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

4. 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?

5. CollaborationCommunicationCreativity Critical Thinking

6. “Collaboration has been accepted as a skill that’s essential to achieve meaningful and effective results” -Preparing 21 st Century Students for a Global Society Collaboration

7. Evernote DropBox Google Docs Edmodo www.edmodo.com Collaboration www.evernote.com www.dropbox.com https://docs.google.com

8. Lino (www.linoit.com )www.linoit.com – http://goo.gl/drD3pv http://goo.gl/drD3pv Meeting Words (www.meetingwords.com)www.meetingwords.com Let’s Try It: http://meetingwords.com/G7CvdGlt9l Collaboration

9. http://meetingwords.com/G7CvdGlt9l

10. “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 21 st Century Students for a Global Society Critical Thinking

11. 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/ Critical Thinking

12. 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

13. 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://piktochart.com/ – http://www.easel.ly/ http://www.easel.ly/ Critical Thinking

14. Communication “Students must be able to effectively analyze and process the overwhelming amount of communication in their lives today” -Preparing 21 st Century Students for a Global Society

15. 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

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

17. “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

18. 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

19. Songsmith (music creating software) – Free Microsoft download Voki- (create custom avatars that speak) – www.voki.com www.voki.com Creativity

20. Creative Instruction Open your NEARPOD App or go to www.nearpod.com www.nearpod.com and enter the PIN: CNZFV Creativity in Instruction

21. A Guide to Four Cs http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/A-Guide-to-Four-Cs.pdf Above and Beyond – Partnership for 21 st Century Skills http://www.p21.org/our-work/resources/for-educators/1007 21 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 http://classroom21.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Create+an+Infographic Resources

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

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