Complex+Problem+Solving

=**Complex Problem Solving**=


 * Based on your feedback we have created the following structure for the kit. Feel free to use this as a starting point and either following it or take creative license with it.**


 * **Define topic**
 * What is it? According to Larry Johannessen's article, "Thinking and Writing for a New Century", the new approach that unfamiliar problems and situations will present themselves to students. It sees that Complex problem solving involves "...a good intuitive grasp of the ways in which all kinds of physical and social systems work." This ability to take basic knowledge and go much further than knowing and memorizing basic information is key, synthesizing is a vital aspect as being able to solve a multitude of challenges and tasks that come with a single decision.
 * Article referred to above can be found at :http://moodle.escco.org/file.php/1/WRITING/Teaching_Thinking_Writing.pdf
 * Why is it important for learners?There was a presentation on Utube called "Did you know?" - which stated with the advent of technology, there will be jobs that have not even been created yet. This is important as students graduate into an economy that changes every day due to the flexibility of technology and which direction it takes. Adaptability has never been so important to a changing world - and all disciplines will be needed just as the requirements of a higher and higher degree are needed for competitiveness, those same raised standards on understanding how to solve
 * variety of problems will be huge asset.
 * Did you Know: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U
 * Did you Know: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U


 * **Ideas for Educators**
 * __Cell Structures and Literature__- [[file:complex thinking lesson plan.ppt]]
 * Credit Rita Salisbury and Dara Laws from New Tech in Seaford, DE.
 * __Development and Design utilizing Greek Mythology[[file:Greek Mythology and Product Design.docx]]__
 * __Credit Harry Brake and NCTE opening session ideas.__
 * __Losing Your Marbles in Geometry [[file:Losing Your Marbles in Geometry.docx]]__
 * Credit Mr. Halter Seaford, DE and Lindsay Alexander.
 * __Clowning Around with IMovie [[file:Clowning Around with Photo Booth and MAC.docx]]__
 * Media Center versus Librarian and utilizing this source - [[file:P2PU media specialist versus librarian.docx]]
 * Using WIKI to collaborative with individuals in countries where events occurred. See Wiki lesson plan on Holocaust that encourages Critical Thinking and Wiki's. [| Collaborative Inquiry leading to Critical Thinking]
 * Blogs Encouraging Critically Thinking - Article in Digital Is showing how one teacher uses blogs to encourage Critical Thinking. - [|Lesson Idea Using Blogging]
 * **Reading & Videos (Case Studies**)
 * Students with Disabilities [| http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/MathProblemSolving] Several readings and videos that demonstrate practical application of the topic
 * EXCELLENT review and research into this subject area on Critical Thinking as well substantiating the need for a shift in the way students challenge their students. Critical Thinking - [|Trend Followers are Scientists at Their Root]
 * [|Critical Thinking Community]- Mission Statement below: The Foundation and Center for Critical Thinking aim to improve education in colleges, universities and primary through secondary schools. We present publications, conferences, workshops and professional development programs, emphasizing instructional strategies, Socratic questioning, critical reading and writing, higher order thinking, assessment, research, quality enhancement, and competency standards.
 * Great Journal on Critical Thinking - University of Chicago - [|Teaching Argument for Critical Thinking...]
 * Reading, (ERIC ARTICLE) on Promoting Critical Thinking in the Classroom - [|ERIC Article]
 * EXCELLENT review and research into this subject area on Critical Thinking as well substantiating the need for a shift in the way students challenge their students. Critical Thinking - [|Trend Followers are Scientists at Their Root]
 * [|Critical Thinking Community]- Mission Statement below: The Foundation and Center for Critical Thinking aim to improve education in colleges, universities and primary through secondary schools. We present publications, conferences, workshops and professional development programs, emphasizing instructional strategies, Socratic questioning, critical reading and writing, higher order thinking, assessment, research, quality enhancement, and competency standards.
 * Great Journal on Critical Thinking - University of Chicago - [|Teaching Argument for Critical Thinking...]
 * Reading, (ERIC ARTICLE) on Promoting Critical Thinking in the Classroom - [|ERIC Article]


 * **Tools for topic**
 * **[|Smart boards]** are a great resource as they, as a resource themself, put the student in a totally
 * different area when it comes to lecture, one on one, and interactive presentation. By using this tool to
 * involve the students in teaching the teacher, and teaching the class, complex thinking is in place when this
 * tool is turned onto the student to use as a demonstration AND a learning tool.
 * **[|IMovie]** can be used to demonstrate how another program like Photobooth can be used in
 * conjunction with another program. Students will also be able to compare the differences that IMovie offers
 * compared to slideshow programs like MovieMaker and Powerpoint.
 * [|**PhotoBooth**]can be used to reaffirm the techniques and skills of spontaneous assignments, as well as the
 * flexibility that can come with writing as well as Media Production.
 * [|WIKI'S] - An explanation.
 * [|BLOGS] - An Introduction.
 * [|WIKI'S] - An explanation.
 * [|BLOGS] - An Introduction.
 * [|BLOGS] - An Introduction.
 * [|BLOGS] - An Introduction.


 * **Sample lesson/unit plan**
 * For your Smartboard... [|http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=%22problem%20solving%2]
 * Possibilities that can relate to ideas outside of the classroom
 * []
 * Using Literary and Nutrition Education - Powerpoint - [[file:complex thinking lesson plan.ppt]]
 * Using Literary and Nutrition Education - Powerpoint - [[file:complex thinking lesson plan.ppt]]
 * Using Literary and Nutrition Education - Powerpoint - [[file:complex thinking lesson plan.ppt]]


 * **__Additional resources & links__**
 * NCTE'S Framework for the 21st Century backs up the need for Critical Thinking - [|Framework]
 * Digital IS - WOW - excellent site for information! [|Digital Is]

==Navigation ( We can leave this on the bottom of every page so that people can jump around )==
 * Home
 * About the Authors (everyone add your own - we'll put them alphabetically by the first letter of your first name)
 * Introduction (Blue group)
 * Core Academic Knowledge (Blue group)
 * Critical/Divergent Thinking (Red group)
 * Complex Problem Solving (Red group)
 * Effective Communication (Orange group)
 * Working in Collaboration (Orange group)
 * Learning how to Learn (Green group)
 * Global Perspective (Yellow group)
 * Real World Application (Yellow group)
 * Video tutorial or Teacher Quick Start Guide (Green group)