Hello
Everyone!
The
following is my annotated bibliography for the book Teaching the 4Cs with Technology: How do I use 21st century
tools to teach 21st century skills?
I
found this book to be very informative yet easy to read which is great for me
because I needed to find a book that I could read in a short period of time! I
definitely give this book 2 thumbs up. I also recommend it to all teachers who
are not tech savvies but who are looking for new strategies to incorporate
technology into their classroom, as well as teachers who want to learn about new
technology tools out there.
Annotated Bibliography
Budhai,
S. S., & Taddei, L. M. (2015). Teaching the 4Cs with technology: how do
I use 21st century tools to teach 21st century skills? Alexandria, VA:
ASCD. 58 pp.
In
this book, Stephanie Smith Budhai and Laura McLaughlin Taddei provide helpful
and valuable strategies to assist teachers in the process of teaching the 4Cs of
the Common Core using technology. The authors highlight the importance of
teaching critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity, which
are the 21st Century skills, integrating technology tools that will
prepare students to take part into our global, fast emerging futuristic
society. Budhai is an assistant professor at Neumann University, as well as an
Instructional Technology Specialist for K-12 teachers who need assistance with
online modalities. She has written a variety of articles pertaining the use of
technology in educational settings. Taddei is an assistant professor at Neumann
University as well as a professional development speaker for K-12 and higher
education. Both respected and well accomplished authors want teachers to learn various
ways to incorporate technology tools into the classroom that will contribute to
a better learning experience for all students.
The
key objective of this book is to deliver different tools for teachers to use in
the classroom, on a daily basis, in order to design lessons that include the
use of technology within the Common Core Curriculum. The authors formulated concise
methods to follow in order to provide continuous opportunities for students to
engage using technology tools such as wikispaces, edublogs, Google docs,
PowerPoint, Prezi, videos, social media, and much more. Teaching the 4Cs with Technology: How do I use 21st century
tools to teach 21st century skills? emphasizes the importance of
teaching in a creative, engaging, innovative, yet relevant way.
Thank you for reading my blog!
Nora Huskins
