EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 2, 2017

FC – Flipped Classroom ( click here for my guide to flipping lessons ). OER – Open Educational Resource (this can be any online materials that are free to use). SAMR – Subsitution, Augmentation, Modification, Reinvention ( click for my article ). CMS – Content Management System (a tool to build websites and apps).

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EdTech VLE CMS OER 189

Securly

JANUARY 5, 2016

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted a study on the correlation between test performance and technology usage in the classroom. Here are the six domains for success, each accompanied by a tip to aid you in applying each to your own classroom: 1. Digitally Mature Leaders .

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Technology Classroom BYOD OER 120

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Using OER is hard. Finding good lessons, videos, articles and activities is hard. Over sandwiches and iced tea, we talked about the challenges of OER. Freddy has been studying how kids learn to read for four decades and has written more than 100 peer reviewed articles on the subject. Elfrieda “Freddy” H. Source: BHP.

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OER Common Core Video Assessment 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

One of the biggest proponents of the power of Wikipedia in the classroom is Robert Cummings, associate professor of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi. I hear more often these days about teaching with free online materials instead of traditional textbooks (known as OER). Absolutely. It's a continuing spectrum.

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OER Education E-rate Social Media 89

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

Open educational resources (OER) are gaining increasing popularity. To answer this question, I have to examine my own experience with OER and its advocates. To me, using OER felt like a no-brainer. Many working in open education praised me for being so involved in the movement as an educator dealing with OER on the ground.

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OER Education Policies Survey 77

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

Emerging technologies such as augmented reality, virtual reality, open education resources (OER), coding, and adaptive learning tools are moving more into the mainstream in some schools. Here is a little bit that Josh Bersin shared in an article titled Digital Leadership is Not an Optional Part of Being a CEO : Culture is key.

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OER Personal Learning Network Outcomes Blended Learning 241

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. From my experience, the answers usually are: OER resources are in silos. Last year, the U.S. Many of the silos are poorly organized.

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OER Resources Common Core Education 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

The posts generate ideas on how these concepts just might fit in the classroom and/or provide some driving/guiding questions. While it was created to allow for family interaction, it is also figures into the Math PBL classroom. Find standards-aligned content and assign practice exercises, videos and articles.

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STEM Resources Learning OER 148

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

I have also included links to over 45 valuable resources (Towards the bottom of the article). Check out this wonderful magazine for some great K12 educational articles, I will be presenting at Alan November’s BLC in Boston in July. I have three pre-conference workshops that you may want to register for.

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

Tim Carson, Skilled Trades and OER Advocate First, allow me to tell you why I don’t typically read books about online learning. Brookfield’s The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom (3e). I’ve ordered your book as well. As I conclude, I realize that you asked for a list of three books.

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Online Learning Learning OER Course 156

Educator Innovator

MAY 18, 2016

As the use of digital content in education connects to improved teaching and learning, our partner OER Commons aims to elevate the potential of the school librarian, especially in relation to open educational resources (OER). Read the full article at the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education.

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OER STEM Training Meeting 37

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

I read an article back in June (reference below) that prompted some memories and catalyzed some additional thoughts. Student: I’ll study whether students learn better with OER than with traditional course materials! You’ve likely crossed over into the realm of OER-enabled pedagogy.). Me: Let’s hear it! Me: Let’s hear it!

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OER Comparison Study Course 117

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Frontiers Science For Kid s – Not only are these articles for kids… they are written by kids. National Science Foundation – Check out this diverse collection of lessons and web resources for classroom teachers. This is an area that may just help you flip your STEM classroom.

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STEM Resources Learning Conference 162

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Over the last 24 hours there’s been a short Twitter thread about whether or not materials released under a CC license with the NC condition can be used in a college classroom safely. Using NC-licensed material in a college classroom is totally safe!” Or just link to original article pic.twitter.com/Xl73yrGABD.

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OER Course Report Data 83

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 25, 2016

The move follows news earlier this year that Amazon Education is working on Inspire , a platform on which schools will be able to upload, manage, share, and discover such resources, known as OER. While some industry observers see OER as a challenger to the content and curriculum that schools pay for, others are more sanguine.

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OER Education Company Academic Standards 40

edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2018

But with the rise of OER, growing use of supplemental resources over core textbooks, and the increasing flexibility of state funding, more purchasing decisions have moved to the school and district level. State leaders need to make sure they are giving educators the tools they need to select the best materials for the classroom.

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Instructional Materials Resources OER Policies 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

I wish to share with you this article I wrote for PBLWorks (BIE/BUCK Institute) of which I am part of the National Faculty. I hope pou find this first article helpful and that you return for continued postings in this series. A blended environment removes the walls of the physical classroom by empowering learners with technology.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 7, 2015

Past Series Articles. Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. In the last few posts we discovers nouns that could uncover OER (Open Education Resources) and verbs that could lead to important digital tools that allow for process development. Identify the standard.

