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 * //Thursday, August 6th: Extending Thinking //**

LEQ: How can technology tools be embedded into activities that extend student thinking to further develop student achievement?
===“Extending thinking is the second level of learning. It is to deepen understanding, to build connections, and to give students an opportunity to think on a higher level. [Extending activities enable students to extend] their knowledge of key concepts and skills through higher level thinking and activities and writing (p. 33).”===

Source: Thompson, M., & Thompson, J. (2009). Connecting Exemplary Practices in Acquisition Lesson. Boone, NC: Learning-Focused Solutions, Inc.

===One way to extend student thinking is to provide them with a greater audience with whom to share ideas. Below is a You Tube video, called "42", that challenges educators to provide students with audiences beyond the traditional ones.===

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The sessions listed below focus on integrating technology into the vocabulary portion of an acquisition lesson and link to their respective handouts.

 * ===Classify & Categorize with Online Slideshows===
 * ===Constructing Support with Podcasting / Audacity===
 * ===Abstracting & Inductive Reasoning - BYOC: Bring Your Own Camera===
 * ===Analyzing Perspective with online Avatars===
 * ===Error Analysis: Wikis Give Each Student a Voice===
 * ===Gathering Evidence to Construct Support with Social Bookmarking===