by edtosavetheworld | Feb 17, 2014 | News and Trends, Stage 3: Critical Thinking
Google is expected to release its latest tech advance to general audiences later this year: the wearable computer. It’s basically a mini android computer mounted on an eyeglass frame, which allows the wearer to project a computer “screen” onto his or...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 20, 2013 | Stage 3: Critical Thinking
If you’re like me, you may still be scrambling to find gifts for the holidays. While options abound, it’s often difficult to give something meaningful or useful. This year, consider giving gifts that promote thinking. Here are a few options: GoldieBlox...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 19, 2013 | Stage 3: Critical Thinking
We all want our students to be better thinkers, right? But do we practice what we hope to see in them? We agree with the Foundation for Critical Thinking’s assertion that: “Humans typically create thought that is vague, fragmented, contradictory,...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 17, 2013 | Stage 3: Critical Thinking
How can we be sure that students are actually thinking and not just parroting back what we have already taught them? This is much more difficult than most teachers realize. We often assume they are analyzing or evaluating when they are just repeating our analysis or...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 22, 2013 | Stage 3: Critical Thinking
If you’ve been teaching for a while, you can probably predict the flaws in thinking that your students will have for each new concept or topic. How do we use this as a teaching tool? It can be difficult to cultivate the habit of examining our own thinking...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 21, 2013 | News and Trends, Stage 3: Critical Thinking
What’s the best mistake you ever made? Often we remind ourselves (and our students) that we can succeed despite failure, but how often do we think about failure as a key step on the path to achievement? That’s the idea behind failing forward. As we shift towards an...
