Open Discussion Blog
The following information provides an overview of the Thinking Foundation Open Discussion Blog including Thinking Foundation Blog, Blogging Defined, Posting Comments, Blog Archives, Watching the Video Clips, and Your Feedback is Important.
Thinking Foundation Blog
The Thinking Foundation Open Discussion Blog's goal is to provide a forum for open discussion on the Thinking Foundation's mission of supporting high quality academic and applied “action” research on cognitive and critical thinking skills development at the pre-school, K-12 and college levels.
Blogging Defined
In the most basic and traditional sense, a blog is posts displayed in reverse-chronological order that common topic. Over the years, this definition has expanded dramatically features like:
- Date- and category-based archiving of older entries
- coming — The presence of community feedback features TrackBacks
- coming — RSS and Atom syndication feeds of recent entries submitted to the blog
- coming — Update notifications via email subscription
Posting Comments
At the bottom of each Thinking Foundation Open Discussion Blog posting is a clickable link comments. After clicking on comments you will be on another webpage that includes the Open Discussion Blog you were reading and the comments on this blog. The number in parenthesis is the number of comments to date on this specific blog. When you are on the comments page you will be where the comments begin, and you will have a place to post your comments.
Blog Archives
The Open Discussion Blogs are archived by category and date. They are accessible from the Main Open Discussion Blog page that may be found in the main menu on all webpages.
Video
The Thinking Foundation website's preferred video format is Quicktime which is compatible with both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The Macintosh platform comes installed with Quicktime, and if your Windows platform does not have it installed, it may be downloaded free at the link below. Also on the Thinking Foundation website links to Windows Media Player format files are usually available for the same video clip. Windows Media Player is also compatible with both Windows and Macintosh provided you have the current software. Like Quicktime, Windows Media Player may be downloaded from the link below.
Quicktime (Macintosh and Windows) is recommended for the best quality viewing experience.
Download the Quicktime plug-in (Macintosh and Windows)
Download the Windows Media Player plug-in (Windows and Macintosh)
Your Feedback is Important
The Thinking Foundation's website, blog, research documents, presentations, video, and other materials are here to support the users on this website. Please let us know what works well, and where you would suggest improvements. Your comments are greatly appreciated. Please email:
David Hyerle davidhyerle@thinkingfoundation.org
Webmaster webmaster@thinkingfoundation.org