Critical+Thinking+and+Problem+Solving+Skills

toc =Overview= As defined by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, skills related to [|Cricital Thinking and Problem Solving] include:
 * Exercising sound reasoning in understanding
 * Making complex choices and decisions
 * Understanding the interconnections among systems
 * Identifying and asking significant questions that clarify various points of view and lead to better solutions
 * Framing, analyzing and synthesizing information in order to solve problems and answer questions

Some tasks associated with Critical Thinking and Problem Solving:
 * Gathering Information
 * Organizing Information
 * Analyzing Information

=Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Tools=

Web Searches

 * Viewzi
 * SearchMe
 * RedZee
 * KartOO
 * Quintura
 * Google Alerts

Social Bookmarking

 * Delicious- create, annotate and share bookmarks
 * Diigo- create and share bookmarks with various groups; highlight and annotate web pages
 * Furl- create and share bookmarks

Co-Browsing

 * [|TrackStar]- create tracks of websites for students to follow
 * [|Jog the Web] - create a series of websites for students to follow

Polling

 * Fotoll- create picture based surveys
 * Toluna- create picture and/or video based surveys
 * Twiigs- create text based surveys
 * PollDaddy- create text based surveys; has powerful analysis tools
 * [|PollEverywhere] - Using SMS (Text Messages) to gather results
 * [|Survey Monkey] - create text based surveys (we used it in the pre-conference)

Note taking

 *  [|ClipMarks]- clip and organize web based information and share with others
 * [|EverNote] - powerful note taking application for organizing information; record and annotate web based content
 * [|ILighter]
 * [|Awesome Highlighter]
 * Pulse SmartPen -

Annotation Tools

 * [|Diigo]
 * [|Stickie]
 * [|Shared Copy]
 * [|Fleck]
 * http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-annotation-tools-research-annotate-collaborate/

Data Analysis Tools

 * [|Wordle]
 * [|Many Eyes]
 * [|WordSift]
 * [|Word Magnets]
 * [|Google Squared]

Mind Mapping Tools

 * MyWebspiration - http://www.mywebspiration.com/
 * Mindomo - [|http://www.mindomo.com]
 * MindJet - [|http://www.mindjet.com]
 * MindMeister - [|http://www.mindmeister.com]
 * MxGraph - [|http://www.mxgraph.com]
 * CMap - http://cmap.ihmc.us/ This can be used on the computer - It is NOT web-based
 * Gliffy - [|http://www.gliffy.com/]Allows thoughts to be connected after creating bubbles