After reading and discussing the article by Gilbert our group found that many of the learning outcomes in the content areas we explored (math, science, language arts) were connected in some way with Language Arts. Language Arts seems to tie them together. Other groups that explored different content areas found that just about all content areas overlapped some how. Things such as analyzing, summarizing, questioning, predicting, connecting - the higher order thinking skills were often found to overlap between disciplines.
Technology can be used to link together content areas and promote higher order thinking skills if we plan very carefully and delibrately for this to occur. Students would benefit from this, as they may begin to see ‘the bigger picture’. Blogging, for instance, can link together content areas with Language Arts. Students use writing skills to post and would need to use skills such as evaluating and analyzing to respond to the posts of others. Students could connect with other classes and compare results of an inquiry
My thought on how can technology be used across the content areas
Examples:
1) wikis and blogs
-could be used to store necessary facts (rather than using a textbook or memorizing)
-allow students to share results and thinking with others
- to receive feedback to further build understanding
-would be possible to interact with others both locally and globally
-can be used to promote critical thinking (evaluating, synthesizing, questioning, analyzing) as they read and respond to the work of others They will need to think critically about what they are reading to respond in comment form. These tools will allow students to connect with others who may extend their thinking because of differing viewpoints.
2) digital cameras
- to document, record data a real world problem and solutions, could be used as a sort of photo story rather than the traditional write it down approach, adding to the multi-modal literacies mentioned in the article
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