Book Title: Beyond the Cloud
Subtitle: Supporting the 6Cs with Educational Technology
Book 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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Book 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.
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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Beyond the Cloud Copyright © 2018 by Innovate Learning, LLC is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Beyond the Cloud Copyright © 2018 by Innovate Learning, LLC is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Writers, Researchers & Editorial Assistants:
KBobango
Jackie Brown
Sharill Cortez
Michelle Echiverri
Mariah Mayer
Rick Nichols
Kelly Robinette
Michael Soto
Kristen Stephens
Jazmina Villalta
Karen Ward
Jonathan WrightThis book was written by an educational leadership doctoral cohort at Concordia University in Irvine, California. If you have a correction or something to suggest, email Bonni Stachowiak at bonni@innovatelearning.com.
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