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Five digital citizenship activities everyone should know about

Hapara

Many kids are online every day, so it’s important for educators to help them stay safe and develop healthy boundaries with technology. Digital access : Advocating for learners, families and staff members to have equitable access to technology, digital resources and the internet. What is digital citizenship in the classroom?

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Best Lesson Plan Websites for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The internet is packed with innovative lesson planning resources to help you enhance your teaching strategies. I love digging into these resources and sharing with you my finds. OER Commons OER Commons is a remarkable hub among lesson plan websites, particularly for its expansive digital library and network.

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David, Goliath, and the Future of the U.S. K-12 OER Movement

Doug Levin

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. This is good news and cause for celebration. This is where context matters most for the OER movement.

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OERwashing: Beyond the Elephant Test

Doug Levin

What I do want to comment on (in greater than 140 characters) is the practice of ‘openwashing:’ what it is, why I believe not being able to go beyond a pro-OER elephant test for organizations and service providers is untenable in practice, and some thoughts on what we can do about it. Open is the New Green.

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Showing #OpenGratitude for: ISKME and OER Commons

Iterating Toward Openness

This is another post in my series of posts showing gratitude and appreciation for members of the open education community. Today I’m going to focus on ISKME and OER Commons. From their website: ISKME’s OER initiatives aim to grow a sustainable culture of sharing and continuous improvement among educators at all levels.

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OER in 2015 – The Future has Never Looked Brighter

EmergingEdTech

Awareness has Been Slow to Evolve, but OER Appears to be Well Positioned for Growth Thanks to Numerous Encouraging Developments. Have you heard of OEROpen Educational Resources? If you are a. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Once Reviled in Education, Wikipedia Now Embraced By Many Professors

Edsurge

A decade ago professors complained of a growing “epidemic” in education: Wikipedia. Students were citing it in papers, while educators largely laughed it off as inaccurate and saw their students as lazy, or worse. There’s even a new peer-reviewed academic journal about using Wikipedia in higher education. Absolutely.

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