Where is my teaching heading?

Here is a diagram that shows how "follow-up work" can either be substituted into a digital format, augmented, modified or redefined using the affordences of technology:

My aim is to set tasks that redefine the previous model of "follow-up work". My students need to be synthesizing information from a range of sources, discussing, debating, critiquing and justifying their opinions. They need to be able to search for information, judge whether it is a quality source they are using, and paraphrase the key ideas. They need to be able to present this information in a creative way that would not have been possible in the analogue world.

The Plan of Attack

So sometimes we like to be a little old fashioned and write things on paper...

Here is our brainstorm about how we plan to ensure more of our students are cognitively engaged and using their higher order thinking skills in reading.