DIMENSION 1.4: bLOGS AND dISCUSSION bOARDS

""Instructional Planning Includes:

• Opportunities for students to generate questions that lead to further inquiry and promote complex, higher-order thinking, problem solving and real-world application."

• Have students debated the pros and/or cons of an idea?
• Do students explain their thoughts - moving beyond the obvious answers and into responses formulated through multi-step reasoning?
• Are students required to develop better processes or procedures?
• Do students construct responses that demonstrate how the newly-acquired knowledge can be applied outside the classroom?
• Do students give valuable feedback to each other - something beyond, "I agree" or "Good point"?
• Does the teacher actively model and participate in the online discussions?