Babysitting versus Deep Learning

In travelling around and talking to people I see a variety of technology use.  There is some great stuff being done around the traps, and some wonderful ways people are starting to describe the categories of 'great stuff' and then I hear about the stuff

Apple have been promoting  Ruben R. Puentedura's SAMR model for technology integration, aiming for transformation with Modification and Redefinition of the task after integrating technology.  see http://rde.nsw.edu.au/tpack-samr for a fuller explanation and links to Puentedura's weblog.

Kathy Schrock has used Bloom's Taxonomy to sort and classify technology tools....ipad apps and google apps are two worthy of looking at.  See : http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

I came across this article in THE Journal today...it combines the higher order with the tech integration with some simple yet very tranposable activities.

5 Tech-Friendly Lessons to Encourage Higher-Order Thinking

In reading it, I found I could transfer nearly every lesson to at least one KLA - regardless of the developmental stage of students.  What it requires though is Teachers being aware of what can be considered, getting away from TEXT based assessments and laying some groundwork beforehand - ie you wouldn't want to do the 5 photos activity the first time you gave the devices to students.  So PLANNING is the key.