Thinking with Technology

1. Thinking with Technology Intel’s Thinking Tools Deb Avery

2. Thinking with Technology Tools • Visual Ranking • Seeing Reason • Showing Evidence

3. On Line Tools • Work only when connected to Internet • Teachers can set up projects • Stored on Intel data base • Can be accessed from any computer which is on line • Require Flash to run the tools

4. Visual Ranking

5. "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

6. What is ranking? • Making Lists • Putting things in order from • Best to worst • Most important to least important • Favourite to least favourite • Simple Ranking exercises • Parachute debate • Favourite restaurants • Worst villain in TV soaps

7. What makes Visual Ranking different from any other type of ranking exercise? • It is visual • It is electronic • It allows for articulation of the reasons behind your choices • It can be saved in different versions and revisited any time

9. http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/VisualRanking/ • Teacher ID = averyd • Student ID = conf1 • Password = intel • Select “Which Extreme Sport is the most fun?”” • http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/VisualRanking/

10. Encouraging Higher Order Thinking • Work in groups • Evaluate each ranking • Reach consensus • Justify your choices • Compare with other groups

11. How do you use it in a classroom? • Brainstorm and then create a list to rank • Make a rank list as an introduction to a lesson • Make a rank list to help learners process data they have gathered

12. Where do you find it? • www.intel.com/teacher • Go to Visual Ranking

13. Visual Ranking goes mobile • Learners can download the app onto their mobile devices • The Teacher Workspace remains web based • Get the app from the Play Store (Android) or the I store (Apple) • Read the Teachers Guide

14. Seeing Reason

15. Students use higher-order thinking skills when they analyze cause and effect.

16. The Seeing Reason Tool • CAUSAL MAPPING • Maps CAUSE and EFFECT relationships • Helps students analyse complex systems eg • If x happens then y will happen • a was caused by b • What caused z to happen? • Are a and x linked in any way?

18. http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/SeeingReason/ • Teacher ID = averyd • Student ID = conf1 • Password = intel • Select “Effective Learning?” • www.intel.com/teachers • Go to Seeing Reason tool

19. Higher order thinking skills • Collaborative work • Analysis of complex systems • Categorisation • Precise use of language to describe precise situations

20. Where do you find it? • www.intel.com/teachers

21. Showing Evidence

22. "People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)English writer

23. The Showing Evidence Tool • Tool to develop argument • Evaluation of evidence • Making decisions • Helps learners to construct well-reasoned arguments supported by evidence, using a visual framework

25. The Hypothesis/Claim • The most dangerous sports are not “extreme sports” but South Africa’s two national sports, Rugby and Soccer.

26. Extreme Sports are usually well regulated and have stringent safety measures in place. • Regular sports, however, are played by large numbers of players, often young players, often without supervision and safety measures. • This often leads to injury and fatality.

27. Aspects of the Tool • Learners rate the quality of the evidence

28. Learners decide if it supports the evidence or not, and how strong its support is

30. http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/ShowingEvidence/ • Teacher ID = averyd • Team ID = conf1 • Password = intel • “Is Extreme the same as Dangerous?” • www.intel.com/teachers

31. Higher Order Thinking Skills • Constructing an argument • Analysis – analysing evidence • Evaluation – of data and sources • Making decisions – using the ranking of the evidence • Synthesis – creating your own knowledge

32. Using this tool in the classroom • Teacher creates a Claim (hypothesis) and learners find evidence to prove/disprove it • Teacher provides evidence and learners create a claim for one side or other of the argument • Learners are given a topic area and create the claim and find evidence

33. Where do you find it? • www.intel.com/teachers

34. Now it’s your turn!

35. Setting up your own teacher workspace • Go to the Intel Education site and choose any of the thinking tools • Go to Teacher Workspace • Login or Sign Up • Once you are logged in, your Teacher Workspace will open

36. Use a Teacher ID that is appropriate for your learners Set up new projects here or here Create and edit teams to participate in the projects

37. Set up student teams

38. Create your own Thinking Tools Project • Start a new Visual Ranking project Fill in each section. Be very specific about how you want the students to do the ranking

40. NEW! NEW! NEW! Click on a tag that has something to do with your topic pictures Drag the picture onto box

41. To add your own pictures …….. • Manage image library and upload your own pictures • Tag them • Click on the tag to get pictures

42. Assign teams • You need to assign teams to the project. Click on the teams you made earlier or make your teams now. • Also use this window to unassign teams after the project is complete so that you can use the project again

43. Check it out yourself • Go to the student login and use one of your assigned team’s details to see if the project works.

44. Borrow from other teachers • Open the Visual Ranking Page • Select the Project Examples tab • Open a project and scroll through it till you find the Visual Ranking section • Click on the link for it to be sent to your Teacher Workspace • Click on the project to edit it, make changes, add more tabs, etc

48. Contact details • deb@averys.co.za • avery.deb236@gmail.com • @deb_avery