The 4C's Get Digital

Lower School - Prestonwood Christian Academy - August 2016

The 4C's Get DigitalLower School - Prestonwood Christian Academy -August 2016

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Padlet - www.padlet.com

Great for communication, collaboration, critical thinking

Padlet is a place where people can collaborate and communicate by posting images, documents, text, audio and other content on a virtual wall with anyone anywhere and from any device.


Task #1: Create and Post: What's Your Quote for 2016?

  • What will be your quote or motto for this school year?
  • Navigate to recite.com and create your visual quote
  • Download your image
  • Upload your image to this padlet


Sample Padlets


Ideas and How-To's for Using Padlet


Reflect

Discuss in your groups how your students could use Padlet in your classroom to meet the 4C's.


Try it

  • Review Padlet in the Classroom and look at the video tutorials here
  • Create a Padlet account
  • Create and customize a padlet you might could use
  • Customize your background and settings
  • Generate and save the link to give to your students

Fun with QR Codes

Great for communication, collaboration, critical thinking

Make sure that you have a QR reader downloaded on your device. A QR Code, which stands for Quick Response, is an image that when scanned, will go directly to a web site. You can make QR codes that link to text, images, videos, and any web content.


Task #2: Collaborate and Communicate - States and Capitals QR Matching

  • You will be given HALF of a QR Code and a 3 Facts sheet.
  • Your mission is to find the person who has your matching half then put your codes together. Line them up carefully!
  • Using your QR reader, scan the code to see if you are correct. If you are correct, then you will be given a message. If you are incorrect, no message will be given so you will need to try again.
  • Once you have your match, that person will be your partner. Together, discover 3 unique facts about your city and 3 unique facts about your state. Write them on your 3 Facts Sheet


Reflect

Discuss in your groups how your students could use QR Codes in your classroom to meet the 4C's.


Try It

Use the Goo.gl URL shortener

Open your chrome browser

Click on this link to add the url shortener to chrome.

Search your image on Google

Click on the image

Click on "view image"

Click on the URL Shortener

Select QR Code from the shortener dropdown

Copy or download the QR Code

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Roll the Dice App Smashing

App Smashing 101

App smashing is when content created in one app is then brought into another app to enhance or expand it. The final product can then be shared online. Using App Dice begins the creative process and has touched all 4C's by the finish.


Ideas for App Smashing

  • Cells (Grab a screen shot of different cells. Use Skitch to lable the cells, and iMovie to create a video about the cells
  • Google Earth (Grab a screen shot of any place or location, or even a map. Use Skitch to label the image and create characters in Tellagami to describe the location or tell a story.
  • Use Popplet lite to create a mind map. Grab a screen shot of the mind map and use iMovie to explain the map
  • App Smash Challenge - Activities using Pic Collage and Tellagami
  • Click here to download 6 App-Smashing Apptivities from Janet Corder and Joan Gore


Task # 3: App Smash the Water Cycle (Collaborate, Communicate, Critically Think, and Create)

  • At your table, examine the dice and you will see that one die has "creation" apps and one has showcase apps. Choose a person at the table to roll the creation die and another person will roll the showcase die.
  • Working together or in pairs, use the creation app to explain the water cycle. (If you have forgotten what it is, click here.) You add your creation to the showcase app rolled to create a final product.
  • You will share your final creation using Showbie, Google, blog, etc.


Reflect

Discuss in your groups how your students could use app dice in your classroom to meet the 4C's. Read Why App Smash


Try it

Let's 4C the Future!

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Video - Covers all the 4C's

Using Video in Your Classroom

iMovie is one of the easiest tools to use. You can create movie trailers, photo stories and more.


Samples


Reflect

Discuss in your groups how your students could create videos in your classroom to meet the 4C's. How can video allow your students to demonstrate mastery of the lesson goals and objectives?


Resources for Using Video


Try it: It's Movie Time!

Work in groups or pairs to help each other. Pick a task to try. You can't mess it up. Choose one

  • Use iMovie and make a movie trailer introducing yourself, your school, department, or your class procedures.
  • Create a couple of "doodles." Create screenshots and then bring them into iMovie to create a doodle video.
  • Have a little green screen fun
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A Little Audio Goes a Long Way

Ways to Use Audio in the Classroom

Audio is a great way for students to improve their listening skills. Students who are engaged in listening improve their processing and application skills. Here is a creative idea from a teacher incorporating Voki in her classroom. More

  • Create a "voicemail" link for a quick assignment summary
  • Create a podcast or radio show
  • Narrate a story
  • Create a soundtrack
  • Create interactive audio notes with Classmint
  • Create a QR Voice code
  • Embed a recording in a website or blog
  • Learning foreign language – Students can record speaking and receive comments from teachers and class members on their performance
  • Reading – Younger students can record their reading practice and listen back to hear their voice
  • Poetry – Students can be asked to comment on certain aspects of a reading
  • Public speaking – students perform public speaking with a virtual audience
  • Storytelling – Older students or teachers can record short stories for younger students to listen to
  • Create recordings to place on your ThingLink interactive photo.
  • More ideas here


Audio Resources


Reflect

Discuss in your groups how your students could create sound files to meet the 4C's.


Try It

Free Audio for Projects - Explore and see how easy it is to create your own audio for projects. Try one of the sites below or one of the audio resources above.

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ThingLink - Puts it All Together

Thinglink makes any image interactive. You can add links to sites, videos, text, documents, and more. There is an app and a web based version.


Sample ThingLinks


Reflect

Discuss in your groups how your students could use Thinglink in your classroom to meet the 4C's.


Try It

  • Explore some samples above
  • Open Thinglink from the App or on the web
  • Create a Thinglink for your students to use the first week of school. You could include links to a video of your class, audio files, documents and more.
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Angie Bakke

Angie is an educational technology trainer and consultant who enjoys helping districts, schools, classroom teachers and students implement today's 21st Century Learning tools.

Email: angiebakkeconsulting@gmail.com
Location: Colleyville, TX, United States
Phone: 972-373-4292
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