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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)? When you build your own, you can differentiate instruction and support every student with the specific learning content they need. 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

You can save money to use in other high-need learning areas. 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. Digital textbooks don’t present the same problem.

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6 Edtech New Year’s Resolutions

Tom Murray

As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. With school budgets being planned on a year over year basis, the concern over long-term sustainability for digital learning arises.

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Curriculum Foundry integrates with Google Drive, Google Apps for Education

eSchool News

Learning.com ‘s Curriculum Foundry, a solution for seamlessly accessing, organizing and sharing digital content, is now fully integrated with Google Drive and Google Apps for Education. schools in the third quarter of 2015 were Chromebooks. schools in the third quarter of 2015 were Chromebooks.

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Join the edWeb Team at ISTE 2015

edWeb.net

Learn more here about their Marriott Lightning Sessions and raffle and follow @commonsenseedu & @graphite on Twitter. Visit CDW*G at Booth #2200 to explore solutions to better prepare for digital learning. dreambox learning. Readiness for Personalized, Digital Learning with Metiri Group.

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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. Student Dashboard Digital Backpack is the one-stop location for all the district’s digital resources. Accessing digital learning resources . At 11:00 a.m., Request a demo.

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