Edutopia recently sent out a link to the website, redu that stands for Rethink/Reform/Rebuild Education. In light of NBC's Education Nation this week and the spotlight it is bringing to critical elements necessary for quality education in America, seeking ways to develop critical thinking skills is a critical key to rethinking, reforming, rebuilding our system. It's going to take critical thinking skills to accomplish the goals necessary to make significant changes. redu posted several excellent links to resources for developing these critical thinking skills so I wanted to share these:
Critical Thinking Resources:
- Critical Thinking eBook Critical Thinking ebook by Bing
- Microsoft Teacher Guides use of technology, digital storytelling, citizenship, critical thinking
- 21st-Century Information Fluency includes the Digital Information Fluency Model
- 21st-Century Literacies: Information Literacy Curriculum lesson plans for grades K–12
- FactCheckED.org lesson plans to teach informal logic and critical thinking
- Internet Detective interactive tutorials for evaluating the quality of Internet information
- Wolfgram Memorial Library: Evaluating Webpages tutorials and exercises on recognizing quality information
- A Visual Guide to Evaluating Sources on the Web this site contains a great infographic
- The Common Sense Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum designed to teach 5th–8th graders ethical behavior in a digital world
- NewsTrust for teachers resources for teaching students how to recognize good journalism
