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1. House Keeping
MakerSpace Guest speaker: Andrew Johnson (11: 30 -- 11:50)
Andrew is an an Emerging Technologies Librarian working at the MakerSpace. He'll join us via Zoom and spent about 15 minutes talking about the MakerSpace and 5 minutes for Q&A.
MakerFaire presentation (Next Tuesday):
We'll do the presentations in breakout rooms next Tuesday. You just need to demonstrate your final project, talk about your making process, and discuss a little bit of your reflections ( how experiences like this might support K-12 student learning). Each one of you will take 3-4 minutes to present and maybe 1-2 minutes for Q&A.
I'll assign you to different breakout rooms of 5-6 students to make sure there are a variety of different forms of projects. We'll need a facilitator for each room to help keep the presentations going. Facilitators will be awarded a late pass. Anyone would like to volunteer?
Genius Hour Project: I know this is overdue, but I'll post the grade and feedback for post #1 later today or early tomorrow morning. Your 2nd post is due on Thursday.
Mid-term course evaluation: Please fill out this survey for me to improve our course for the rest of the semester.
2. Guest speaker: Andrew Johnson (11: 30 -- 11:50)
3. Critical Thinking
Simply put, critical Thinking is asking the right questions about a subject in order to make informed decisions. Check out the Ultimate Cheatsheet for Critical Thinking.
Critical thinking defined by 21 Century Kills (4Cs)
Reason Effectively
Use various types of reasoning (inductive, deductive, etc.) as appropriate to the situation.
Make Judgments and Decisions
Effectively analyze and evaluate evidence, arguments, claims, and beliefs
Analyze and evaluate major alternative points of view
Synthesize and make connections between information and arguments
Interpret information and draw conclusions based on the best analysis
Reflect critically on learning experiences and processes
Solve Problems
Solve different kinds of unfamiliar problems in both conventional and innovative ways
Identify and ask significant questions that clarify various points of view and lead to better solutions
Critical thinking in ISTE standards
ISTE standards do not mention critical thinking explicitly, but if you compare the definitions above with some of the ISTE standards, you'll find the connections: knowledge constructor, innovative designer, computational thinker. Critical thinking is everywhere. One cannot learn well without critical thinking.
HOMEWORK
1. Due Thursday Oct 22nd:Your second post of Genius Hour Project .
2. Due Thursday Oct 22nd: Mid-term course evaluation.
2. Due Next Tuesday, Oct 27th: Choose two more readings from The Foundations of Critical Thinking website (you can navigate through the page menu on the left). Then create a mind map about critical thinking, making connections between those readings and what you have learned from Meaningful learning with Technology and ISTE standards. You can do this either on paper or digitally (using tools such as Coggle, Lucidchart, Popplet, Sketchboard). Add your mind map to your portfolio page "Critical Thinking".
4. Due Next Tuesday, Oct 27th: Read the UGA Data Literacy Requirement proposal draft. This is to get ready for coming-up the Data Literacy Project, which is a our first group project.
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