Tuesday 17th March 2015
When ‘pen and paper’ activities that focus on Lower Order Thinking Skills are transferred to a digital format, they don’t magically transform themselves to become activities that promote Higher Order Thinking Skills.
As educators we must continue to focus on developing an appropriately challenging learning environment for our students, whether or not the activities involve the use of new technologies.
Dull and mindless time-fillers are still dull and mindless regardless of the involvement of digital technologies in their presentation. A worksheet is still a worksheet!