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4C: An Engaged Classroom. Tracina Wyatt Instructional Technology Specialist Henry County School System. Before we get started…. Go to your APP Store and download NEARPOD ( ios and Droid devices) . Today’s Focus. What are the 4 C’s? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Tracina WyattInstructional Technology
SpecialistHenry County School
System
4C: An Engaged Classroom
Before we get started…• Go to your APP Store and download
NEARPOD (ios and Droid devices)
Today’s Focus• What are the 4 C’s?
• How can I engage students in the 4 C’s using technology tools and apps?
• How can I shift my teaching practices to incorporate the 4 C’s?
Collaboration
Communication Creativity
Critical Thinking
4 C’S
“Collaboration has been accepted as a skill that’s essential to
achieve meaningful and effective results”
-Preparing 21st Century Students for a Global Society
Collaboration
• Evernote
• DropBox
• Google Docs
• Edmodowww.edmodo.com
Collaborationwww.evernote.com
www.dropbox.com
https://docs.google.com
• Lino (www.linoit.com )
–http://goo.gl/drD3pv
• Meeting Words (www.meetingwords.com)
Let’s Try It:http://meetingwords.com/G7CvdGlt9l
Collaboration
http://meetingwords.com/G7CvdGlt9l
“One can’t learn well without thinking well”
“Learning critical thinking leads students to develop other skills, such
as a higher level of concentration, deeper analytical abilities, and improved thought processing”
-Preparing 21st Century Students for a Global Society
Critical Thinking
• APP Development– The APP Builder (guides you through creating an APP)
– (http://www.theappbuilder.com/)– Project Guideline to create an App for your school
http://www.21things4students.net/21/mobile-computing/q4-app-creator-replace-build-a-cellphone/
– APP Inventor (App creator for Android devices; lots of great tutorials)
(http://appinventor.mit.edu/)
Critical Thinking
• Programming– Scratch - create your very own interactive stories, animations,
games, and art • (http://scratch.mit.edu/) • Project Guidelines - http://
www.21things4students.net/21/game-design/ – Kodu – create your very own games for XBOX and PC
• (http://www.kodugamelab.com/)
Critical Thinking
• Infographics – visual display of information• To communicate a message.• To present large amounts of information in a compact
and easy to understand way.• To reveal the data.
– http://piktochart.com/– http://www.easel.ly/
Critical Thinking
Communication
“Students must be able to effectively analyze and process the
overwhelming amount of communication in their lives today”
-Preparing 21st Century Students for a Global Society
• Blogs (provides a real audience for a real purpose)– EduBlogs (http://edublogs.org/) – KidBlog (http://kidblog.org)
• Smore (Online Newsletter)– www.smore.com
• VoiceThread – allows students to communicate ideas in a visual and verbal format– https
://voicethread.com/support/howto/Account_Types/Free/
Communication
Let’s Try It:• Go to m.socrative.com• Enter Room Number 419658
“If students leave school without knowing how to continuously create
and innovate, they will be underprepared for the challenges of
society and the workforce.”
Creativity
• Boomwriter (create authentic stories with the possibility of having them published)– www.boomwriter.com
• Fakebook (create Facebook-like pages for historical figures, book characters, etc.)– (http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page )
Creativity
• Songsmith (music creating software)– Free Microsoft download
• Voki- (create custom avatars that speak)– www.voki.com
Creativity
Creative Instruction
• Open your NEARPOD App or go to www.nearpod.com
• and enter the PIN: CNZFV
Creativity in Instruction
A Guide to Four Cs• http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/A-Guide-to-Four-Cs.pdfAbove and Beyond – Partnership for 21st Century Skills• http://www.p21.org/our-work/resources/for-educators/100721 Things for Students• http://www.21things4students.net/21/begin-here/ Collaborative Tools• http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Collaborative+Tools Kathy Schrock Guide to Infographics• http://www.schrockguide.net/infographics-as-an-assessment.html Creating Infographics Lesson
– http://classroom21.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Create+an+Infographic
Resources
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