tracina wyatt instructional technology specialist henry county school system

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

Tracina Wyatttwyatt@henry.k12.ga.us

Follow Me: @tbwyatt10

@ITS_HCSTracina Brown Wyatt

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