TheDesignandDevelopmentofIntelThinkingToolsTraining.ppt

/idt/graduateprojects/spring06/SwartzCheryl/Schwartz.doc - intel_thinking_tool_CherylSwartz.doc The Design and Development of Intel Thinking Tools Training for In-Service Teachers Cheryl Swartz Development of In-Service Focus on integrating technology into lessons that revolve around student’s engaging in higher level thinking skills Incorporated training received through Intel’s Teach to the Future program Created a survey for teachers before the in-service and an additional survey after the training was completed Survey Focus How comfortable are teachers using technology in their classrooms? What has been effective in instructing and facilitating students to use higher level thinking skills? Does technology play a role in this process? What specific steps and tools can teachers use to instruct students to be critical thinkers? Literature Review 21st Century Skills focusing on Big6 Task Definition Information Seeking Strategies Location and Access Use of Information Synthesis Evaluation Intel’s Higher Level Thinking Tools Visual Ranking Seeing Reason Showing Evidence ADDIE Method Analyze – needs of teachers in the three districts worked with Design – objectives were: Identify 21st century skills Provide teachers with resources to incorporate technology into lessons Develop – in-service was developed Instruct teachers in using the Intel Visual Ranking, Showing Evidence and Seeing Reason tools to develop problem based lessons that encourage students to use higher level thinking skills Teaser was used to introduce teachers to tools due to time constraints with teachers committing to 40 hours of training this summer ADDIE Method continued Implement – presented an in-service to two groups of teachers on higher level thinking skills tools Evaluate – analyzed results of the surveys and informal discussions concerning the effectiveness of the trainings Results Medicine Lodge – we weren’t allowed the time to complete the in-service although the teachers completed the i