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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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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
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/
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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