36. The whole process of
education should
thus be conceived as
the process of
learning to think
through the solution
of real problems.
!
-- John Dewey, 1938
42. Creativity is just
connecting things.
When you ask creative people
how they did something, they feel
a little guilty because they didn’t
really do it, they just saw
something. It seemed obvious to
them after a while.
That’s because they were able to
connect experiences they’ve had
and
SYNTHESIZE
new things.
- Steve Jobs, 1995
43. TYPE III
INDEPENDENT OR SMALL GROUP INVESTIGATIONS
PRODUCTS AND/OR PERFORMANCES
TYPE I
GENERAL
EXPLORATORY
ACTIVITIES
!
TYPE II
METHODOLOGICAL
TRAINING /
HOW-TO ACTIVITIES
!
(Renzulli, 1977)
45. 76% of teachers surveyed “strongly agree” with the assertion that internet search engines have conditioned students to expect to be able to find information quickly and easily.
76%
46. Agree with the notion that the amount of information available online today is overwhelming to most students.
83%
47. Today’s digital technologies discourage students from using a wide range of sources when conducting research.
71%
48.
49. 1) In what year was the first
U.S. postage stamp issued?
!
2) Who was on it?
!
3) How much did it cost?
50.
51. IDENTIFY Important Questions
LOCATE Information
CRITICALLY EVALUATE
SYNTHESIZE Information
COMMUNICATE Answers
NEW LITERACIES
newliteracies.uconn.edu
69. 1. IDENTIFY A TECH TOOL
5. EVALUATE
4. WATCH IT GROW
3. GIVE IT TIME
2. PROVIDE A PURPOSE
5
STEP
TECHNOLOGY
INTEGRATION
PLAN
(Besnoy, Housand, & Clark, 2008)
124. Can the question be answered by
making observations,
collecting data,
making measurements,
and/or changing variables?
125. Can the question be
narrowed
and focused
enough to look at
a SINGLE variable?
126. Do we have
access to the
NECESSARY
materials to help
us answer the
question?
127. We need students to get
more DEEPLY INTERESTED in things,
more INVOLVED in them,
more ENGAGED in wanting to know,
to have projects that they can
get EXCITED about and work on
o v e r l o n g p e r i o d s o f t i m e ,
to be STIMULATED
TO FIND THINGS OUT ON THEIR OWN.
- Gardner