2.4 Higher Order Thinking Skills
Candidates model and facilitate the effective use of digital tools and resources to support and enhance higher order thinking skills (e.g., analyze, evaluate, and create); processes (e.g., problem-solving, decision-making); and mental habits of mind (e.g., critical thinking, creative thinking, metacognition, self-regulation, and reflection). (PSC 2.4/ISTE 2d)
Artifact: lockhartushistory.com, Internet Lesson Plan, Multi-Media Project
Reflection:
2.4: Candidates model and facilitate the effective use of digital tools and resources to support and enhance higher order thinking skills (e.g., analyze, evaluate, and create); processes (e.g., problem-solving, decision-making); and mental habits of mind (e.g., critical thinking, creative thinking, metacognition, self-regulation, and reflection). (PSC 2.4/ISTE 2d)
1. Briefly describe the artifact and the context in which it was created. What was/were your individual contribution(s)?
This standard is addressed with three different artifacts: The Internet Tools Lesson Plan, The Multimedia Design Project, and lockhartushistory.com. All of the artifacts were things that I made as part of my work first as a teacher, then as an instructional coach. Lockhartushistory.com is my old class website, and the Internet Lesson Plan is based off of my previous work with the site. The Multimedia project is a project that I helped write and implement with a teacher I was working with at Banneker High School
2. Explain how this artifact demonstrates mastery of the standard/element under which it is placed. See the portfolio rubric and watch the videos for more details on what to include in your reflection for this question. You must respond to each of the items on the rubric in this question! It is VERY IMPORTANT that you address ALL of the criteria on the rubric. This one question may need to be several paragraphs long in order to address all of the items on the rubric.
All three of these artifacts meet the standards because students use higher order thinking skills to complete the digital assignments within them. The Internet lesson plan and lockhartushistory.com site contain activities that ask students to display higher order skills through writing and through the creation of video projects. The Multimedia project ask students to display higher order skills by analyzing research in order to create a persuasive video commercial for an environmental issue.
3. What did you learn from completing this artifact? What would you do differently to improve the quality of the artifact or the process involved in creating the artifact? Not changing anything is NOT an acceptable response.
From these projects, I have learned that students want to be challenged. They want projects that allow them to create and make them think. To improve on these projects, I think I would actually look at a list of higher order skills to see if I can add project choices for skills that are not aligned as a choice or are limited in the choices present.
4. How did the work that went into creating the artifact impact school improvement, faculty development, or student learning? How can the impact be assessed?
All of these artifacts improve instruction within the classroom. The idea is to move students to a different level of critical thinking about content as we give them opportunities to create. Its impact can be assessed through observation, student engagement, and future assessment scores
2.4: Candidates model and facilitate the effective use of digital tools and resources to support and enhance higher order thinking skills (e.g., analyze, evaluate, and create); processes (e.g., problem-solving, decision-making); and mental habits of mind (e.g., critical thinking, creative thinking, metacognition, self-regulation, and reflection). (PSC 2.4/ISTE 2d)
1. Briefly describe the artifact and the context in which it was created. What was/were your individual contribution(s)?
This standard is addressed with three different artifacts: The Internet Tools Lesson Plan, The Multimedia Design Project, and lockhartushistory.com. All of the artifacts were things that I made as part of my work first as a teacher, then as an instructional coach. Lockhartushistory.com is my old class website, and the Internet Lesson Plan is based off of my previous work with the site. The Multimedia project is a project that I helped write and implement with a teacher I was working with at Banneker High School
2. Explain how this artifact demonstrates mastery of the standard/element under which it is placed. See the portfolio rubric and watch the videos for more details on what to include in your reflection for this question. You must respond to each of the items on the rubric in this question! It is VERY IMPORTANT that you address ALL of the criteria on the rubric. This one question may need to be several paragraphs long in order to address all of the items on the rubric.
All three of these artifacts meet the standards because students use higher order thinking skills to complete the digital assignments within them. The Internet lesson plan and lockhartushistory.com site contain activities that ask students to display higher order skills through writing and through the creation of video projects. The Multimedia project ask students to display higher order skills by analyzing research in order to create a persuasive video commercial for an environmental issue.
3. What did you learn from completing this artifact? What would you do differently to improve the quality of the artifact or the process involved in creating the artifact? Not changing anything is NOT an acceptable response.
From these projects, I have learned that students want to be challenged. They want projects that allow them to create and make them think. To improve on these projects, I think I would actually look at a list of higher order skills to see if I can add project choices for skills that are not aligned as a choice or are limited in the choices present.
4. How did the work that went into creating the artifact impact school improvement, faculty development, or student learning? How can the impact be assessed?
All of these artifacts improve instruction within the classroom. The idea is to move students to a different level of critical thinking about content as we give them opportunities to create. Its impact can be assessed through observation, student engagement, and future assessment scores