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6 Edtech New Year’s Resolutions

Tom Murray

With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. Districts having success in this area have comprehensive refresh plans, work with high quality partners, build relationships with local businesses, work diligently to receive grants, and leverage a variety of open educational resources (OERs).

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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. para, where he explains how PBL and OER go hand-in-hand. . What are Open Educational Resources (OER)? These issues have brought OER back to the forefront of educational needs. .

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Where Edtech and Its Investors Miss the Mark

Edsurge

To Impact Investors, Foundations, and Policy Makers, Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. Figure out how to boil down a big subject into scaffolded, age-appropriate and differentiated chunks. I wish you wouldn’t pin all hope on OER or content marketplaces or playlists as curriculum solutions.

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OERwashing: Beyond the Elephant Test

Doug Levin

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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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition)

Doug Levin

(Mostly) back from my August hiatus, I’m pleased to offer up the next edition of A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News. Required reading: Data breach disclosure 101: How to succeed after you’ve failed via Troy Hunt.). A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition).

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Five digital citizenship activities everyone should know about

Hapara

When you teach digital citizenship, you teach learners how to use the internet responsibly. Digital commerce : Teaching learners how to safely make purchases online and discover careers that they can pursue in e-commerce. Digital literacy : Teaching learners how to evaluate online sources and give proper credit to sources.

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Where Are All the Faculty in the Open Education Movement?

Edsurge

Open educational resources (OER) are gaining increasing popularity. To answer this question, I have to examine my own experience with OER and its advocates. To me, using OER felt like a no-brainer. Many working in open education praised me for being so involved in the movement as an educator dealing with OER on the ground.

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