Sister Jacqueline on 16 Feb 13
     
    Quick Facts About HOT No one thinks perfectly or poorly all the time. Memorizing something is not the same as thinking about it. You can memorize something without understanding it. Thinking is done in both words and pictures. These are just a few of the HOT qualities identified in this article
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  • Thomas Fischer on 17 Feb 13
     
    Sr. Jacqueline, The link in your post took me to this site. http://www.cdl.org/where-we-are-going/Where%20we%20are%20going.html It is an organization that is working with the children of New Orleans. I cannot seem to find the information on HOT. Thanks, Tom
  • Sister Jacqueline on 17 Feb 13
     
    Thanks, Tom. I went back to the article after reading your comment. The address is: http://www.cdl.org/resource-library/articles/highorderthinking.php As I was exploring the site I must have copied an incorrect address. Sister
  • Thomas Fischer on 18 Feb 13
     
    Sister Jacqueline, The article was well worth reading. It does a nice job of explaining the importance of higher order thinking and how it relates to problem solving and its importance in a school setting. Tom
Paul Harris

Five Things Students Can Learn through Group Work - 1 views

www.facultyfocus.com/...s-can-learn-through-group-work

creativity education web2.0 collaboration

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  • Paul Harris on 12 May 13
     
    Maryellen Weimer, in her article sets out clear reasons why collaborative work, enhances creativity '. Students can see how different perspectives, constructive deliberation, questioning, and critical analysis can result in better solutions and performance.' Working effectively in groups demands students to think outside the box, and use multiple creative skills.
  • Jean Bostley on 17 May 13
     
    It was many years ago that I attended a seminar at the former GE Plastics headquarters here (now Sabic) outlining what for years has been obvious. Two key points included: 1) the need to adjust the school calendar, both in number of days and hours per day from the agrarian-based schedule which so many districts and schools still follow; 2) the need to include more group work in syllabi and lesson plans. The presenter emphasized that companies do not want to hire a person who is intelligent if that person cannot work well in a collaborative group situation. Opportunities abound to prepare our students for higher education and careers through group work in face-to-face instruction, the flipped classroom concept and the design of VHS courses.
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