Supporting the 6Cs with Educational Technology

Short Description:
This open textbook is written by members of a doctoral cohort at Concordia University in Irvine, CA. Our goal is to stress how technology can be used to help accelerate students' learning in the 6Cs. Each chapter emphasizes the importance of each of the Cs and then lists ways technology can support developing learners' skills within that component of the 6Cs.

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This open textbook is written by members of a doctoral cohort at Concordia University in Irvine, CA. Our goal is to stress how technology can be used to help accelerate students’ learning in the 6Cs. Each chapter emphasizes the importance of each of the Cs and then lists ways technology can support developing learners’ skills within that component of the 6Cs. Chapter 1: Character – The importance of character education in schools in order to develop students into contributing members of society. They also share practical ways to teach character, using technology, to deepen and accelerate character growth in themselves and others. Chapter 2: Citizenship: Explores citizenship in the digital world. Examining the complexities of developing children to become digital citizens. Chapter 3: Collaboration: Discusses the importance of teaching students the skill of collaboration along with various related interpersonal and teamwork skills, in preparing them for college and work life in the 21st century. Chapter 4: Communication: Presents the importance of teaching and learning communication skills. Chapter 5: Creativity: Describes how to leverage technology to develop students’ Chapter 6: Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving. Explores strategies and tools to enhance learners’ critical thinking skills and problem-solving abilities.

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Short Description:
Igniting Your Leadership with Technology serves as a compilation of interviews with educators, administrators, and instructional leaders working in the field across all grade levels and organizations. Each person shares his or her insights when it comes to effectively implementing technology in the classroom, getting teachers on board, and sustaining high-quality teaching and learning in our schools.

Long Description:
This is a book about change. It is a book about leadership. It is about technology not being the solution, but rather an accelerator of a strong vision. It is a reminder that when things crash and burn, it isn’t time to give up. This book is a conversation with tremendous leaders, all pursuing excellence in teaching through leadership and technology. Igniting Your Leadership with Technology serves as a compilation of interviews with educators, administrators, and instructional leaders working in the field across all grade levels and organizations. Each person shares his or her insights when it comes to effectively implementing technology in the classroom, getting teachers on board, and sustaining high-quality teaching and learning in our schools. We are future Doctors in Educational Leadership, currently studying at Concordia University Irvine. As part of our learning in the course: Technology in a Systems Approach to Leadership, we created an open textbook to support educational leaders looking to ignite their leadership with technology. This course was the third in our doctoral program and utilized a different approach to how we might apply what we were learning in a meaningful and more public way. This work was created under the guidance of Dr. Bonni Stachowiak, to whom we are extremely thankful. “We choose to be motivational leaders grounded in faith who advocate for and empower each other to achieve success through encouragement, collaboration, and transformative learning.” ~ Irvine 9 This statement represents our cohort’s collective mission, which came alive throughout the process of creating this work. Our team’s strengths were vital in being able to accomplish this feat within such a condensed timeframe.

Word Count: 18290

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A Resource for New Teachers

Short Description:
Help is on the way for new teachers looking to incorporate technology into your pedagogy. The authors of this book have more than 100 combined years of experience. We are here to support you in navigating using educational technology your first few years of teaching.

Long Description:
The authors of Igniting Your Teaching with Educational Technology are here to reduce the stress of learning how to use technology in the first few years of teaching. As fellow educators, we understand the challenges you may experience and have written this textbook to support you in your learning.

Ultimately, we want you to be to navigate the waters of educational technology without it becoming an additional burden on top of everything else on your plate as a preservice or first-year teacher. We have over one-hundred years of combined, total teaching experience, in various capacities, grade levels, and content areas.

Igniting Your Teaching with Educational Technology addresses six core themes that are of great significance when using technology in one’s teaching. Chapter 1: Classroom Management explores classroom management tools for classrooms of all ages of students. Chapter 2: Learning Management Systems discusses learning management systems that are likely to be central in your student teaching experience and as a first-year teacher. Chapter 3: Assessing Learning addresses measuring student learning using technology, using both formative and summative approaches. Chapter 4: Collaboration Tools outlines tools you can utilize with your students as well as your colleagues and professors to contribute to the creation of a resource together. Chapter 5: Selection of Educational Technology describes how preservice teachers can select technological tools and applications for various experiences and situations they may encounter as teachers. Chapter 6: Professional Development via Social Media provides information regarding how to use social media to network with other teachers as well as to grow professionally as an educator.

Word Count: 19099

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