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SMILE (Stanford Mobile Inquiry-based Learning Environment) is a Stanford Graduate School of Education research-based mobile learning program that is designed to promote critical thinking and creativity through critical thinking question generation activities. In the session, students will learn about SMILE which is available at http://smile2.stanford.edu and enter to compete in 2015 Spring SMILE Competition. The top 3 SMILE champion students earning the best ratings and most number of views on their questions will be awarded. Student questions must be original and cannot be copied from other sources. Students may enter as many questions as desired, but each question must be designed to trigger curiosity and deep thinking. Please feel free to refer to tips on creating high level questions here: http://teach.ucf.edu/files/2010/12/Examples-of-Multiple-Choice-Items-at-the-Levels-of-Bloom.pdf There will be a group name to enter the competition at the lecture. Students can register and start to create questions in advance to practice. Please make sure to put relevant tags for each question for better search: subject, grade level, concept covered in the question, and any other important keywords.