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17 things to know about K-12 OER textbooks

Hapara

Has your school district started to use open educational resources (OER) yet? But has your school district considered K-12 OER textbooks? Printed textbooks have been used for centuries, and while they still work, there are many reasons why school districts are transitioning to OER versions. .

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Join the edWeb Team at ISTE 2015

edWeb.net

At ISTE 2015, Common Sense Education will provide a sneak preview of the latest version of Graphite, designed to help educators learn fundamental edtech teaching skills. Connect with CDW*G during ISTE 2015. Make the most of your time at ISTE 2015 and join us for our onsite Executive Briefing sessions. dreambox learning.

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6 Edtech New Year’s Resolutions

Tom Murray

Districts having success in this area have comprehensive refresh plans, work with high quality partners, build relationships with local businesses, work diligently to receive grants, and leverage a variety of open educational resources (OERs). Commit to Long-term Sustainability.

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6 Pillars to Successfully Integrate Technology In Your 1:1 Classroom

Securly

In the last quarter of 2015, they released their findings in “ Students Computers and Learning: Making the Connection”. OER Commons provides a database of free learning materials commonly used by teachers nationwide.

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Curriculum Foundry integrates with Google Drive, Google Apps for Education

eSchool News

The growing number of schools that use Google Apps for Education and Chromebooks will be able to share the learning objects, lessons, units and courses they have created in Curriculum Foundry through Google Drive. schools in the third quarter of 2015 were Chromebooks. schools in the third quarter of 2015 were Chromebooks.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

The company sold The Financial Times and its stake in The Economist in 2015, for example. Microsoft : “Microsoft launches Intune for Education to counter Google’s Chromebooks in schools,” Techcrunch reported in January. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.)

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Online Grade Portals. Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students.

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