The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 26, 2023

Lydia Smyers, lead for US for Education for Microsoft. We're looking at AI and built Edtech University to create search solutions some time a go. Tara: AI Teaching Assistant in Computer Science with OER curriculum to support students in those subjects. Educators will come in and we have to partner with them.

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K12 Open Ed

APRIL 27, 2015

Last week, the K-12 OER Collaborative entered the next phase of their project, awarding contracts for rapid prototypes to the following developers: edCount LLC. Odell Education. This may be the one of the important opportunities for OER, blended learning, and CCSS we’ve seen to date. Expeditionary Learning. Learn Zillion.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2017

Open Educational Resources (OER) have yet to cozy up with the more orthodox academics and pushy print publishers of the world. The most recent example occurred this week, when OER company Lumen Learning announced a partnership with one of the country’s largest textbook distributors, Follet Corporation.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 3, 2016

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Andy Marcinek , Chief Open Education Advisor at the US Department of Education (ED), to explore how schools can benefit from Open Educational Resources (OERs) and what is being done in this area nationwide. Those who call Open Education Resources “free” are misguided.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In collaboration with Microsoft and the K12 Security Information eXchange (K12 SIX), this initiative underscores SETDA’s commitment to providing essential tools and guidance to support state educational agencies. It is the newest addition to SETDA’s Cybersecurity & Privacy Collection , available for access in their OER Commons site. “As

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. I define education technology as any tool that supports learning, digital or not. I define education technology as any tool that supports learning, digital or not. An abacus is an educational technology, as is the slide rule.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

New and traditional publishers are trying to offer alternatives such as open educational resources (OER), or freely downloadable and adaptable learning materials. But some providers of OER still ask for fees in return, and that has advocates concerned. Edward Watson. In 2017, Top Hat nabbed $7.5

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Those in the puppy camp argued, with good reason, that free curricula and OER content were hardly free once the related costs and risks were factored in. And even the good stuff lacked the breadth and consistency to rival traditional educational publishing products. Traditional publishers would maintain their competitive advantage.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. Rich shares that he spent some time recently at the Buck Institute for Education , which focuses on Project Based Learning. para, where he explains how PBL and OER go hand-in-hand. .

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It’s now time to get down to brass tacks and figure out how the implementation of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA) can best be leveraged by state and local officials to improve educational outcomes for children and youth.

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Doug Levin

MAY 16, 2016

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. The Pro-OER Elephant Test.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In addition, educators and learners can access them on multiple devices at any time. . While some subjects cover higher education, you can browse the high school section to find math and science textbooks for secondary education. OER Commons. OER Commons is a digital library full of open educational resources (OER).

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. In America ,” former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan often says, “ your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education. Commit to Ensuring Equity in Access and Opportunity.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

At the #GoOpen Exchange on Friday, everyone was talking about OER and the need to curate. Here’s the good news: Our government edtech officials are convinced that librarians should play a role in curating the burgeoning number of open educational resources (they gave us several shout-outs and ensured we were there).

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K12 Open Ed

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

A few us have been pondering the question “ How can we best advance the adoption of OER in K-12? There is currently a good amount of high quality, standards-aligned OER in K-12 with lots more coming online. With regards to OER, many states have approved, recommended, and/or endorsed the use of OER.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2018

To Impact Investors, Foundations, and Policy Makers, Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. If you had that firsthand experience of this enormously daunting task, I’m convinced your perspective on how to “disrupt” education would change profoundly. I wish you had to plan a lesson and teach a class.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

Open educational resources (OER) are gaining increasing popularity. And as an active member in what advocates define as the “open education movement,” I frequently hear about the growing dissatisfaction of textbook costs and pedagogical concerns among faculty about outdated course materials.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In conversations with edtech investors, some reported that the K-12 market has seen an influx of instructional content, particularly in the form of open educational resources (OERs). OERs are openly-licensed educational materials that can be downloaded, modified and shared with others to help support student learning.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Technology can often seem like an afterthought, but if used wisely from the start, some edtech tools and resources can be a big help to a teacher who's just starting out. Later, once you've established some classroom routines, you can experiment with other resources, building your edtech toolkit as you go. OER Commons.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

Back in February, an EdWeek Market brief reported that Amazon Education was starting to beta-test a new platform with educators, helping teachers navigate the jungles of open educational resources (or OERs, for short). The search capabilities of Amazon Inspire. In support of Amazon’s commitment to the U.S.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

(Mostly) back from my August hiatus, I’m pleased to offer up the next edition of A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News. The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools.

