Developing+Higher+Order+Thinking+Through+Blogging

= Developing Higher Order Thinking Through Blogging = Brad Ovenell-Carter Emerging web and mobile technologies are reshaping schooling, though perhaps not in the way we think. What is touted as 21st century learning is really more like very ancient learning. In particular, the call for critical thinking skills--the capacity to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate--sounds very much like the old Roman rektor's cry "Concedo, Nego Distinguo" -- I grant, I deny, I make a distinction. Modern web tools, especially social media, are excellent platforms dialogue and informal writing which encourages just this sort of critical discourse. This paper argues that schools should work to develop meaningful conversation, or critical discourse, not as a secondary idea, but as a principal goal and explains how teachers can use classroom blogs to develop measureable improvements in higher order thinking (as measured on Bloom's taxonomy, for example.)

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