What Teachers Need to Know about Critical Thinking Vs Creative Thinking December 7, 2014 When it comes to differentiating critical thinking from creative thinking, things get a little bit blurry as there is no consensus as to what really defines these processes. This lack of consensus is particularly reflected in the various meanings creative thinking takes in different disciplines.For instance, in business and corporate world, creative thinking is synonymous with entrepreneurship, in mathematics it stands for problem solving, and in education it carries connotations of innovation. While there is no agreed upon definition for these two types of thinking, a comprehensive body of literature confirms the fact that creative and critical thinking are not identical. Also, check out this table to learn about some of the differences between creative and critical thinking. As for Umich.edu, both creative and critical thinkers use different thinking strategies: Creative Thinkers Here is a good illustrative visual on creative and critical thinking from Brain tree.
Référentiel Wi-Fi - Référentiel Wi-Fi Pourquoi un référentiel sur le Wi-Fi ? Le développement des nouveaux usages du numérique repose aujourd'hui sur la mobilité qui favorise les usages dans et hors la classe, en donnant accès aux ressources et services numériques en tout temps et en tout lieu. La modularité des espaces pédagogiques et leur adaptabilité aux pratiques innovantes en sont grandement facilitées, permettant la diversification des approches, la personnalisation des apprentissages, la différenciation pédagogique, le travail collaboratif entre pairs. La mise à disposition de ressources numériques via des terminaux individuels mobiles dans un environnement adapté à l'usage dans l'éducation est au cœur de la stratégie numérique du ministère de l'éducation nationale. Dans ce contexte, le sujet du Wi-Fi dans les établissements scolaires doit être abordé dans toutes ses dimensions pédagogiques, juridiques et techniques. Les fichiers à télécharger Le référentiel Wi-Fi est constitué de trois documents.
Learning Online: What Research Tells Us About Whether, When and How - "[The authors] discuss four major trends in online learning in higher education - "self-paced, adaptive instruction and competency-based learning; blended learning; learning analytics; and MOOCs". For K-12 schools, they define blended learning as "the use of online learning in conjunction with traditional teacher-led forms of instruction", which may increase "the amount of time during which students are actively engaged in learning". The authors suggest that "technology-enabled self-initiated learning will one day displace formal learning", blended learning serves as "part of a systemic approach to improving developmental education", and online universities and schools point "the way towards efficiencies and improvements that more traditional institutions are likely to adopt".
Blog de M@rcel : des technologies et des pédagogies qui travaillent ensemble Introduction : répondre ou débattre Ce billet portera sur la contribution de deux collègues, Alain Beitone et Margaux Osenda, qui ont publié « La pédagogie inversée : une pédagogie archaïque » (des extraits de cet article seront proposés en bleu ci-dessous) Il ne s’agit pas pour moi de « répondre » à leurs arguments ou de les démonter en tentant de démontrer combien le propos serait incorrect, inapproprié, fallacieux … Je l’ai souvent dit : en matière d’innovation (gardons ce concept pour le moment), il me paraît important de considérer tous les points de vue même ceux envers lesquels, personnellement et subjectivement, on ne peut d’emblée marquer son accord. En effet, les propos des thuriféraires et autres évangélistes doivent être considérés avec circonspection voire méfiance, ceux des « grognons » (comme je les appelle chaleureusement) avec attention en ce qui concerne les alarmes qu’ils nous envoient. La classe inversée n’a rien d’innovant ! Introduction I.1. I.2. I.3. Introduction
21 Things Every 21st Century Teacher Should Do And Keep Their Sanity! Being a “21st Century” teacher is still very much in vogue these days, and I still hear the term “21st Century Skills” tossed about from time to time at conferences and workshops. There’s nothing particularly wrong with the phrase (it’s immensely better than it’s predecessor “digital natives”) as it speaks to the collaborative, creative, and communication skills that most educators should herald as the foundation of their instructional practice. “21st Century Skills” get a bad reputation though for being overly “techie”, and quite often people will go out of their way to shoe horn every single piece of media creation they can into a document extolling teachers to adopt more tech. To be honest, that reputation is sometimes earned, as I see teachers that I work with struggle to try all sorts of new gadgets, tech, apps, and sites without getting too deeply into any of them, and only retaining some surface level knowledge, or worse yet, not even giving a tool or technique a fair shake.
6° Colloque : Ecriture et technologie | Vie numérique de l'élève : une identité en construction How Online Learning Research Can Improve Remote Instruction Looking for an easy way to become a better online instructor? At a time when millions of educators have been thrown into remote learning with no formal training, any answer to that question might seem too good to be true. But for now, some experts say to start simple: Take a short online course, for example, to see what students experience. (The in-depth workshop or multi-day training can come later.) “It’s one of the easiest things to do to really understand what that environment looks like, feels like and behaves like,” says Kerry Rice, a professor at Boise State University who has studied effective online learning. If nothing else, the experience of learning online can alter a teacher’s perspective, which is a crucial first step toward improving practice. “But too often, when teachers go into webinars or workshops [offered by] their school or district, it rarely connects with the direct needs they have in the classroom that moment,” she says.
Les postures enseignantes Une posture est une structure pré-construite (schème) du « penser-dire-faire », qu’un sujet convoque en réponse à une situation ou à une tâche scolaire donnée. Les sujets peuvent changer de posture au cours de la tâche selon le sens nouveau qu’ils lui attribuent. La posture est donc à la fois du côté du sujet dans un contexte donné, mais aussi de l’objet et de la situation, ce qui rend la saisie difficile et interdit tout étiquetage des sujets. Les « postures d’étayage » permettent de rendre compte de la diversité des conduites de l’activité des élèves par les maîtres pendant la classe : Une posture de contrôle : elle vise à mettre en place un certain cadrage de la situation : par un pilotage serré de l’avancée des tâches, l’enseignant cherche à faire avancer tout le groupe en synchronie.
New Poster: Explaining SAMR Model Through Google Apps November 27, 2014 Here is another great find today from Google Apps Action. Davis created this excellent visual illustrating how to integrated SAMR model using Google Apps. She made use of two main apps: Google Docs and Google Hangout, and for each of the SAMR levels (substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition) she provided an example of a task together with the app to do it. To me, the strength of this work lies in the task samples mentioned here. Teachers can repurpose them and try them with their own students in class. I also find the simple explanation of each of the SAMR levels quite helpful and would help those new to SAMR better understand the philosophy underlying this conceptual framework. Substitution: Using new technology for an old taskAugmentation: Using additional new technology for an old taskModification: Using new technology to change and old taskRedefinition: Using new technology to create tasks.
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