HARNESSING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN LITERATURE   BY USING GOOGLE GEO TOOLS

Meicky Shoreamanis Panggabean

Open Conference Systems, Language and Language Teaching Conference 2020

HARNESSING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN LITERATURE BY USING GOOGLE GEO TOOLS

Meicky Shoreamanis Panggabean

Last modified: 2021-02-16

Abstract

The UN's education agency, Unesco, released an official statement in 2013 highlighting the fact that only 1 in 1,000 Indonesian people read books on a regular basis. It creates problems in Literature class since it mainly consists of reading and writing activities. Those activities are difficult for some students who seldom read and write. Therefore teacher needs to find better strategies to draw students to immerse themselves in Literature. The method of this research is literature review. The use of technology has benefited teachers and students because integrating technology in their classrooms make teachers become more creative and students involved more deeply in learning. In researcher’s Literature class, researcher use digital tools for giving students opportunities to exercise their freedom to think and to engage. Students use Google Geo tools to map out new knowledge, tell stories, and make the stories relevant to their cultures. This study explores how students critical thinking skills develop when they engage in lessons more actively.

Keywords

Critical Thinking, Digital technology, Google Geo Tools, Literature

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