The Thinking with Technology
Course
0 Learn about different Thinking Theories
0 Create a teacher Workspace where you set up thinking
tool exercises
0 Create a project incorporating the Thinking Tools
0 Create Assessments using the Intel Assessment site
Thinking with Technology
Tools
0 Visual Ranking
0 Seeing Reason
0 Showing Evidence
On Line Tools
0 Work only when connected to Internet
0 Teachers can set up projects
0 Stored on Intel data base
0 Can be accessed from any computer which is on line
0 Require Flash to run the tools
0 "The exercise of ordering your favourites…ranking one a
level higher than another, and then articulating why you
chose the way you did-requires a depth and clarity of
consideration and comparison that inspires richer
appreciation and enjoyment."
Michael J. Gelb,
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci
What is ranking?
0 Making Lists
0 Putting things in order from
0 Best to worst
0 Most important to least important
0 Favourite to least favourite
0 Simple Ranking exercises
0 Parachute debate
0 Favourite restaurants
0 Worst villain in TV soaps
What makes Visual Ranking different from
any other type of ranking exercise?
0 It is visual
0 It is electronic
0 It allows for articulation of the reasons behind your choices
0 It can be saved in different versions and revisited any time
http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/VisualRanking/
0 Teacher ID = averyd
0 Student ID = conf1
0 Password = intel
0 Select “Which Extreme Sport is the most fun?””
0 http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/VisualRa
nking/
Encouraging Higher Order Thinking
0 Work in groups
0 Evaluate each ranking
0 Reach consensus
0 Justify your choices
0 Compare with other groups
How do you use it in a
classroom?
0 Brainstorm and then create a list to rank
0 Make a rank list as an introduction to a lesson
0 Make a rank list to help learners process data they
have gathered
Where do you find it?
0 http://educate.intel.com/en/thinkingtools/Visualran
king/
0 Students use higher-order thinking skills when they
analyze cause and effect.
The Seeing Reason Tool
0 CAUSAL MAPPING
0 Maps CAUSE and EFFECT relationships
0 Helps students analyse complex systems eg
0 If x happens then y will happen
0 a was caused by b
0 What caused z to happen?
0 Are a and x linked in any way?
http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/SeeingReason/
• Teacher ID = averyd
• Student ID = conf1
• Password = intel
• Select “Effective Learning?”
• http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/SeeingReason/
Higher order thinking skills
0 Collaborative work
0 Analysis of complex systems
0 Categorisation
0 Precise use of language to describe precise situations
Where do you find it?
0 http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/SeeingRe
ason
0 "People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."
Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)
English writer
The Showing Evidence Tool
0 Tool to develop argument
0 Evaluation of evidence
0 Making decisions
0 Helps learners to construct well-reasoned arguments
supported by evidence, using a visual framework
The Hypothesis/Claim
0 The most dangerous sports are not “extreme sports”
but South Africa’s two national sports, Rugby and
Soccer.
0 Extreme Sports are usually well regulated and have
stringent safety measures in place.
0 Regular sports, however, are played by large numbers
of players, often young players, often without
supervision and safety measures.
0 This often leads to injury and fatality.
Aspects of the Tool
0 Learners rate the quality
of the evidence
0 Learners decide if it
supports the evidence or
not, and how strong its
support is
http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/ShowingEvidence/
• Teacher ID = averyd
• Team ID = conf1
• Password = intel
• “Is Extreme the same as Dangerous?”
• http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/Showing
Evidence
Higher Order Thinking Skills
0 Constructing an argument
0 Analysis – analysing evidence
0 Evaluation – of data and sources
0 Making decisions – using the ranking of the evidence
0 Synthesis – creating your own knowledge
Using this tool in the
classroom
0 Teacher creates a Claim (hypothesis) and learners
find evidence to prove/disprove it
0 Teacher provides evidence and learners create a claim
for one side or other of the argument
0 Learners are given a topic area and create the claim
and find evidence
Where do you find it?
0 http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/Showing
Evidence
The Thinking with
Technology Course
0 One of the Intel stable offered by Schoolnet
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or
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