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 4C’s using technology tools and apps? How can I shift my teaching practices to incorporate the 4 C’s?

CollaborationCommunicationCreativity Critical Thinking

“Collaboration has been accepted as a skill that’s essential to achieve meaningful and effective results” Collaboration

ScootPad (Grades K-5) Edmodo (Grades K-8) Collaboration

Evernote (Grades 6-12) DropBox Google Docs Collaboration

RealTime Board ( – Example Board Example/ Example/ Meeting Words ( Let’s Try It: Collaboration

“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

APP Development – The APP Builder (guides you through creating an APP) – ( – Project Guideline to create an App for your school creator-replace-build-a-cellphone/ creator-replace-build-a-cellphone/ – APP Inventor (App creator for Android devices; lots of great tutorials) ( – Hopscotch (iPad App to develop iPad Apps!) Kid Friendly Critical Thinking

Programming – Scratch - create your very own interactive stories, animations, games, and art ( Project Guidelines – Kodu – create your very own games for XBOX and PC ( 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. Critical Thinking

“Students must be able to effectively analyze and process the overwhelming amount of communication in their lives today” Communication

Blogs (provides a real audience for a real purpose) – EduBlogs ( – KidBlog ( Smore (Online Newsletter) – VoiceThread – allows students to communicate ideas in a visual and verbal format – ree/ ree/ Communication

Let’s Try It: Open your NEARPOD App or go to and enter the PIN: CNZFV

“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) – Fakebook (create Facebook-like pages for historical figures, book characters, etc.) – ( ) Creativity

Songsmith (music creating software) – Free Microsoft download – us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/ us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/ Voki- (create custom avatars that speak) – Creativity

Let’s Try It: Go to m.socrative.com Enter Room Number

Additional Resources 21 Things 4 Students Cool Tools for School e+Tools e+Tools Facebook Templates facebook-template.html facebook-template.html 5 Ways to Collaborate with Another Class ways-to-collaborate-with-another-class/ ways-to-collaborate-with-another-class/

Questions/Comments? Tracina Wyatt Tracina Brown Wyatt