2. Before we get started… Go to your APP Store and download NEARPOD (ios and Droid devices)

3. 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?

4. CollaborationCommunicationCreativity Critical Thinking

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

6. ScootPad (Grades K-5) Edmodo (Grades K-8) Collaboration www.scootpad.com www.edmodo.com

7. Evernote (Grades 6-12) DropBox Google Docs Collaboration www.evernote.com www.dropbox.com https://docs.google.com

8. 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

9. “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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

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

14. 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

15. Let’s Try It: Open your NEARPOD App or go to www.nearpod.com www.nearpod.com and enter the PIN: CNZFV

16. “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

17. 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

18. 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

19. Let’s Try It: Go to m.socrative.com Enter Room Number 419658

20. 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/

21. Questions/Comments? Tracina Wyatt twyatt@henry.k12.ga.us Follow Me: @tbwyatt10 @ITS_HCS Tracina Brown Wyatt