Tech+Activities+Visual+Ranking

Web 2.0 tools enable students to develop 21st century critical thinking skills of evaluation, analyzing cause and effect, and developing logical arguments based on evidence. The Intel Visual Ranking tool helps students identify and refine criteria, prioritize, explain their reasoning, and compare their decisions to those of other students.

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1. Explore the Intel Visual Ranking Tool. Click on the Overview and Benefits link. How does the tool facilitate students’ critical thinking? Consider the type of reasoning students demonstrate as they do Visual Ranking and how their activity involves both the cognitive and affective domains.

2. Next click on the Tutorial (underneath Demo on the Try the Tool page) and view the animation. What are the key steps a teacher must take to set up the Visual Ranking Tool and engage students in using the tool? Read the directions on pages 1-5 of the tutorial.

3. Click on the Project Examples link and explore the Project Ideas and Unit Plans. How do the examples stimulate your thinking of how to use the Visual Ranking Tool? Consider the grade level and subject area you plan to teach and how you could modify one of the projects or create your own from scratch. What curriculum goals would your Visual Ranking project address?


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