Intro presentation for Dr. Brian Housand's presentation on The 4 C's of Gifted Education and Technology at DISCOVER! Purdue University - June 22-25, 2009
1. The 4 C's:Critical ThinkingContent ResourcesCreativity and Collaboration DISCOVER June 22-25, 2009 Purdue University Brian Housand, PhD East Carolina University
20. “ 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
26. Learning and Innovation Skills Creativity and Innovation Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Communication and Collaboration 21st Century Skills Learning and Innovation
27. The 4 C’s Critical Thinking Collaboration Creativity Content Resources
28. Rather than running the risk of having our students become "walking encyclopedias," we need to teach them how to think creatively. (Sternberg, 2006)
29. The Internet is Participatory Forcing Us To Learn New Interfaces Creating New Channels For Social Interaction
37. “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)
the focus should be on allowing students to use computers more than getting teachers to use them
b. “Knowledge alone is not enough. Success in the future – for individuals, for communities, for companies, for nations as a whole – will be based not on what we know or how much we know, but on our ability to think and act creatively. In the 21st century, we are moving toward the Creative Society.”