Mindtools Used in learning Higher Order Thinking Skills

Presented by: Nora Rios, Media Specialist

What are Mindtools?

Mindtools are computer software applications like databases, spreadsheets, semantic networking, networking programs, expert systems, systems modeling tools, microworlds, hypermedia and computer conferencing, to mention a few.

Semantic Organizational Tools

Databases

Concept Mapping

 Such tools enable learners to organize and analyze what they know and apply it in a variety of ways.

DATABASE EXAMPLE SEMANTIC MAPPING

Most Popular Organizational Tools

Microsoft Access

Kidspiration is widely used in

elementary.

These tools help learners to describe those dynamic relationships among ideas mathematically as well as semantically.

Dynamic Modeling Tools

Spreadsheets

Microsoft Excel

Are tools that help interpret visual ideas and automates some of the manual processes for creating images.

Visualization Mindtools

Computer and

Applications

 Tools that consists of information nodes, which may be pages of text, graphics, sound bites, video clips, or any other chunks of information.

Hypermedia

Mindtools

Visualization SoftwareHyperStudio

PowerPoint Presentations

Are tools that people can use to build their knowledge through social conversations.

Socially Shared Cognitive ToolsComputer

Conferencing

Collaborative

Argumentation