Leveraging Technology to Increase Students’
Critical-Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Creativity Skills
Presenters: Stephanie Smith Budhai, PhD. and Laura McLaughlin Taddei, EdD.
High Schools That Work Conference, July 15, 2016, Louisville, Kentucky
Session Abstract:
This session focuses on technology use to guide students toward critical-thinking, building interpersonal communication, effectively working with teams, and creating and innovating products. Participants will explore ways to prepare students for these 21st century skills while transforming learning experiences by substituting, augmenting, modifying, and redefining technology use in the classroom.
Session Outcomes:
- Share and explore ways to prepare students for 21st century skills (critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity)
- Discuss and explore ways to teach 21st century skills while transforming learning experiences by substituting, augmenting, modifying, and redefining technology use in the classroom.
- Using the SAMR model and the Partnership for 21st century learning framework, examples will be discussed and provided to take learning to the next level with the use of technology.
Link to Session Presentation:
http://tinyurl.com/HSTW-presentation
Icebreaker:
Icebreaker with technology- let’s try it – Please visit the following url and add a comment or a picture or a quote to share with our group that goes along with our topic for this session:
http://tinyurl.com/HSTW-21stcenturyteaching
Hashtags:
Hashtags we will use to post pictures to social media – #HSTW2016 #Teaching21stCenturySkills
Join our wiki:
Please feel free to join our wiki and access resources we will be using during this session:
http://tinyurl.com/HSTW-wiki
Communication and Collaboration Activity:
To access the activity, please go here – http://tinyurl.com/4cs-communicationactivity
More Tools to Use:
Check out our wiki page that includes tools you can use when teaching the 4 Cs with technology – http://leveragingtechnologytointegratethe4cs.wikispaces.com/Tech+Tools+and+Integrating+the+4+Cs
Share your story:
Before you leave today, please take a few minutes to complete our short online survey sharing your story with us – http://goo.gl/forms/BCsCbnQBY6
Exit Ticket:
This will serve as your exit ticket today – http://tinyurl.com/4Csexitticket. Please go to this link and add a reflection, thought, or question related to our presentation. Thank you for attending!
Using Voice-Recorded Technology:
An article we wrote describing ways to use voice-recorded technology to increase cognitive presence – JDLTE_voice-recorded_reflections.pdf
Using GooseChase – check out the pics from the activity today:
https://padlet.com/drlaurataddei/mph70142o2t3
Examples of using wikis to teach the 4 Cs:
https://drtaddeifacultydevelopment.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+Using+Wikis+in+Teaching
Handouts:
SAMR – Blooms – SAMR_Blooms.pdf
Communication/Collaboration Activity: CommunicationandCollaborationActivity-DeterminingSAMRLevels.pdf
Higher Order Thinking Activity: PlanningforHigherLevelThinkingActivity.pdf
Blooms Taxonomy – action verb list – Revised Blooms with Action Verbs
Handout with contact information: HandoutHSTW_Budhai-Taddei.pdf
Suggested Tools to Use:
http://tinyurl.com/HSTW-creativity-tools
Thanks for attending our presentation:
Using Voki
Presenter Contact Information:
Stephanie Smith Budhai, Ph.D., Assistant Professor & Director, Graduate Education Email: budhais@neumann.edu Phone: 610-358-4249
Laura McLaughlin Taddei, Ed.D., Associate Professor Email: taddeiL@neumann.edu Phone: 610-513-6144
Neumann University, Aston, PA.
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