using technology for higher order thinking
DESCRIPTION
PRS is a classroom rsponse system that allows teachers to engage with all students at the same time. It is a motivational tool as well as one that demands interaction from all students, allowing the teacher to optimize classroom learningTRANSCRIPT
Using Technology to support Higher Order Thinking Skills
by Simon Evans
The Video
How many passes are made with the two balls?
What is Higher Order Thinking?
De Bono’s hats
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Multi- Intelligences
Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Knowledge
• Comprehension
• Application
• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Evaluation
Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyse
Evaluate
CreateMove On
Consider
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyse
Evaluate
Create
Show what they can retrieve from long term memoryMake connections to new learning, give examples, predicting, finding patternsFollowing a procedure to complete a task.
Breaking a task into parts and show how the parts relate to each other
Identifying problems, judging, comparison with reasoning
Produce original ideas or detailed plans.
Match the activity
• Find another book with a friendship theme
• Draw a flowchart of the digestive system
• How are the characters in these two stories similar?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of this game?
Match the activity
• Write 2 different dramatic skits about the term ‘buyer beware’
• Design a cartoon character who saves water
• Write a new ending to Little Red Riding Hood.
• Design unusual puppets for this story
Match the activity
• Compare and contrast these toys
• Find as many common links between these events as you can
• What if Little Red Riding Hood carried a mobile phone.
• What outcomes is this advertisement trying to achieve?
What is PRS?
• True or False
• Multiple choice
• Short answer
Why PRS?Anonymity
Autonomy
Speed of response
Visualisation of the understanding of the class or group.
Classroom management
Your Task
Design as a group some questions, 3 or 4 perhaps that could be used in your subject area.
Focus on the different levels of Bloom’s and the fact that you want to use the PRS.
PRS
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