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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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How to develop K-12 open educational resources

Hapara

Have you ever considered creating your own open educational resources (OER)? Because these resources are open to use, when you share an OER, other educators across the globe can access it and use it in their classrooms. Types of OER you can develop for K-12. Why you should develop OER for K-12.

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Seven advantages of using digital textbooks in schools

Hapara

By adopting e-books in your school or district, you can expand learning opportunities. Your school or district can also use digital textbooks that are part of open educational resource (OER) repositories. There are several high-quality OER sites that feature digital textbooks for K-12.

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Google Apps and Chromebooks Web App Recommendations - a whole lot!

Educational Technology Guy

Google Apps and Chromebooks App Recommendations and Substitutions Here is a list of Google Apps and Web Apps to use. This district has been 1-1 with Chromebooks for quite a while with a lot of experience. link] [link] read and fill in Interactive PDFs on the Chromebook using the cloud-based reader "PDF Escape": [link].

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Digital Leadership is Not Optional

A Principal's Reflections

There are many changes I intend to make, but the most significant will be creating a book that is more “evergreen,” a book with less focus on tools and more on the dispositions of digital leaders. Society is now in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution , which was in its infancy as I began writing this book.

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How to Boost Classroom Engagement With the Tech Tool That 'Always Works'

Edsurge

One of the great things with Vivi is that it works with laptops, Chromebooks, iPads, Android tablets. Briana’s Favorite Teaching Resources Books Learning First, Technology Second: The Educator’s Guide to Designing Authentic Lessons Shift This!: You were once a junior high teacher.

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A day in the life with Student Dashboard Digital Backpack

Hapara

Mr. Stone locates openly licensed content found on OER Commons and uploads it within the Student Dashboard Digital Backpack. Jasmine’s teacher asks the students to open their Chromebooks to access H?para. She opens her Chromebook, signs into Student Dashboard Digital Backpack and quickly sees two articles her teacher shared.

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