The 4 C's Intro

The 4 C's:Critical ThinkingContent ResourcesCreativity and Collaboration

DISCOVER June 22-25, 2009 Purdue University

Brian Housand, PhDEast Carolina University

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Techie

Researcher

Educator

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DIGITAL DIVIDE

NATIVES

IMMIGRANTS

“ The kids these days are not digital kids. The digital kids were in the ’90s. The kids today are mobile, and there’s a difference. Digital is the old way of thinking, mobile is the new way.”

Elliott Solloway

Learning beyond the classroom.

Why Do We Ask Kids To UNPLUG At

School?

If technology is an event in your school,

you are doing it wrong.

Josh Allen

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Learning and Innovation Skills

Creativity and Innovation

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Communication and Collaboration

21st Century Skills

Learning and Innovation

The 4 C’sCritical Thinking

Collaboration

Creativity

Content Resources

Rather than running the risk of having our students become "walking encyclopedias," we need to teach them how to

think creatively.

(Sternberg, 2006)

Participatory

Forcing Us To Learn New Interfaces

Creating New Channels For Social

Interaction

The Internet is

+

The Less You Share, The Less Power You Have.

Computer Technology “is not a tool;

it is a new material for expression.”

(Maeda, 2001)

PianosNOT

Stereos

In a global digital economy, the

focus is no longer on using, it is creating and producing.

(Steinkuehler, Black, & Clinton, 2005)

Knowledge alone is NOT enough.

“Media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers our groceries causes changes in our nutrition.”

(Clark, 1983)

Critical Consumers

ResponsibleProducers

The Future Is NOW!

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