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K12 Open Ed

MARCH 9, 2015

Today, on the first day of Open Education Week , I am happy to say that OER has gained traction in K-12 over the last year. More and more people are talking about OER. States and funders are putting serious efforts into OER as core curriculum. EdTech Update OER open openeducationweek openeducationwk'

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

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. You can save money to use in other high-need learning areas. You can ensure that students are learning with current information.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Each mission in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom , shares an example of the Mission in Action by a teacher I admire. André Spang is a Cologne based educator (” the iPad-teacher “), pianist and composer. I met André several years ago on #Edchat.

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Hapara

APRIL 11, 2022

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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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2018

Amazon has quietly re-opened a previously-controversial sharing feature that allows allow anyone to add to its directory of online educational materials, a platform called Amazon Inspire. Inspire was launched with great fanfare in 2016, touted as a hub for educators to exchange lesson plans and other open education resources.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

A 2018 study conducted by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) highlights schools in 9 states that have already started to implement interoperable systems with promising results. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The secret to its swift entry into publishing was OER (open education resources). Rather than hire authors to write textbooks from scratch, the company is now curating open-educational materials already on the internet. Knewton’s pitch is that its mix of OER and an adaptive-learning system will set it apart.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

There is much that’s wrong with the educational technology (“edtech”) market. It would be an interesting thought exercise to re-examine the traditional seven virtues (prudence, justice, temperance, courage, faith, hope, and charity) and decide what each of their edtech replacements would be.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2018

Overall, the opening day of the 8,000-person education event struck a more modest tone, starting with a trio of educators recounting their stories of interacting with students in schools—and spurring a host of emotions from the crowd including laughter and tears. Can evidence even keep up with edtech?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

based company, called Argos Education, is that the way textbooks are created and revised is due for a reset. Universities should be buying and selling courseware from each other,” says Feldstein, a longtime edtech consultant who also runs the popular blog eLiterate. A key premise of the Lexington, Mass.-based

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

In that context, that non-disclosure may be revealing for how far Knewton, which has been one of the most well-funded education technology companies, has fallen short of financial expectations. Wiley, once a major publisher of higher-education materials, has seen its education publishing business shrink over the years.

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Hapara

APRIL 28, 2023

Many kids are online every day, so it’s important for educators to help them stay safe and develop healthy boundaries with technology. Common Sense Education digital citizenship activities Common Sense Education offers interactive activities and lessons that span grade levels. What is digital citizenship in the classroom?

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2019

Every year, our district has to balance the diverse needs of low-socioeconomic rural students with higher-performing feeder patterns, transient student populations, a growing English learner population, educator and student retention, and annual budget pressures. Related: 4 surefire ways to get more for your edtech dollar.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

The story behind the latest Horizon Report —which ranks tech trends in higher education—is easily more dramatic than the document’s actual conclusions. Barajas-Murphy says that Educause is already starting the planning for the 2019 Horizon Report for higher education, which is scheduled for release in February, at the group’s ELI conference.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

They come from sources such as the Michigan Open Book Project, Core Knowledge, CK-12, OpenStax and OER Commons. High school math – “Precalculus” Several college educators collaborated on this textbook to use in any pre-calculus course. FREE GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS. View our educator one-pager.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. Eventually, I was able to find all but three of my 11 textbooks for my master’s degree in educational technology freely available on the library website, not to mention plenty of other materials (e.g., According to.

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