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Using Web 2.0 Tools to Promote Critical Thinking in the Classroom
KATIE DORR
FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
MARCH 20, 2015 – NCCE
HTTP://DORRTECH.WIKISPACES.COM/ENHANCING+CRITICAL+THINKING
Word Clouds
Word Clouds can help students:www.wordle.net & www.tagxedo.com
Identify the main idea
Analyze character traits
Analyze their own writing
Word Clouds – Comparing Documents
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Speech 1865
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.9Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take
Word Clouds – Making Connections between past and present
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Speech 1865
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.9Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take
Word Clouds – Assessment
Students read primary source documents that included written accounts of individuals interactions with George Washington.
As they read they had to pull out defining characteristics of our first president and summarize their findings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Word Clouds – Assessment
At the end of a unit on the Revolutionary War, students were asked to create a list of the most important words/phrases related to this time period in United States History.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Infographics as an Assessment
http://www.kathyschrock.net/
Presentation Design - https://www.canva.com/
(infographics)
Making Infographics – www.piktochart.com
Infographs - http://infogr.am/
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Infographics – Creation
One Note
Inspiration
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Making your Images Come to Life
Thinglink – Making Interactive Picture - http://www.thinglink.com/scene/558402576710631425
Provide students with an
opportunity to show their
thinking visually as well as
auditorially. Students
can create links to websites
and upload documents to
support their analysis.
Library of Congress Example
Supporting all learners
Timetoastwww.timetoast.com When in time
http://whenintime.com
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Interactive Maps
Tripline - www.tripline.net/
My Summer Travels
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Interactive Maps
Meograph
www.meograph.com
This site allows students to
create a story using maps, pictures,
music and narration.
Sara Emma Edmonds – A Civil
War Spy.
Making Movies - Book Trailers
Our class created a “Book Trailer Film Festival” using wikispaces. Each student was responsible for creating a book trailer for the novel Chains.
Animoto – www.animoto.com
Classroom Wikispace
Technology and Writing
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.7Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Students have also used wikispaces to create an online museum. Each student was responsible for completing research on an invention and its creator and creates a page in our “museum”.
Photopeach – Online “movie making” program that allows students to synthesize research and communication new understandings.
Voicethread – Online tool that allows students to present new knowledge and interact online.
Before we start . . .
Provide clear guidelines, rubrics and timeline for project.
Gather potential pictures, songs, websites for students (this will greatly cut down on “research” time).
Require a rough draft – simple sketch, storyboard, etc.
Have students create a daily task sheet – this will help them prioritize tasks and stay focused.
It is ok not to know everything about the program before you start. I usually learn just as much from the students as they do from me.
Formative and Summative Assessment
Socrative – Quick and easy formative & summative assessment
http://www.socrative.com/
What does the feedback look like?
Other Resources to Check Out
Private & Safe Classroom Blogs – www.kidblog.org
Voki – www.voki.com
Students can create their own online avatars
Fun things with pictures – www.bighugelabs.com
You can use this site to create trading cards, Magazine Covers, Motivational Posters, CD Cases and Many more
Online Presentation Creator (Must use Chrome): https://www.haikudeck.com/
6 free sites for making your own comics: http://mashable.com/2010/10/24/create-your-own-comics/