Technology tools and templates related to the Partnership for 21st Century Learning's 4 C's: critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication will be shared here each month.
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Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Student Run Originality Reports
Student Run Originality Reports
Within Google Classroom, students have three opportunities per assignment to run an Originality Report on their own work before submission. To do so, students must click on "View Assignment Instructions" in order to find the option to run an originality report. Originality Reports give a percent of how much of the assignment contains material directly from another source or the number of times the checker has flagged content. The report will also highlight the problematic sections as well as link to websites where the exact same information can be found.
Creativity
Creativity
Image Analysis Template
Image Analysis Template
The template below is a version of a Diffit-generated student activity. Diffit can adjust the reading level of a passage, create a summary, identify key vocabulary, as well as generate multiple-choice, short-answer, and open-ended questions for students to answer. A premium account can generate student activities like the A Moment in Time activity. To use the template below, go to File, then Make a copy. Next, add the image you want students to analyze in the middle image placeholder section.
Collaboration
Collaboration
WordSift.org
WordSift.org
Word Sift will help teachers quickly identify important words that appear in a section of text (300 word minimum). Once a tag cloud is created, click on individual words to find how many times a specific word occurs in the text. Word Sift will also create a Word Visualization web with definitions and synonyms for a particular word as well as visual images, and YouTube videos that explain the word. The site's developers hope that teachers will use their tools to help support English Language Learners.
Communication
Communication
Vivi Wireless Screenshare Device
Vivi Wireless Screenshare Device
The EdTech Department has Vivi Wireless Screenshare devices available for testing. A preview of what Vivi can do is in the video to the right. Complete the Google Form using the link below if you have a classroom ViewSonic and are interested in testing out a Vivi device.
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