Monday, March 5, 2007

First Entry; 4134

Cognitive Tools:

- Devices that support the thinking process
- Caters for different intelligences
- Connects existing knowledge with new knowledge
- Fostering metacognition

PowerPoint as a tool to help students convey their understandings on a certain topic
Using video so that students can experience a certain topic and acquire new information first hand (primary source)
The internet as a cognitive tool- for research

What is Effective Learning?

- Student centred
- Learning for understanding
- Process-oriented
- Strategic
- Resource-based
- Collaboration

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