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Instructional routines library; South Wales, Australia

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The Digital learning selector helps you make fast decisions about a technology you can use for learning with your class. Find support to get started, contribute new tools and share them with your colleagues.

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Check out the edtech routines at the end of each chapter.

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A Playbook for Fostering Digital Resilience in Adult Education Instruction 2025 update

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Tips, templates, and lessons to integrate edtech and practices that support learning.

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Support Student Reflection, Critique, and Revision in Project-Based Learning - AVID Open Access

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Let’s go deeper into the key elements of project-based learning and explore strategies to support student reflection, critique, and revision.

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What is critical thinking?

Critical thinking is a term that gets thrown around a lot. You've probably heard it used often throughout the years whether it was in school, at work, or in everyday conversation. But when you stop to think about it, what exactly is critical thinking and how do you do it?

Watch the video below to learn more about critical thinking.

Definition

Simply put, critical thinking is the act of deliberately analyzing information so that you can make better judgements and decisions. It involves using things like logic, reasoning, and creativity, to draw conclusions and generally understand things better.

This may sound like a pretty broad definition, and that's because critical thinking is a broad skill that can be applied to so many different situations. You can use it to prepare for a job interview, manage your time better, make decisions about purchasing things, and so much more.

The process

As humans, we are constantly thinking. It's something we can't turn off. But not all of it is critical thinking. No one thinks critically 100% of the time... that would be pretty exhausting! Instead, it's an intentional process, something that we consciously use when we're presented with difficult problems or important decisions.

Improving your critical thinking

In order to become a better critical thinker, it's important to ask questions when you're presented with a problem or decision, before jumping to any conclusions. You can start with simple ones like What do I currently know? and How do I know this? These can help to give you a better idea of what you're working with and, in some cases, simplify more complex issues.

Real-world applications

Let's take a look at how we can use critical thinking to evaluate online information. Say a friend of yours posts a news article on social media and you're drawn to its headline. If you were to use your everyday automatic thinking, you might accept it as fact and move on. But if you were thinking critically, you would first analyze the available information and ask some questions:

What's the source of this article?

Is the headline potentially misleading?

What are my friend's general beliefs?

Do their beliefs inform why they might have shared this?

After analyzing all of this information, you can draw a conclusion about whether or not you think the article is trustworthy.

Critical thinking has a wide range of real-world applications. It can help you to make better decisions, become more hireable, and generally better understand the world around you.

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Critical Thinking and Decision-Making: What is Critical Thinking?

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Critical thinking is a term that gets thrown around a lot. You've probably heard it used often throughout the years whether it was in school, at work, or in everyday conversation. But when you stop to think about it, what exactly is critical thinking and how do you do it?

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View more information at https://lincs.ed.gov/state-resources/federal-initiatives/teaching-skills-matter-adult-education/toolkit-overview

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Describes the RACEF prompt framework and shares AI-driven activities developed by teachers like you!

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Chat GPT for ESOL from EdTech Strategy Session

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World Education. (2023, December 15). ChatGPT for ESOL: Yeonjai Rah [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/i7IQqulIFAk.

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Edtech routines created by teachers like you.

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This app is designed to help you find strategies, resources, and activities to support meaningful edtech integration and digital skill development.

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Vanek 2025 COABE Why Do Digital Skills Instruction That Way (2)