What the 4 C's: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity and Critical Thinking Look Like in the Classroom

The 4C’s of 21st Century Learning

in Asheboro

City Schools

Barry Richard BarberTechnology Facilitator

Asheboro City Schools

Introduction

Asheboro City Schools

Asheboro City Schools

• five-star Early Childhood Development Center

• five elementary schools• two middle schools•one high school•4,500 students

Asheboro City Schools

Dr. Diane Frost Superintendent of Asheboro City Schools

2012 A. Craig Phillips North Carolina Superintendent of the Year

Asheboro City Schools

• IMPACT grant•1:1 laptop program

• Arizona• Illinois• Iowa• Kansas• Louisiana• Maine• Massachusetts• Nevada • New Jersey • North Carolina• Ohio• South Dakota• West Virginia• Wisconsin

Current State Partners:

Partnership 21 State Leaders

“I'm calling on our nation's governors and state education chiefs to develop standards and assessments that don't simply measure whether students can fill in a bubble on a test, but whether they possess 21st century skills like problem-solving and critical thinking and entrepreneurship and creativity.”

- President Barack ObamaMarch 10, 2009, addressing the

U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

National Priority

Controversy?

Disclaimer

What are 21st Century skills?

Turn and Talk

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

• Critical thinking and problem solving

• Creativity and innovation• Collaboration• Communication

Critical Thinking

Math StationsStudents Take Responsibility

for Their Group’s Learning

Connected &Integrated Math

Critical Thinking

Sources of Texts of Increasing Complexity

BritannicaWorld NewspapersGrolier OnlineInfoTracLands & PeoplesCumbrePopular ScienceeBooksMagazines

Critical Thinking

“I’m Eating Healthy”Student Created Video2011 PBS Innovator

Award Winner

Scratch from MITComputer Programming

for Beginners

Creativity and Innovation

Science Students Write and Perform Their Song about

the Skeletal System

Students Portray Colonists on the Eve of

the American Revolution

Creativity and Innovation

Reports Using Glogster and

Screencast-o-matic

Creativity and Innovation

Student Created Go Animate! Explaining

Math Concepts

Student Recording Her Own

“Fireside Chat”

Creativity and Innovation

Art Students Research Artists of

the Harlem Renaissance

Creativity and Innovation

Comic Strip Science Concepts

Fakebookfrom classtools.net

Creativity and Innovation

Sidewalk Math Sidewalk math

Creativity and Innovation

Christopher ColumbusBlabberize

Animal Farm Book TrailerWith PhotoStory 3

Collaboration

Google AppsDocuments

PresentationsWebsites

SpreadsheetsDrawings

FormsMail

Collaboration

Google Maps:Collaborative Cartography

Collaboration

Math Partners Reading Partners

Communication

Very Estuary! Presentation with Prezi

Communication

Four Corners,Fishbowl Discussions,Philosophical Chairs

Biographies:Research Paper

& Oral Presentations

Communication

Students Communicate with Peers in other Schools

and Other Countries

education.skype.com

Communication

Twitter for Professional

Networking

#edchat#engchat

#mathchat#scichat#sschat#stem

Twitter Inspired:25 Word Stories

#25wordstory

Twitter.com/skypeclassroom

Virtual Corkboard

Communication

Classroom managementSubmit assignmentsGrade level textsDiscussion forums3-2-1, etc. strategiesLinks to additional helpRead aloudsStudent communicate & collaborate after schoolHomework & QuizzesParent Involvement

•P21.org

•Implementation Guides

•Core Subject Maps

•MILE Guide

•Route 21

•21st Century Skills

•Video Resources (Video 21)

Resources you can use

North CarolinaState Board of Education Policy:

Future-Ready Studentsfor the 21st Centuryhttp://www.ncpublicschools.org/stateboard/about/goals

Future Ready Students

Barry Richard BarberTechnology Facilitator

Asheboro City Schools

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