Getting Going with the 4 C’s

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What are the 4 C’s?

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What are the 4 C’s?

• Critical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Creativity

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The purpose of the 4 C’s to help students develop the necessary skills to be successful in the 21st century.

4 C’s Rubrics

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Critical Thinking

Highest Level

Lowest Level

Students are:

• Simply defining, recognizing, or recalling information.
• Solving familiar problems.
• Completing drill practice.
• Presenting information given by the teacher.

Students are:

• Using information to create something new.
• Solving unfamiliar problems.
• Using technology as their primary tool to share their message and enhance learning.
• Discovering problems to solve.

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Teacher Centered

Student Centered

Collaboration

Highest Level

Lowest Level

Students are:

• Collaborating infrequently.
• Teacher-led discussions.
• Groups chosen by teacher.
• Primarily used to share information given by the teacher.

Students are:

• Collaborating on most days.
• Collaborating in-class, across campus and/or with a global audience.
• Student-led discussions.
• Groups chosen by students.
• Collaborating to solve real-world problems.

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Teacher Centered

Student Centered

Communication

Highest Level

Lowest Level

Students are:

• Communicating thoughts to/with their teacher.
• Simply recording and summarizing ideas in written or verbal form.
• Communicate for a teacher-defined purpose: to define, list, recognize, etc.

Students are:

• Communicating in class, across campus and/or to a global audience.
• Use multiple modes to communicate (ex: written, verbal, nonverbal, digital)
• Communicating original thoughts to identify and solve real-world problems.

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Teacher Centered

Student Centered

Creativity

Highest Level

Lowest Level

Students are:

• Creating for a teacher-directed purpose.
• Not creating an original product but using teacher-directed instructions or templates.
• Solving specific answers to specific questions.

Students are:

• Using a variety of creation techniques to demonstrate their learning.
• Demonstrating their creative through multiple mediums, including technology.
• Demonstrating their learning by solving real-world problems.

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Teacher Centered

Student Centered

What Do High Level of 4 C’s Have in Common?

• Discovering problems and solving them.

• Using multiple methods to express their ideas and demonstrate learning.

• Student Led!

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• Solving real-world problems.

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• Communicating to a global audience.

• Using technology regularly for deeper learning.

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Rubrics!

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4 C’s Breakdown

Critical Thinking Breakdown

Collaboration Breakdown

Communication Breakdown

Creativity Breakdown

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How Can I Assess the 4 C’s in my Lessons?

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• Go through the form and assess as much or as little as you want.
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Resources for Lesson Design

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Where Do I Go From Here?

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