This document discusses using computer-based methods to support higher-order thinking skills and creativity in students. It presents a framework of complex thinking skills including focusing, information gathering, analyzing, generating, organizing, imagining, designing, integrating and evaluating. The document advocates for an "upgraded project method" where teachers assign in-depth, complex and real-world projects and students make their own decisions during the process. Examples of projects include resource-based, simple creations, guided hypermedia and web-based. The document emphasizes that developing these skills is important for students' future success and that technology can drive innovation and creativity.

3. At the end of this lesson , the
student is enable to:
Provide an integral support to
Higher Thinking Skills and
Creativity in Information
Technology.

4. In the traditional information
absorption model of teaching,
the teacher organizes and
presents information to
students-learners.

6. Today, students are
expected to be not only
cognitive, but also flexible,
analytical and creative.

7. In this lesson, there are
methods proposed by the use
of computer-based as an
integral support to higher
thinking skills and creativity.

8. To define higher thinking
skills and creativity ,we may
adopt framework that is
helpful synthesis of many
models and definitions of the
subject matter.

9. The framework is not
exhaustive but a helpful guide
for the teacher’s effort to
understand the
learner’s higher learning
skills.

10. Complex Thinking Skills Sub-Skills
Focusing Defining the problem,
goal/objective-setting,
brainstorming
Information Gathering Selection, recording of data of
information
Remembering Associating, relating new data with
old
Analyzing Identifying idea constructs, patterns
Generating Deducing, inducting, elaborating
Organizing Classifying, relating
Imagining Visualizing, predicting
Designing Planning, formulating
Integration Summarizing, abstracting
Evaluating Setting criteria, testing idea,
verifying outcomes, revising

12. The Upgraded Project Method
 In this modern day, the teachers
are now guided on their goal to
help students achieve higher level
thinking skills and creativity
beyond the ordinary.

14. Teachers assign the
students to work on
projects with
depth, complexity duration
and relevance to the real
word.

15. There is a tighter link between the
use of projects for simply coming
up with products to having the
students undergo the process of
complex/higher thinking.

16. The students , not the teachers,
make decisions about what to
put into the project, how to
organize information, how to
package the outcomes for
presentation, and the like.

17. In doing projects, there are two things
that are involved:
Process- refers to the steps, effort
and experiences in project
completion.
Product- is the result or the end
point of the process.

18. EXAMPLE OF PROCESS

19. As a future teacher, we must
take into consideration the
process in every project
because in the process, the
students were able to think and
apply their creativity as results
they have develop their higher
order thinking skills.

20. Resource-based projects
Simple creations
Guided hypermedia projects
Web-based projects

21. 1. Does the new framework on
higher thinking skills and
creativity mean that teachers
should no longer make efforts
to help student pass/excel in
achievement tests ? Explain..

22. 2. Can these complex
thinking skills be also
achieved even without
using educational
technology tools? Explain

23. Technology is driving the
innovation.
Technology is driving the creativity.
Technology and the use of that is going to
determine our workers' ability to compete
in the 21st century global marketplace.
Ron Kind