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Before we get started… Go to your APP Store and download NEARPOD (ios and Droid devices)
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Today’s Focus What are the 4 C’s? How can I engage students in the 4C’s using technology tools and apps? How can I shift my teaching practices to incorporate the 4 C’s?
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CollaborationCommunicationCreativity Critical Thinking
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“Collaboration has been accepted as a skill that’s essential to achieve meaningful and effective results” Collaboration
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ScootPad (Grades K-5) Edmodo (Grades K-8) Collaboration www.scootpad.com www.edmodo.com
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Evernote (Grades 6-12) DropBox Google Docs Collaboration www.evernote.com www.dropbox.com https://docs.google.com
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RealTime Board (www.realtimeboard.com)www.realtimeboard.com – Example Board http://realtimeboard.com/app/1975072/Random-Words:- Example/ http://realtimeboard.com/app/1975072/Random-Words:- Example/ Meeting Words (www.meetingwords.com)www.meetingwords.com Let’s Try It: http://meetingwords.com/valW4gSg5G http://meetingwords.com/valW4gSg5G Collaboration
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“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” Critical Thinking
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APP Development – The APP Builder (guides you through creating an APP) – (http://www.theappbuilder.com/)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/ 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/)http://appinventor.mit.edu/ – Hopscotch (iPad App to develop iPad Apps!) Kid Friendly Critical Thinking
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Programming – Scratch - create your very own interactive stories, animations, games, and art (http://scratch.mit.edu/)http://scratch.mit.edu/ Project Guidelines - http://www.21things4students.net/21/game-design/ http://www.21things4students.net/21/game-design/ – Kodu – create your very own games for XBOX and PC (http://www.kodugamelab.com/)http://www.kodugamelab.com/ Critical Thinking
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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. Critical Thinking
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“Students must be able to effectively analyze and process the overwhelming amount of communication in their lives today” Communication
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Blogs (provides a real audience for a real purpose) – EduBlogs (http://edublogs.org/)http://edublogs.org/ – KidBlog (http://kidblog.org)http://kidblog.org Smore (Online Newsletter) – www.smore.com www.smore.com VoiceThread – allows students to communicate ideas in a visual and verbal format – https://voicethread.com/support/howto/Account_Types/F ree/ https://voicethread.com/support/howto/Account_Types/F ree/ Communication
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Let’s Try It: Open your NEARPOD App or go to www.nearpod.com www.nearpod.com and enter the PIN: CNZFV
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“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
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Boomwriter (create authentic stories with the possibility of having them published) – www.boomwriter.com www.boomwriter.com Fakebook (create Facebook-like pages for historical figures, book characters, etc.) – (http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page )http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page Creativity
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Songsmith (music creating software) – Free Microsoft download – http://research.microsoft.com/en- us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/ http://research.microsoft.com/en- us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/ Voki- (create custom avatars that speak) – www.voki.com www.voki.com Creativity
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Let’s Try It: Go to m.socrative.com Enter Room Number 419658
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Additional Resources 21 Things 4 Students http://www.21things4students.net/21/begin-here/ Cool Tools for School http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Collaborativ e+Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Collaborativ e+Tools Facebook Templates http://noshhinghere.blogspot.com/2012/02/updated- facebook-template.html http://noshhinghere.blogspot.com/2012/02/updated- facebook-template.html 5 Ways to Collaborate with Another Class http://fluency21.com/blog/2013/09/03/5-amazing- ways-to-collaborate-with-another-class/ http://fluency21.com/blog/2013/09/03/5-amazing- ways-to-collaborate-with-another-class/
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Questions/Comments? Tracina Wyatt twyatt@henry.k12.ga.us Follow Me: @tbwyatt10 @ITS_HCS Tracina Brown Wyatt
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