Maximizing the 4Cs in a 21st Century Learning Environment
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Academic Diversity Institute | Fairfax County Public Schools Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, VA August 13, 2014 Gretchen Hazlin, Librarian, Kilmer Middle School Krissy Ronan, Librairan, Madison High School Exit Ticket |
Communication
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Communication Tools: Remind Send 1-way messages to students and parents. - Top 10 Ways to Use Remind - Remind Back to School Guide Twitter Microblogging.140-characters. - Embed a Twitter widget and use for announcements - 7 Ideas for Using Hashtags in the Classroom (Anibal Pacheco, TeachThought, 4/12/2013) Padlet Post-it/bulletin board Symbaloo Create webmixes or collections of materials for a class, a project, or a topicGoogle Calendar Set up a shared course calendar, remdinders, and more - Google Calendar in the Classroom Socrative Collect information, check for understanding Poll Everywhere Query your class - SMS, web, or Twitter responses |
Communication Examples: Kilmer MS Home page (Google Calendar, Twitter, & Padlet) 28 Days of Kindness (Symbaloo) Student Work: Dramatic Reading - Wonder (first 15 pages) by R.J. Palacio (Kilmer MS Advanced Drama Students, June 13, 2013) |
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Collaboration
Google Drive (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms) - Communication, Collaboration, Creativity and Critical Thinking Using Google Apps (Online course) Google Hangouts - Hangouts: Learn More (Google) Add-On Scripts for Google Drive: Doctopus Teacher built tool for managing, organizing, and assessing student work within Google Drive - Automate Handing Out, Tracking Google Drive Assignments with Doctopus (Steve Woods, Just Ones & Zeros 3/10/2014) Flubaroo -- Twitter, Hashtags and FakeTweet (Ken Halla, World History Teachers Blog, 2/13/2014) |
Additional Collaborative Tools: Twiddla Online white board. No sign up required. Skype Real-time video collaboration with expert, another classroom, etc. - Skype an Author Huge database of authors who Skype -- a large majority offer 10-15 minute meet-the-author visits free of charge Twitter Real time collaborative chats with education colleagues from around the world. - Social Studies teachers #sschat (Mondays 7-8pm EST) - Teacher Librarians #tlchat (Mondays 8-9pm EST) - Ed Tech #edtechchat (Mondays 8-9pm EST) Also Twitter Shakespeare | Twitter Real Time World War II - Weekly Educational Twitter Chat Times Bubble.us Mindmapping |
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Creativity
Makerspaces: Camelot Elementary School Makerspace Kilmer Middle School's Makerspace Planning Resources Makerspace Playbook: School Edition MAKE Magazine Maker Shed Start shopping for your makerspace! |
Genius Hour 20% of students' time is dedicated to pursuing something they are passionate about - Genius Hour 20 Time (general overview) - Joy Kirr's Live Binder on "Genius Hour" 20% Time A more structured approach - The Beginners Guide to 20% Time in Education (A.J. Juliani) - 20 Time Project Overview - 20 Time Template Series Pursue Passion: Demand Google 20% Time at School (Katherine von Jan, Huffington Post, 10/24/2011) The Best Resources for Applying "Fed Ex Days" to School (Larry Ferlazzo, 5/28/2012 |
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Critical Thinking Project Based Learning The Main Course, Not Dessert: How Are Students Reaching 21st Century Goals? With 21st Century Project Based Learning (John Larmer, John R. Mergendoller, Buck Institute for Education, 2010) BIE Project Search |
Creative and Critical Thinking Strategies Quick ideas presented to FCPS Librarians to support district emphasis on these strategies |