Tracina Wyatt Instructional Technology Specialist Henry County School System

1. 4C: An Engaged Classroom Tracina Wyatt Instructional Technology Specialist Henry County School System

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. 4 C’s

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

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

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

8. Collaboration • 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

9. Critical Thinking “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”

10. 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

11. 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/)

12. 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.

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

14. 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/

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

16. Creativity “If students leave school without knowing how to continuously create and innovate, they will be underprepared for the challenges of society and the workforce.”

17. 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 )

18. 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

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/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/

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