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 4C’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”

Collaboration

• ScootPad (Grades K-5)

• Edmodo (Grades K-8)

Collaboration

www.scootpad.com

www.edmodo.com

• Evernote (Grades 6-12)

• DropBox

• Google Docs

Collaboration

www.evernote.com

www.dropbox.com

https://docs.google.com

• RealTime Board (www.realtimeboard.com) – Example Board

http://realtimeboard.com/app/1975072/Random-Words:-Example/

• Meeting Words (www.meetingwords.com)

Let’s Try It: http://meetingwords.com/valW4gSg5G

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)

– (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/)

– Hopscotch (iPad App to develop iPad Apps!)• Kid Friendly

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.

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 (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:

• Open your NEARPOD App or go to www.nearpod.com

• 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)– 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– http

://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/

• Voki- • (create custom avatars that speak)– www.voki.com

Creativity

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

Additional Resources21 Things 4 Students• http://www.21things4students.net/21/begin-here/Cool Tools for School• http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Collaborative+Tools Facebook Templates• 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/

Questions/Comments?Tracina Wyatt

twyatt@henry.k12.ga.us

Follow Me: @tbwyatt10

@ITS_HCSTracina Brown Wyatt