Presentation at ASCD 2014 Annual Conference

1. Teaching and Assessing the 4Cs
with the Common Core
Andrew Miller
ASCD Faculty
@betamiller
#ascd14

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4. By the end of this session you will:
 Clarify Blended Learning
 Examine Sample Blended Learning
professional learning implementations
 Uncover best practices in blended
professional learning
 Gain strategies for planning blended
professional learning

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Century Skills

8. Sample CCSS Standards
• Access the document at
www.tinyurl.com/sampleccss
• With a team, examine the standards
• Look for language that implies the 4Cs
• Be prepared to debrief

9. Sample CCSS Standards

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Century Skills

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Century Skills

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Century Skills

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Century Skills

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Century Skills

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Century Skills

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Century Skills

20. THINK SH SHARE
What struck you about this example of
assessing 21st
century skills?

21. “What gets measured gets done!”

22. “Educators sometimes say that they shy from
assessing creative thought for fear of inhibiting
students, but this is a grave error in my view,
even if the fear should be honored as coming
from a desire to help. (But ponder: why don’t
they shy from assessing “effective
communication” and “collaboration,”
however?)”
- Grant Wiggins

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29. Self-Assessment

30. Assessment Methods
Journals
Reflections
Peer Feedback
Products
Graphic Organizers
Observations
Written Explanations
Conversations

32. THINK SH SHARE
How do you describe critical thinking? What
are some quality indicators of critical thinking?

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