Intel thinking tools 575
- 1. By: Shelia Foy EDT: 575 June 05, 2013
- 2. Online tools helps to create active learning environments where students can engage in discussions, analyze information, pursue investigations, and solve problems. You can find teaching resources, including lesson plans, assessment strategies, and technology- enriched project ideas for all K–12 subjects.
- 3. Mobile Learning offers an exciting opportunity to make learning truly personal and more powerful. mobile learning or, as it’s referred to in some settings, digital learning. Some definitions align to a particular model, such as 1:1 or BYOD, while others focus on devices. Again and again, however, a handful of ideas stand out: Ubiquitous access to content and material via internet- connected devices Equity of access to technology and content Greater opportunity for students to collaborate with peers (from their classroom and across borders of school, district, or geography) Enhanced ability for students to take initiative to personalize learning experiences
- 4. The Visual Ranking Tool brings focus to the thinking behind making ordered lists. Students identify and refine criteria as they assign order or ranking to a list. Items in the list may be represented by images. Students must explain their reasoning and can compare their work with each other in a visual diagram. This tool supports activities where students need to organize ideas, debate differences, and reach consensus.
- 5. The Seeing ReasonTool students create visual maps of the factors and relationships in a cause-and-effect investigation.These maps make thinking visible and promote collaboration as students work together to refine their understanding.
- 6. For Students, This is a Conversation Tool By organizing their ideas about a system into a visual diagram, students have a common reference point to reason with each other about cause-and-effect relationships. As they work, they talk about their ideas—both with each other and with their teacher. ForTeachers, Seeing Reason is a Monitoring and Observation Tool Because the maps are representations of student understanding of a system, teachers have a reference point for conversing with students about their reasoning. Mapping the Road to Reason The map below shows a student's initial conception of the cause- and-effect relationships involved in a traffic jam. It includes both simple relationships (increasing the number of cars increases traffic jams) and more complex ones (increasing snow increases accidents, which increases traffic jams).
- 7. Showing Evidence Tool helps students learn how to construct well-reasoned arguments and prove their case with credible evidence. The tool provides a visual framework to make claims, identify evidence, evaluate the quality of that evidence, explain how the evidence supports or weakens claims, and reach conclusions based on the evidence. This thinking tool supports activities where students debate differences, make and defend decisions, and analyze conflicting information. The tool and related resources are available for free, from any computer that is connected to the Internet. Students may work on their claims and evidence at home or at school, and can be paired with another team to review their ideas.
- 8. Argumentation is essential to human thinking and discourse. People construct and evaluate arguments everyday in school, work, and informal settings to resolve issues as simple as what brand of soda to buy to as complex as whether stem cell research should be legalized. The ability to evaluate and construct arguments is particularly important in today’s society where individuals are constantly confronted with new information. Argumentation is about making claims and providing justification for those claims. Justification means that people can question why they should believe an assertion or claim. A claim should not just be an individual’s opinion, but should be justifiable if another individual challenges it.
- 9. The Showing Evidence Tool provides a scaffold to support students as they create a claim and then support or refute it with appropriate evidence. When an argument is complicated, the components of the tool help students think through justifying a claim. A debate about stem cell research, for example, might lead to multiple claims that could be supported by evidence. The Showing Evidence Tool prompts students to consider the quality of the evidence (Do they trust the source?), and the strength of the evidence to support their claim (Is the evidence central to their argument?). Students use the tool to explicitly link evidence to their claim and provide their reasoning as to why the evidence supports their claim .
- 10. When assessment drives instruction, students learn more and become more confident, self-directed learners. Assessing Projects helps teachers create assessments that address 21st century skills and provides strategies to make assessment an integral part of their teaching and help students understand content more deeply, think at higher levels, and become self-directed learners.