First+Class+Module+1

=Module 1=

Module 1 Summary
Review the central ideas of this module and the materials or ideas that you have created that can be used in your classroom, instruction, or planning to help improve student learning.

Module 1 Key Points:
• The essential skills needed to be successful in the future go beyond basic literacy. Students must also be able to: • Read critically • Write persuasively • Think and reason logically • Solve complex problems • Possess other abilities, such as those defined by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. • Research is clear that instruction that builds on and encourages higher-order thinking skills results in greater levels of student learning.

Accomplishments: (What we completed in class)
• Created a personalized list of higher-order thinking skills to target in instruction using three models for defining and categorizing thinking—Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy, Marzano’s Dimensions of Learning, and Costa and Kallick’s 16 Habits of Mind • Identified positive and negative influences that can affect thinking from the viewpoint of a 21st century world citizen

In the following modules, you will build on these concepts as you explore ways to support and encourage higher-order thinking skills in the classroom.

HOMEWORK: Read the handout - Taking a Look at Two Classrooms Complete the "Reflect on your own Classroom" sheet

and read the P21 Framework Definitions handout Watch the Intel Thinking Tools Webinar if you would like to review the Thinking Tools (optional): []

Websites we will be using: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|INTEL Free Teaching Resources] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|INTEL Thinking Tools Website] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Partnership for 21st Century Skills] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Framework for 21st Century Skills] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Preparing Students with 21st Century Skills] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|21st Century Schools]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Other websites to check out for further reading that deal with Technology and Higher Order Thinking Skills: [] [] [] [] []