F.I.T. ~ Fun Integrating Technology ~: Preparing A New School Year with the 4c's of 21s Century Learning

It' less than 2 weeks away...we are about to embark on another educational journey. I always get excited to begin a new school year. This year is extra exciting because we are going 1:1. Each of our students will have a MacBook Air to learn 21st century skills in each of their classes.

In my classroom, students will embrace the 4c's of Century Learning.

The foundation of the 4c's will begin with the understanding of each mathematical topic in Math 1.

With 1:1 I can continue with my Flipped Classroom. It will be much easier to hold gets accountable because each of them will have technology. I've saved all my videos as a file in the event students do not have Wifi. I like YouTube videos better to teach concepts to my students. Each video was saved as a MP4 file using Clip Converter.

Sample Playlist

Google Drive is my storage hive. I created a shared student folder for each unit that have all videos, homework, and lap book (we will discuss soon) worksheets. Students can save each file for later use.

Google will play a large role in my Flipped Classroom. Google Sites Announcement will be use to provide students with their Math Workshop Assignment and Resources. Students will also use it in combination with Google Drive for their Digital Portfolio (I will post this soon. Still working out details. )

When students have an understanding of the topic and have practiced the concepts learned, we will enter into the 4c's Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication.

Collaboration

Working together to solve critical thinking problems is the core of Math 1. Students will be completing Math Workshops for each unit. Each Math Workshop will consist of a Problem Base Learning Activity. Students will work together in Groups to complete their MathWorkshop. Math Workshops will be posted using Google Sites Announcement.

Collaboration tools we will use includes....

Today's Meet is a BackChannel website that will be used for quick communication during class. You only have 140 characters for your response.

Today's Meet Block 1

Today's Meet Block 2

Today's Meet Block 3

Chat Wing

Padlet

Critical Thinking

Math Workshops ~ This site will have all information and links for our Math Workshops.

Socrative ~ ROOM: SHSRoom117 ~ Socrative will be used as an assessment tool throughout our unit.

Kahoot ~ Video trivia game to assess your level of understanding throughout the unit.

Blogging ~ Students will blog with their digital portfolio using Google Sites. Each student will create their own page. Blog of the week will be posted and shared via Twitter and Facebook.

ThingLink ~ Make images interactive with words, music, and video.

Communication

The key to any successful relationship! I will be communicating with my students and parents with

Remind 101, Google Voice, Google Blog, Facebook, and Twitter (Follow us @4Room117). Parents will be able to have a full look into our classroom each day. With the digital communication tools, students will be able to get help after school hours.

Twitter ~ @4Room117

Google Voice ~ Our Text to Learn number is 704-856-9076. You can text me or screen shot me a picture of your problem and I will text you through it. Text to Learn is Monday - Friday 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm. If you have questions or issues about any class related concerns you can also use the Text to Learn number.

Facebook ~ Come look into Room 117 as we share with you what we are learning.

Email ~ youngfm@rss.k12.nc.us or 4room117@gmail.com are ways to reach me.

Creativity

Students will create innovation presentations and projects throughout the semester. Projects such as Vocabulary, Math Workshop presentations, and Word Problems will allow students to think outside the box and get creative in the math classroom.