Saturday, June 23, 2012

Critical Thinking in a Digital Age


Critical Thinking in a Digital Age:  Presentation from Gwinnett County Schools in Georgia about why social media tools are great for working with elementary (and older) students to help them think critically.  Lots of good ideas for creating projects where kids have to create new products to show what they’ve learned getting away from fill in the information projects.  A great emphasis on “Google-proof” questions.   There were wonderful ideas for using a variety of tools and many good ideas for projects.  Presenting team really emphasized using Twitter to connect with other librarians and teachers using technology to share and connect.  Great stuff at this wiki:  http://criticalthinkingala2012.wikispaces.com/

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