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How to use digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom

Hapara

There are many advantages to using digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom for schools and districts. They come from sources such as the Michigan Open Book Project, Core Knowledge, CK-12, OpenStax and OER Commons. Learners will read about and discuss rules, decision-making and how to socialize in the classroom.

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The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! (but should be) – SULS0148

Shake Up Learning

Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using (but should be)–Find free, standards-aligned lesson plans and teaching resources for your classroom. What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?

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How to sort the good from the bad in OER

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: Teachers often spend many hours at night or on weekends searching the internet for good instructional materials – or just good ideas about how to meld online learning into their classrooms. These OER – open educational resources – may be good, bad or indifferent.

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“We need textbooks!”

K12 Open Ed

Several conversations lately have made me ponder the importance of community understanding and support for various new initiatives like open learning and OER adoption. This brought agreement from the group and led to a litany of complaints about Common Core and other practices in the local schools. This relates to OER as well.

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CommonLit: OER Curation and Creation

NeverEndingSearch

You’ll absolutely want to introduce CommonLit to your classroom teachers and you’ll absolutely use it yourself to make curricular discoveries and to help teachers make connections. Two essential questions around the themes are intended to engage students in the type of conversations they might experience in college classrooms.

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Teachers gain access to OER math curriculum

eSchool News

EdCaliber and Mathematics Vision Project integrate OER math curriculum and support materials into Lessoneer teacher empowerment platform. Districts can use the money they save on license fees and printing for professional development, to support teachers in improving classroom instruction.

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How our district is making math relevant

eSchool News

To meet current math standards like the Louisiana Student Standards for Mathematics or the Common Core State Standards, it is no longer enough for students to simply memorize how to do something. Choosing an OER turned out to be a great way to garner teacher buy-in, which is essential to the success of any instructional program.

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