From BlackBoard to Wikis, Blogs and Beyond: Critical

Thinking Through Discussion

Discussion in the Classroom

How do we make it work?

In a class of 25 students, how many are actively engaged during a class discussion at one time? 4%

In groups of four? 24% In pairs? 50%. Online? 100%

Put yourself in their place.

What are you doing during a meeting?

BLOGS

http://mrsstjohn.edublogs.org/

www.edublogs.org

Blackboard

Forumshttp://bb.ucboces.org/

Wikis

http://poetryclass.wikispaces.com/

http://ww2a.wikispaces.com/

Wikis are free too!

Seem a bit…

overwhelming?

Isn’t everything new…

at first?

Socrates’ Theory of Knowledge:

He was convinced that the surest way to attain reliable knowledge was through the practice of disciplined conversation. He called this method dialectic.

Socratic Seminar Handout