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Blendspace Resources OER Technology 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 29, 2015

Past Series Articles. Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Technology allows the 21 st century classroom to use this awareness of the nouns to connect with free resources on the internet known as OER (Open Education Resources). Identify the standard.

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Blended Learning Technology OER Digital Citizenship 60

MindShift

JULY 11, 2016

Instead, he creates his own curriculum, in collaboration with the other eighth-grade social studies teacher at his school, out of materials he has found on the internet and adapted to the needs of his classroom. Instead, lesson plans are often mashups of articles, videos, photos and other media.

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Resources OER Classroom Study 28

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Welcome to this third post in a series devoted to supporting student centered learning in the technology enhanced classroom. In this post I wish share 10 more tools and resources to help build that student centered classroom. OER Commons. Highlights: Links to explanations of CC, Pictures, videos, articles, audios.

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Resources Tools Technology OER 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

But as Betsy Corcoran outlined in her July 2014 article , some companies had yet to deliver on their promise of clearly outlining how educators could apply for those products and services. “If We've already connected more than 20 million students to high-speed internet in the classroom.".

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Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2018

Conversations among educators and policymakers about how to incorporate social and emotional skills into classrooms often do not address the need to support students who require extra help with these skills. This is short-sighted and likely to reduce the effectiveness of classroom lessons and school-wide interventions.

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OER Outcomes Report Technology 72

Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

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Chromebook Google Edmodo Study 100

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

That’s already happening with tools like Google Classroom. Open Educational Resources (OER) – These are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with an open license. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. This edWebinar was sponsored by LearningMate. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 28, 2016

Welcome to a post that I feel is a must read when it comes to instructional technology in the classroom of the 21st century! In fact, in this article I integrate curriculum, PD, and technology together in a way that makes so much sense. It was 1980 something and computers had finally entered the classroom. What comes next?

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Meeting Technology Education STEM 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

Of course, there is still Flipped Learning, 1 to 1 Programs, Blended Learning, Maker Movements, Genious Hours, SAMR, Learning Targets, 21st Century Learning, the 4C’s, Personalised Learning, Digital Textbooks, and OER! Each block has four indicators which I will be relating as I publish future articles.

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Resources OER Learning STEM 105

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 10, 2015

Past… Beyond the Shine Series Articles. Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Instead in this post it will be important to see how the technology is being integrated in a classroom. Introduction to SAMR. Through the work of Dr. Ruben Puentedura, Ph.

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Resources Technology Examples STEM 60

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 18, 2017

HyperDocs are perfect opportunities to grow teacher librarian/ classroom teacher partnerships. According to the HyperDocs site , HyperDocs, a transformative, interactive Google Doc replacing the worksheet method of delivering instruction, is the ultimate change agent in the blended learning classroom. through this database.

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Handbook Google OER Adobe 49

Hapara

MARCH 17, 2022

Using the tool, Jasmine can access her work without the distractions or clutter of a busy Gmail inbox or the need to toggle between folders in Google Drive and Google Classroom. Mr. Stone locates openly licensed content found on OER Commons and uploads it within the Student Dashboard Digital Backpack. It’s now 10 a.m.

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OER Chromebook Hapara Accessibility 235

Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Following on the heels of “ Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond ,” three more School of Open courses are now open for sign-up. This course will equip Australian educators with the copyright knowledge to confidently use copyright material in the classroom. These free courses are: 1. Copyright 4 Educators (AUS).

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Course OER Case Study Education 28

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

But many times tech is only integrated at specific points in the classroom or with a specific tool as determined by the teacher. This article was modified and published by eSchool News and EdScoop. At this stage of the edtech revolution, most educators are focused on using tech to enhance lessons rather than on the tech itself.

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Personalized Learning Learning OER Broadband 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Refocusing classrooms around up-and-coming digital materials requires more than just adding a new tech-based product or two as many processes for reviewing and purchasing instructional materials are still built around print textbooks. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Instructional Materials Case Study Policies OER 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

35 Resources for the STEAM Classroom… Putting the Arts in STEM by Michael Gorman at [link]. Why Scientific Innovation Needs The Arts – Explore this wonderful article from the Guardian that explains the connection between science and the arts. There are some powerful lessons that bring the arts into the classroom.

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STEM Resources Classroom OER 164

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Welcome to this first in a series of posts devoted to student centered learning in the technology enhanced classroom. This classroom might be 1 to 1, or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. The next posts will include 16 sweet tools that are a must for that student centered classroom.

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Technology Flipped Classroom Learning STEM 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Additionally, he has authored and coauthored books, book chapters, and articles that focus on library integration into learning management systems, Learning Objects (OERs + Interactive Learning Materials), and the development of instructional design librarian positions.

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Libraries Conference OER Social Media 31

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

This article was modified and published by EdScoop. Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States, OER Case Studies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41