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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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Five digital citizenship activities everyone should know about

Hapara

You can also assign the videos directly to Google Classroom. Google’s Be Internet Awesome Google offers a free program called Be Internet Awesome that teaches kids about digital citizenship and helps them make responsible decisions online. Other resources include educator guides, background reading for learners and glossaries.

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What does an OER lesson plan look like?

Hapara

K-12 schools and districts turn to open educational resources (OER) for their flexibility. When you search for OER, you can find already-created lesson plans or other resources to add to your own class plans. Let’s look at the benefits of using an OER lesson plan and what it looks like. Why use an OER lesson plan?

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A day in the life with Student Dashboard Digital Backpack

Hapara

This solution works on any device using a web browser, and each student can log in using their existing Google Workspace for Education account username and password. Once at school, she uses her Student Dashboard Digital Backpack again to see her to-do list and access the Google Drive files for her geometry class.

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H?para partners with the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium to offer Student Dashboard Digital Backpack free in Alberta

Hapara

It takes away the need to navigate to various websites and apps and search their Google Drive for important academic documents, and puts everything in one single dashboard. Additionally, the platform provides seamless management and distribution of open educational resources ( OER ), licensed content and materials created by school divisions.

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AI, Instructional Design, and OER

Iterating Toward Openness

But Large Language Models (LLMs), and particularly the recent demo of ChatGPT, seem to have put the fear of God into everyone from middle school English teachers to the CEO of Google. And, because you’ve got to play the hits, let’s look at what their impact will be on OER as well.

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Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality in education: a NERCOMP workshop

Bryan Alexander

Some technology in use: Augment , Unity , 360 video , Google Cardboard. ” He showed us an early demo – built earlier that week! Meanwhile, on Twitter Steve Covello shared this resource : Here is my OER chapter on AR/VR/MR for my class: [link] Includes supp. One campus maintains a VR cart. Interesting practice.

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