Presenter: Trace Etienne-Gray - Texas State University Please join Texas State University professor Trace Etienne-Gray for a one hour professional development webinar, “Developing Critical Thinking Skills: Using Technology to Reach Out to Different Learning Styles.” The webinar will focus on using technology and multiple learning styles to develop critical thinking skills in the liberal arts classroom. Participants will be given practical ideas that they can implement in their own classroom as well as an opportunity to discuss their own methods with others.

2. Developing Critical Thinking Skills
Using Technology to Reach Out to
Different Learning Styles
Trace Etienne-Gray
te01@txstate.edu
Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

3. Introductions
• Background
• Philosophy
• Objective

4. Part I
Building Success
• Chunking Material
• Variety of Resources
• Study Guides! Study
Guides! Study Guides!
• Low-Stakes Assessment
• High Stakes Assessment

5. Chunking Material
• Objectives
– Identify, describe and assess the
motives, goals and actions of at
least 3 reform movement active
between 1820 and 1860
• Study Tasks
– Reading Enduring Vision, CH 10, pp.
315-329
– Declaration of Rights and
Sentiments
– Part Four Study Guide
– Part Four Video Review

6. Variety of Resources
• Textbook/Audio
• Instructor Overviews
• Primary Sources
• Video Reviews
– Monterey Institute for
Technology and
Education-NROC Project

7. Study Guides! Study Guides! Study
Guides!
• Reading Tips
• Graphic Organizers
• Lesson Study Guides
• Writing Thesis Statements
• Essay Writing Guidelines

8. Low Stakes
Round Robin Online Group Work
• 4 to 5 students
• Assigned Roles/Tasks
• Discussion Forums/Blogs
• Study Questions
• Case Study/Simulations

9. Blog Screenshot

10. Low Stakes:
Primary Source vs. Primary Source
• Declaration of the People, Nathanial
Bacon (1660)
• Grievances Against English
Settlers, Metacom (1675)
• Indian Removal Defended, Andrew
Jackson (1830)
• Petition to Congress Opposing
Removal, John Ross, (1837)
• A Treatise on Domestic Economy,
Catherine Beecher (1841)
• Declaration of Rights & Sentiments,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1848)
PDF Form

11. Low Stakes
Causes and Outcomes Handouts
• Standards Movement
• Department Assignment
• PDF Fillable Forms

12. High Stakes
Movies & History
Netflix
Amazon
Instant
Video
HuluPlus

13. Rubrics

14. • Editing Features
• Study Tools
• Aplia Processing

15. Editing Features

16. Study Tools

17. Aplia

18. Early Engagement Strategies
• Recognition
• Encouragement
• Progress
• Excel, Outlook And Mail
Merge

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