The document introduces several online thinking tools from Intel including Visual Ranking, Seeing Reason, and Showing Evidence. It provides descriptions of how each tool can be used to encourage higher-order thinking skills like analysis, evaluation, and argumentation. The tools allow students to visually map concepts, rank ideas, and construct arguments using evidence. Teachers can access the tools through Intel's online platform to create various exercises and assessments for classroom use.

1. Thinking with Technology Intel’s Thinking Tools

2. The Thinking with Technology Course Learn about different Thinking Theories Create a teacher Workspace where you set up thinking tool exercises Create a project incorporating the Thinking Tools Create Assessments using the Intel Assessment site

3. Thinking with Technology Tools Visual Ranking Seeing Reason Showing Evidence

4. On Line Tools Work only when connected to Internet Teachers can set up projects Stored on Intel data base Can be accessed from any computer which is on line Require Flash to run the tools

5. Visual Ranking

6. "The exercise of ordering your favourites…ranking one a level higher than another, and then articulating why you chose the way you did-requires a depth and clarity of consideration and comparison that inspires richer appreciation and enjoyment." Michael J. Gelb, How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci

7. What is ranking? Making Lists Putting things in order from Best to worst Most important to least important Favourite to least favourite Simple Ranking exercises Parachute debate Favourite restaurants Worst villain in TV soaps

8. What makes Visual Ranking different from any other type of ranking exercise? It is visual It is electronic It allows for articulation of the reasons behind your choices It can be saved in different versions and revisited any time

10. http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/VisualRanking/ Teacher ID = averyd Student ID = conf1 Password = intel Select “Which Extreme Sport is the most fun?”” http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/VisualRanking/

11. Encouraging Higher Order Thinking Work in groups Evaluate each ranking Reach consensus Justify your choices Compare with other groups

12. How do you use it in a classroom? Brainstorm and then create a list to rank Make a rank list as an introduction to a lesson Make a rank list to help learners process data they have gathered

13. Where do you find it? http://educate.intel.com/en/thinkingtools/Visualranking/

14. Seeing Reason

15. Students use higher-order thinking skills when they analyze cause and effect.

16. The Seeing Reason Tool CAUSAL MAPPING Maps CAUSE and EFFECT relationships Helps students analyse complex systems eg If x happens then y will happen a was caused by b What caused z to happen ? Are a and x linked in any way?

18. http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/SeeingReason/ Teacher ID = averyd Student ID = conf1 Password = intel Select “Effective Learning?” http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/SeeingReason/

19. Higher order thinking skills Collaborative work Analysis of complex systems Categorisation Precise use of language to describe precise situations

20. Where do you find it? http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/SeeingReason

21. Showing Evidence

22. "People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936) English writer

23. The Showing Evidence Tool Tool to develop argument Evaluation of evidence Making decisions Helps learners to construct well-reasoned arguments supported by evidence, using a visual framework

25. The Hypothesis/Claim The most dangerous sports are not “extreme sports” but South Africa’s two national sports, Rugby and Soccer.

26. Extreme Sports are usually well regulated and have stringent safety measures in place. Regular sports, however, are played by large numbers of players, often young players, often without supervision and safety measures. This often leads to injury and fatality.

27. Aspects of the Tool Learners rate the quality of the evidence

28. Learners decide if it supports the evidence or not, and how strong its support is

30. http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/ShowingEvidence/ Teacher ID = averyd Team ID = conf1 Password = intel “ Is Extreme the same as Dangerous?” http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/ShowingEvidence

31. Higher Order Thinking Skills Constructing an argument Analysis – analysing evidence Evaluation – of data and sources Making decisions – using the ranking of the evidence Synthesis – creating your own knowledge

32. Using this tool in the classroom Teacher creates a Claim (hypothesis) and learners find evidence to prove/disprove it Teacher provides evidence and learners create a claim for one side or other of the argument Learners are given a topic area and create the claim and find evidence

33. Where do you find it? http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/ShowingEvidence

34. The Thinking with Technology Course One of the Intel stable offered by Schoolnet Contact Dezlin at [email_address] or [email_address]