This document outlines how teachers can enhance curriculum and instruction with apps by integrating 21st century skills. It defines key concepts like the "Four Cs" of critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity. Teachers are encouraged to move beyond lower-level thinking and have students apply skills by creating projects. The presenter provides examples of apps in different categories and sample lessons integrating technology, like using iCell and Mitosis for a lesson on cancer cell biology. Overall, the presentation provides guidance and resources for teachers to design lessons promoting 21st century skills through educational technology and app integration.

1. 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGY AND
APPLICATION FOR TODAY’S TEACHERS:
ENHANCING CURRICULUM AND
INSTRUCTION WITH APPS
Northeast Alabama Regional Summer Training 2014
Presenter: Jackie Jennings

2. MATERIALS FOR TODAY’S SESSION
 Apps to Install
 Socrative
 Nearpod
 Website with Presentation
for download
http://bit.ly/1qG8084

3. OVERVIEW
 Define 21st Century Skills
 Four Cs
 Revisit Bloom’s Taxonomy
 HOTs
 Explore iPad Apps and Technology
Integration Ideas for Meeting 21st Century
Skills

4. WHAT IS 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION?
BY EF EXPLORE AMERICA

5. IS THERE EVIDENCE OF 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION
IN THESE PICTURES?

6. 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
 Communicate
 Collaborate
 Creativity
 Critical Thinking
 Global Awareness
 Digital Literacy

7. THE “FOUR CS”
http://nrctech.weebly.com/21st-century-skills.html

8. 21ST CENTURY SKILLS DEFINED
 Definition: core competencies such as collaboration,
digital literacy, critical thinking, and problem-solving that
help students thrive in today's world
 What is the teacher’s role?

9. HOW HAS THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER
CHANGED?
20th Century 21st Century
Library of Congress

10. THE IPAD AND APPS

11. RESEARCH AND OBSERVATIONS
Benefits WARNINGS
• iPads improve student
engagement
• Students collaborate more
when using iPads
• Students persevere through
problems when using iPads
• Students grasp concepts
more thoroughly and quickly
through the use of apps
• Allows more for differentiation
• Students have better
opportunities to create and
produce (HOTs)
 Can be a distraction
without proper classroom
management
 Teachers cannot let the
iPad be the teacher
 Need appropriate use of
apps as it is related to
curriculum enhancement
 Inadequate iPad
management/use without
teacher support and
ongoing training

12. APPS BY CATEGORY
• Teacher Productivity
• Assessment Apps
• Presentation Apps
• Student Productivity
• Skill/Subject-Specific Apps
• Digital Storytelling

13. TEACHER PRODUCTIVITY
 iPad Tips – not an app
 Edmodo – Classroom Management
 Email – set up on iPad for on-the-go emails
 Remind (Remind101) – one way messages to parents
 Common Core App – quick access for lesson plans
 Wifi Photo – easily access iPad photos on computer
 Apps Gone Free – get apps for free
 QR Scanner – to access sites with QR codes
 Google Drive – cloud folders
 Google Forms – for surveys/voting/assessments

14. IPAD TIPS (WITH IOS7)
 Using AirPlay Mirroring (with AirServer or Apple TV)
 Sleep versus Powered Off
 Rebooting the iPad
 Screenshot
 Opening/Closing Apps
 Searching iPad
 Multitasking
 Internet Browsers – opening/sending/closing
 Notifications Center and Control Center
 Settings
 Keyboard
 Guided Access

15. LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(LMS)
 Edmodo
 Safe, online environment for classroom management
 Digital platform for sharing links, files, and
communicating

17. EMAIL REMIND COMMON CORE
WiFi Photo AppsGone QR Scanner
Transfer Free

18. GOOGLE DRIVE – CLOUD STORAGE
 File sharing/Collaborative Writing
 Form, Docs, Presentation

19. GOOGLE FORMS
Go to www.tech-infused.weebly.com
QR Code generated
at qrcode.kaywa.com

20. WEBSITE – COMPLETE FORM

21. ASSESSMENT APPS
 Kahoot - https://getkahoot.com/
 Socrative – http://www.socrative.com/
 Edmodo Quiz – https://www.edmodo.com
 Google Forms – https://www.drive.google.com
 Nearpod – http://www.nearpod.com

