Week 5: Critical Thinking, another skill to develop

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Karla Diaz

What I learned by reading this article, that even knowing the fact that technology should be apply in the classroom, it is important to be aware what our students are going to learn. In previous readings, technology was seen as a tool, support and a mandatory resource. Now, I have learned that we need to go beyond. As a teacher, our main focus now, it is to teach our students to think critically through technology.

I did not know that we need to teach our students how to think critically. Learning and thinking are two different skills, so which one is more important? For me are both. In the learning process students obtain information which later, they will make their own questions, rationalize to finally have some outputs. Critical thinking is important because it helps us to put away any misinformation that we receive, also we use the logic to create our own conclusions. For example, there are a lot of websites that might guarantee you the acquisition of the second language. Here’s where our job as teachers we need to take seriously, we need to “surf” in the internet, search for the best websites where our students will practice and improve their skills. We need to take the time to find a specific exercise for a specific skill. This will help to enhance our students to practice and think for themselves is those exercises will help them.  I would like to know how can I apply critical thinking in the classroom and how can I noticed when my students are thinking critically.