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"When we stop talking about creativity and innovation in abstract terms and start thinking about how they originate, we get divergent thinking. Divergent thinking is more than thinking outside the box; it’s thinking without the box, and imposing structure later."
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Why is divergent thinking important in education, and how can we inspire our students to become divergent thinkers? This post explores this idea, beginning with a definition of divergent thinking and providing a look at current research on divergent thinking. Did you know that divergent thinking "stems from logical, unbiased thinking" or that divergent thinking "leads to positive mood swings while convergent thinking leads to negative mood swings." After this discussion (and there is much more in the post) you will find 30 tips on how to teach your students to become divergent thinkers. A few of the tips are below. * Fast, frequent failures (with the suggestion that students quickly lay out all possible solutions). Identifying mistakes helps to lead to the students to the correct solution. * Google - Today students like to Google the answer...but what if you create questions that require deeper thinking, where Google will not supply an answer quickly. Many more ideas are available in the post. Click through to read more. 
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"Understand what critical thinking means and how critical thinkers think. Learn to express yourself clearly and develop a balanced argument."
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This site provides a range of materials to help students learn critical thinking skills. The resources include: * A video that helps guide you on ways to improve your critical thinking skills. * An infographic (see image above) that helps you visualize the questions to consider asking. * Top Tips for Critical Thinking - Five tips are provided with additional information under each. * An Apply Section which has three questions that students may answer. * Enhance Your Wellness - learn a few tips that will help your mental and physical health that may allow you to improve your focus and your grades. There is a lot of excellent information in this post. Although it is geared to college students much of this may be used in upper elementary, middle and high school.
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Here are three ways for teachers to prepare to design learning experiences that encourage higher order thinking through the use of technology as a tool for learning.
Beth Dichter's insight:
We know students love to use technology, so how about using technology as a tool to encourage higher order thinking? This post explores three ways you might choose to do this. * Develop a digital tool kit. Go out and find some great tools that will help students use higher order thinking skills. Given them a test drive first, and then create a digital playlist and some digital guides to help students learn how to use them. * Design flexible learning experiences. "Grab your toolkit, embrace Essential Questions, then build lessons around them." And for information on Essential Questions you may want to check out Chapter 1 of the book "Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Student Understanding from ASCD at http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/109004/chapters/What-Makes-a-Question-Essential¢.aspx. * Get out of the way and let students create.
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This post shares a robust list of "Online Interactive Thinking Strategies and Tools...designed to provide a scaffold which enables students to think with more depth and structure." Each tool (and over 35 are provided) has a brief description which explains how the student would use the tool, often referring to Habits of Mind or Multiple Intelligences. Links to all are provided.
Mohini Lata's curator insight,
May 20, 2013 11:27 PM
The Online Interactive Thinking Strategies and Tools are designed to enable students to think with depth and structure. This article Thinking Tools builds inclusive learning by building students coping and problem solving capacities. This article links with my topic of Using Mathematical Higher Order Thinking in the digital Technologies to present their thoughts and findings using Multiple Intelligences. This program could be used to support the Digital Technologies processes and production skills strand of the proposed Technologies learning area of the Australian Curriculums sub-strand of Interactions and impacts. The learning curve provides inclusive learning by building cohesive learning partnerships
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There are many websites that offer looks at Bloom's Digital Taxonomy. Edorigami provides an in-depth look at Bloom's Revised Taxonomy, providing an introduction and background as well as information on the higher order thinking skills (HOTS). When we think of Bloom's it is important to remember that it is a learning process.
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"Blended learning is constantly evolving. And most of the innovations and refinements have been developed to support student-centered learning. That means leveraging technology into learning activities, in and out of the classroom. There is mounting evidence that complementing or replacing lectures with student-centric, technology-enabled active learning strategies and learning guidance—rather than memorization and repetition—improves learning, supports knowledge retention, and raises achievement. These new student-centered blended learning methods inspire engagement, and are a way to connect with every student right where they are while supporting progress toward grade level standards."
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This infographic looks at ten trends occurring in Blended Learning: * The Student-Centered Learning Experience * Soaring Numbers of Digital Learners * Building Higher-Order Thinking Skills * Realizing Benefits for both Teachers and Students * A Framework for Data-Driven Decision-Making in Education * Personalized Learning Accompanied by a Lean, Blended, Interactive Approach * Productive Gamification * The Mobile World is Where Learners Live Now * Students' Personal Access to Mobile Devices * More Broadband, Please! You may also access a white paper that "provides a snapshot of some of the dominant trends in the ever-evolving blended learning landscape, and takes a look at how innovative approaches are boosting achievement in elementary mathematics classrooms."
Mika Auramo's curator insight,
April 28, 2014 12:04 AM
Erinomainen infografiikka sulautuvasta opetuksesta, vertailun vuoksi myös arkaaisesta menetelmästä. 
StudentGeneratedInduction's curator insight,
October 28, 2014 6:06 PM
Links to an interesting set of infographics showing how learning can be made more active. The outcome of doing this has benefits for teachers and students. It is also noted to be an influence on student retention. 
Anthippi Harou's curator insight,
December 26, 2014 1:36 AM
Very interesting article on 'blended learning'.
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Submrge is a website that has the tag line “Deeper Thinking About Games and Education.” It is divided into a number of sections including Games, Activities and Links. What makes this site unique is the information it provides on each game. “Each game page includes important information for teachers, like benefits of play, educational issues for discussion, easily accessible game information, and activities related to the game on Submrge.” In addition to this information there is also a page for each game that includes “important information on the level and subject, but also the activity’s relationship to Bloom’s Taxonomy, Common Core Standards, 21st Century Skills, and the H.E.A.T. Framework. If you are wondering what HEAT Framework stands for think of Higher Order Thinking, Engaged Learning, Authentic Connections and Technology Use. This page also provides a list of learning styles and the games I checked included an Essential Question, The Links section has resources in the following areas: * More on Games as Text * Advice on Games in the Classroom * General Games Collections (many content-specific) If you use games in your classroom, or are considering doing so, this website will provide additional resources that may provide you with new ideas.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
Richard Byrne has updated one of his most popular posts, on creating comics in the classroom. As well as providing information of five tools to create comics he also provides two slideshows (by B. Hendy). The first slideshow looks at strategies for using comics in the classroom. The second slideshow provides a quick look at how comics have the potential to have students use higher order thinking skills as well as providing materials on other sites that help to create comics.
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Mobile apps and Web 2.0 tools can facilitate implementation of activities requiring students to use skills at the top three levels of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy--analyzing, evaluating, and creating. Five great ideas that will help your students with critical thinkings. Most examples will work with elementary through high school students.
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