22. SOCRATIVE REPORTS

23. GOOGLE FORM REPORTS

24. NEARPOD REPORTS

25. PRESENTATION APPS
 Keynote – similar to PowerPoint
 Prezi – web-based presentation
 Educreations – recordable whiteboard
 Nearpod – synchronized presentation
 Explain Everything - screencasting

26. EXPLAIN EVERYTHING

27. STUDENT PRODUCTIVITY
 Notability – digital notebook with annotating ability
 Quizlet - flashcards
 Pages – word processing
 Google Drive – cloud storage
 Edmodo – classroom management system
 iBooks – reading, highlighting, bookmarking

28. NOTABILITY – ANNOTATING APP
 A Digital Notebook

29. QUIZLET - FLASHCARDS
 http://quizlet.com/

30. PAGES – WORD PROCESSOR

31. GOOGLE DRIVE – CLOUD STORAGE
 File sharing/Collaborative Writing
 Form, Docs, Presentation

32. IBOOKS
Suggested iBook:
“Engaging iPad Lesson Ideas”
By the e7Programme - Jigsaw24

33. SKILL/SUBJECT-SPECIFIC APPS
 Futaba – multiplayer game for math,
reading, language, and self-created
content
 Mitosis – cell division discovery
 Sushi Monster – elementary math
 iCell – interactive cell by
HudsonAlpha Biotechnology

34. DIGITAL STORYTELLING
 Animoto – pictures into video
 Bookabi – recordable story using pitures
 Book Creator – digital storytelling to iBooks
 Tellagami – animated video
 Comic Life – comic strip creation
 Sonic Pics – photographs into a narrated show
 iMovie – video production

35. 21ST CENTURY LESSON EXAMPLES
 CELLS - Biology
 GMO – Genetics
 Muscular System - Anatomy

36. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
HOWIS THECELLCYCLERELATEDTO CANCER?
 iCell app to identify cell structures and their
functions
 Mitosis app to explore the cell cycle
 Lab- View cells under the microscope
 TEDed video – “How do Cancer Cells Behave Differently
from Healthy Ones?”
 Research and summarize article – related to P53 gene
 Podcast – “Double Blasted”
 Lab – Tobacco-induced mutations
 Create a form of media answering the essential question
 Present to your peers

37. GMO PROJECT
Group 6 GMO Google Hangout Website

38. STUDENT-PRODUCED VIDEOS

39. LESSON PLANNING
QUESTIONS TO ASK
1) Have I integrating technology into this lesson?
2) Have I promoted critical thinking?
3) Have I created a lesson that will require students to
communicate and collaborate?
4) Have I encouraged creativity through a project
assignment, activity, or such?
*Remember to promote producing and creating something
to show what they know. (HOTs)

40. CONCLUSION
 21st Century Skills
 Bloom’s Taxonomy
 Apps and 21st Century Lesson
Integration
QUESTIONS?

41. Apps  Harrold, R. (2012). Measuring
the Effect of iPads in the
Classroom. The International
Educator. Retrieved from:
http://connection.ebscohost.co
m/c/articles/74482139/measuri
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 Harrold, R. (2012). The iPad
Effect: Leveraging Engagement,
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Perseverance. The International
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http://www.tieonline.com/view_
article.cfm?ArticleID=100
 10 Big Benefits of Using
iPads in Schools
• September 27, 2011 by Corey
Fitzgeraldhttp://www.scilearn.c
om/blog/using-ipads-in-
schools.php
Airplay with AirServer
Pages
Keynote
Notability
Socrative
Nearpod
Educreations and Explain Everything
Common Core
Google Forms and Docs and Drive
iBooks
Edmodo
iMovie
Garage Band
Bookabi
Book Creator
Futaba
Comic Life
Sonic Pics
Animoto
Tellagami
Quizlet
REFERENCES