The Thinking Stick » american idol http://www.thethinkingstick.com Educator Consultant Author Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:24:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? My version http://www.thethinkingstick.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader-my-version/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader-my-version http://www.thethinkingstick.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader-my-version/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 04:18:40 +0000 Jeff Utecht http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=668 (Full Disclosure: It comes on right after American Idol on our TV so watch it by default….I’m in China our choices are limited! )

1) Grab your laptop and go to Google.com

2) When a question is asked see how long it takes you to find the answer.

3) Think …

]]> (Full Disclosure: It comes on right after American Idol on our TV so watch it by default….I’m in China our choices are limited! :) )

1) Grab your laptop and go to Google.com

2) When a question is asked see how long it takes you to find the answer.

3) Think about all the useless content we teach students 1-5 grade.

  • What does this say about what we’re teaching?
  • How much of the content that we teach in grades 1-5 is useless to us in the “real world”
  • Think like a 5th grader today: “Why should I learn this stuff when I can find it on google faster and when I need it?”
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