Savvy Web 2.0 Teens Forge Critical Thinking Skills - 5 views
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a handful of 14-year-old girls in a pilot study used critical thinking skills independently online. "How teenagers use Web 2.0 tools has huge implications for teaching critical thinking skills," says Ronda,
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Natasha Makucha on 10 Apr 11It makes sense.
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Students can even collaborate on writing a Wikipedia article on a topic they're studying to see how the process of peer writing and editing works
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"These conversations and activities can be really important, and can teach students valuable critical skills: how to find information online, how to examine the accuracy and source of information they find online, and how to be not only consumers of information, but active participants in creating it."
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Not all teens are enthusiastic users of tools such as Facebook.
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teens made decisions on who they connected to and what they shared, after exploring options and reflecting on how these decisions would affect their online experience.
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"These tools grow and diversify, and researchers need to catch up to what teenagers are doing online," she says.
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Social media tools hold great potential for developing important proficiencies that have to do with communicating and expressing ideas and thoughts, conducting research, and accessing and creating knowledge.