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Choosing the Best Technology - An eLearning Technology Compass

Choosing the Best Technology - An eLearning Technology Compass | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From iteachu.uaf.edu - December 8, 2014 10:57 PM
Beth Dichter's insight:

This eLearning Technology Compass provides another way to help you choose technology tools. Working from the inner circle towards the outer circle you will find

* Goals

* Competencies

* Performance Assessments

* Ring of Technologies

Under this visual you will also find a detailed table that lists:

* Desired Competencies

* Rationale

* Related Activities

* Potential Technologies

And the site also provides tutorials on many of the tools.

This is like a one stop shop that will help you find great tools to help students grow skills in the desired competencies.

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Becky Roehrs's curator insight, December 9, 2014 2:48 PM

This eLearning Technology Compass is based on a matrix that helps instructors meet their learning outcomes by choosing the right tech tool for the job.  
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Critical Thinking: Educating Competent Citizens

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From www.elesapiens.com - February 5, 2014 7:09 AM

"Critical thought is a cognitive process that proposes the systematic analysis of information, opinion and statements that we accept in our daily life as valid or true. It is a basic skill for a competent, free and responsible citizen."

Beth Dichter's insight:

How do we teach students to become critical thinkers? This post provides a visual as well as a more detailed list of the seven components that students need to learn:

* Reflection

* Analysis

* Acquisition of information

* Creativity

* Commitment

* Debate

* Structuring arguments

In addition five values that critical thinking promotes:

* Humility

* Courage

* Responsibility

* Commitment

* Respect

What do you think? Do you agree that these are key aspects to teach our students to be critical thinkers or is there a component missing? Do you believe that the values are an integral component? How do you teach critical thinking in your classroom?

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María Dolores Díaz Noguera's curator insight, March 18, 2014 8:35 AM

Critical Thinking: Educating Competent Citizens
Susan Walker-Meere's curator insight, November 9, 2014 12:49 PM

I would add: Trans-disciplinary thinking; systems thinking for sustainability. Most people can not see the forest through the trees so miss the larger connections of the impacts that action, goods & services have on both environmental systems and human systems. 
Willem Kuypers's curator insight, November 16, 2014 3:48 PM

La pensée critique, une competence clé du 21ème siècle avec tant d'information qui nous arrive. 
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