edtech 2 lesson 7

Lesson 7

• IT for Higher Thinking

Skills and Creativity

(Lesson 7 ) IT for Higher Thinking Skills and Creativity

In the traditional information absorption model of teaching, the teacher organizes and presents information to student-learners. He may use a variety of teaching resources to support the lesson such as:

(Lesson 7 ) IT for Higher Thinking Skills and Creativity

Chalkboard

Videotape

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Newspaper

Magazine

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• Photos

Knowledge

Comprehension

Application

• The presentation is followed by discussion and the giving of assignment. This teaching approach has been proven successful for achieving learning outcomes following the lower end of Bloom’s taxonomy:

(Lesson 7 ) IT for Higher Thinking Skills and Creativity

(Lesson 7 ) IT for Higher Thinking Skills and Creativity

• Today, students are expected to be not only cognitive, but also flexible, analytical and creative. In this lesson, there are methods proposed for the used of computer-based technologies as an integral support to higher thinking skills and creativity.

(Lesson 7 ) IT for Higher Thinking Skills and Creativity

To define the higher level thinking skills and creativity, we may adopt a framework that is a helpful synthesis of many models and definitions on the subject matter.

Higher Level Learning Outcomes

(Lesson 7 ) IT for Higher Thinking Skills and Creativity

ComplexThinking skills

Sub skills

Focusing Define the problem, goal/objective-setting, brainstorming.

Information gathering Selection, recording of data of information

Remembering Associating , relating new data with old

Analyzing Identify idea constructs, patterns

Generating Deducing, inducting, elaborating.

Organizing Classifying, relating

Imagining Visualizing, predicting

Designing Planning, formulating

Integration Summarizing, abstracting

Evaluating Setting criteria, testing idea,Verifying outcomes, revising

The upgraded project method

Modern

teacher can now be guided on his goal to help student to achieve higher level thinking skills and creativity beyond the ordinary bench mark of the students passing, even excelling achievement tests.

(Lesson 7 ) IT for Higher Thinking Skills and Creativity

• The project method for higher learning outcomes consist in having the students work on projects with depth, complexity, duration and relevance to the real world.

(Lesson 7 ) IT for Higher Thinking Skills and Creativity

• Project method , there is a tighter link between the use of projects for simply coming up with the products to having thre students undergo the process of complex /higher thinking under the framework of the constructivist paradigm.

The Process is More Important than the Product???

(Lesson 7 ) IT for Higher Thinking Skills and Creativity

Why Process is More Important than the Product???

(Lesson 7 ) IT for Higher Thinking Skills and Creativity

PROCESS

The act of proceeding continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

(Lesson 7 ) IT for Higher Thinking Skills and Creativity

THE PROCESS REFERS TO THE

THINKING PROCESS

PSYCHO-MOTOR PROCESS

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AFFECTIVE

PROCESS

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SUMMARY

POSTER

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• ESSAY

TERM PAPER

DRAMATIC PRESENTATION

IT BASED PRODUCT

EXAMPLE OF IT BASED PROJECTS

RESOURCE BASED PROJECT

SIMPLE CREATION

GUIDED HYPER MEDIA PROJECTS

WEB-BASED

PROJECTS

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Lesson

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