Supporting Learning with Technology

Egbert (2009) talks about supporting student critical thinking in chapter 4 of Supporting Learning with Technology (p. 98). She describes critical thinking skills as the ability to "analyze, evaluate, infer, interpret, explain and self-regulate"(p. 101). She describes how critical thinking skills are a major part of higher order thinking skills. These skills are also described in Bloom's Taxonomy. Critical thinking skills allows students and teachers who are interacting with technology to delve into the information and understand where it comes from, where it is going, and much much more. I think that these skills are skills that teachers must foster through teaching.