Wordle+&+More+for+Critical+Thinking

=Wordle & More Using Technology Tools to Enhance Critical Thinking=

Essential Practices

 * higher order thinking
 * accountable talk
 * differentiated learning
 * technology enabled

Using Wordle with students to improve critical thinking skills:
====Our Grade 6 class tried out [|Wordle]  as a way to revise students' persuasive paragraphs. It was very successful. Students copied and pasted their work into Wordle to determine if their message was clear. They analyzed their work for style and content. Then they had the chance to rework their paragraphs to change overused words. Finally they recopied their work into Wordle to see their progress. Some of the feedback from students were, "Using Wordle helped me to choose better words." Many agreed that the quality of the writing improved because they could see the changes. ====

Below is an example of a student's work before and after using Wordle.
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There are a lot of free technology tools that teachers and students can use to develop critical thinking skills. Here's a great site to get you started. This site contains information about how to get started and how to use these tools to promote critical thinking with students. icthinking.pbworks.com This wiki was created as a TLLP project by five SCDSB Teacher-Librarians 2011 (See Team Member Page) contact Melissa Jensen mjensen@mail1.scdsb.on.ca if there are any questions or you would like to add to our wiki;)