web based activities and critical thinking
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Integrating Critical Thinking and web-based activities
Goal: Participants will be able to create a web-based activity using concepts
of critical thinking to accomplish one well-written instructional objective.
Using websites: ELT vs Authentic websites√ ELT websites provide lots of content that our learners can use.
√ They provide valuable opportunities for more controlled practice.
√ They are a great help for learners who need to brush up on certain aspects of the language.
√ They are often used for homework.
Using websites: ELT websites
wps.pearsonlongman.com/topnotch3/
www.esl-galaxy.com
www.ezschool.comwww.prongo.co
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www.starfall.com
www.englishmedialab.com
www.stickyball.
com
www.ello.org
Using websites: Authentic websites pros and
consХ Students will find them too difficult.
Х It takes too much time.
√ Authentic websites can be chosen to fit your students’ interests.
√ They provide an opportunity to work with “total comprehension”.
√ Their use fosters independent learning.
Critical Thinking???
What are instructional objectives?
They are specific, measurable, short-term, observable
students’ behaviors.
List
Summarize
Respond
Select
Check
Generate
Recognize
Classify
Provide
Differentiate
Determine
Assemble
Recall
Clarify
Carry out
Integrate
Judge
Design
Identify
Predict
Use
Deconstruct
Reflect
Create
Model created by: Rex HeerIowa State UniversityCenter for Excellence in Learning and TeachingUpdated January, 2012
Writing objectivesTo write effective objectives you could use the ABCD model which include the following parts:
Part Description Example
A
AUDIENCE
Who is your audience?
Who is performing the action?
Students will be able to create a 3-minute clothing commercial using adjectives to describe materials from a list given in class.
B
BEHAVIOUR
Behaviours always use a verb or action wordSometimes you will describe the product or the result of the behaviour?What will the student be able to do?
Students will be able to create a 3-minute clothing commercial using adjectives to describe materials from a list given in class.
C
CONDITION
Give the conditions in which performance will occurHow will the student accomplish the task?What information is given?
Students will be able to create a 3-minute clothing commercial using adjectives to describe materials from a list given in class.
D
DEGREE
Describe the minimum criteria for acceptable student performanceHow often?How well?Define expectations regarding accuracy, quality and speed.
Students will be able to create a 3-minute clothing commercial using adjectives to describe materials from a list given in class.
Responding
Summarizing
Comparing
Naming
Hypothesizing
Designing
Finding
Giving examples
Carrying out
Selecting
Judging
Making
Uploading
Advanced searching
Tagging
Bookmarking
Networking
Videocasting
Googling
Tweeting
Sharing
Linking
Blogging
Wiki-ing
Visual courtesy of the Southern Indiana University
Critical thinking links to check
Voicethread
Gliffy
visuwords Protagonize
Johnlocker
Storybird
Using authentic websites
Food delicacies
Source 1 Source 2 Source 3
Goal: Students will discuss weird food experiences and describe a weird food from another country using a 3-5 minute voice thread presentation.1. Students talk briefly about their favorite food. Teacher asks students what the weirdest food they have tried is and which the weirdest food in Colombia is.2. Students go over article on web page. They discuss what the weirdest kind of food is and select one to find out more about it.3. Students would triangulate information in three different sources and learn some more about their choice, then record themselves (3-5 minutes) talking about the food they chose.
Now it is your turn!
Follow the following instructions:
1. Choose a topic for one of your classes.2. Look for a non-educational website you can use to fit the goal of
your class.3. Write an instructional objective for the activity and a short
description of it. Send it to my mail: [email protected]. Check the blog:http://web-basedcriticalthinkingactivities.blogspot.com.co/5. Discover a collection of activities you can use or adapt for your classes.