Web Tools For Critical Thinking

A few years back, Dave Pollard wrote a post on critical thinking and it’s one that I’ve referred to a few times since. If I were to design a Critical Thinking course it would quickly cover the basic cognitive skills, and provide some exercises for students to get these muscles working, and would then focus entirely on learning to Almost every interest group in the world is now on an information & marketing offensive.I think that real critical thinking is a key survival skill in our global, digital surround. It’s what Seth Godin calls a Marketing War, and if every corporate, government and special interest group masters it, we had all better watch out.She grew up reading books like The Giver and Holes, and is passionate about making reading as exciting for young kids today as it has always been for her.

A few years back, Dave Pollard wrote a post on critical thinking and it’s one that I’ve referred to a few times since. If I were to design a Critical Thinking course it would quickly cover the basic cognitive skills, and provide some exercises for students to get these muscles working, and would then focus entirely on learning to Almost every interest group in the world is now on an information & marketing offensive.I think that real critical thinking is a key survival skill in our global, digital surround. It’s what Seth Godin calls a Marketing War, and if every corporate, government and special interest group masters it, we had all better watch out.She grew up reading books like The Giver and Holes, and is passionate about making reading as exciting for young kids today as it has always been for her.

All diagrams are saved in your “Online Diagram Library” so students can access this content when studying for an exam or to show their parents.

You also have access to a large database of pre-made diagrams.

You could call it a PLE with an attitude, or PKM, and educators can start with the book, “Teaching Defiance“.

Critical thinking is an important aspect of learning.

To fight this war, we now have a few new tools at our disposal to help us question assumptions, including our own.

Looking at several web tools from the perspective of critical thinking, and the processes described by Dave, shows something similar to a personal learning environment (PLE).

While this tool only has pre-defined flow chart games, in a variety of categories ranging from life sciences to the human body, you can use them to inspire critical thinking where appropriate.

For example, use flow chart games when exploring photosynthesis.

Answering open-ended questions is a simple way to facilitate critical thinking with students.

However, many reading comprehension tools only allow students to answer multiple-choice questions, rather than requiring them to formulate their own answer.