Jennifer's+Technology+Issues

Higher order thinking requires students to think critically about the information they are given. It challenges students to think beyond, analyze and problem solve. Technology can support higher order thinking by making learning more interactive and encouraging students to think for themselves. BBC's Bitesize Poems Around the World is a website that challenges high order thinking skills. Many of the video's on this website are interactive and after a short clip will ask a question that students can answer. After the question is answered the video continues. This requires students to really pay attention and think. After students have viewed the video there is a test that they can take that relates to the topic. In the teachers section of this website they offer activities and projects that require students to go out on their own and research more about the topic. They projects are interesting and seem like they would be engaging
 * Higher Order Thinking**

There are several ways that technology can be used to affirm diversity. **
 * Affirming Diversity