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Tech Cadets strive to give students ownership and choice in their own learning. As you work through the Tech Cadet program, you will develop skills to foster the four C's in your daily classroom instruction with your students. The goal for this program is to understand various tools designed to help students learn and utilize the four C's in the classroom as well as lay a foundation of 21st Century skills for students. By earning this badge, you will walk away with a toolbox of resources you can utilize as a teacher when planning instruction, including tools students can use to demonstrate understanding of new concepts.
Complete four (4) sessions below to earn this badge!
This is a self-paced course in Canvas. This course includes a 40 minute video presentation, a Google Slides deck, and a workshop activity. You will review the SAMR Framework and the 4C's of Instructional Technology while learning how these systems work together to create opportunities for effective technology integration.
This is a self-paced course in Canvas. This course includes a 40 minute video presentation, a Google Slides deck, and a workshop activity. You will continue to work from the previous session, building on the workshop lesson plan activity. Now that you know the SAMR and 4C's frameworks and how to identify opportunities for technology in your lessons plans, we will take the next step in selecting the proper tools for your students.
This is a self-paced course in Canvas. This course includes a 28 minute video presentation, a Google Slides deck, and a workshop activity. You will learn about effective and actionable feedback and how to give students more ownership of their feedback and growth.
This is a self-paced course in Canvas. This course includes a 58 minute video presentation, a Google Slides deck, and a workshop activity. You will learn about creating differentiated small group projects in Google Classroom. You will also learn how to individualize and personalize learning for students in Google Classroom.
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