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David, Goliath, and the Future of the U.S. K-12 OER Movement

Doug Levin

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. This is where context matters most for the OER movement. Even within the U.S.

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?A Playbook to Go Open: 5 Steps to Adopting OER

Edsurge

As momentum for digital learning builds, some districts—80 percent according to the 2017 Consortium for School Networking’s (CoSN) K12 IT Leadership Survey Report —are using open educational resources (OER), which the U.S. But while many benefits of OER are visible on the surface, we must notice the fine print.

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Five digital citizenship activities everyone should know about

Hapara

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Whether you teach elementary, core subjects or electives, making digital citizenship part of your instruction is essential for all of your learners. Read on for digital citizenship activities you can use in elementary, middle school or high school. What Is Digital Citizenship?

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10 of the best K-12 sources for digital textbooks online

Hapara

These versions allow learners to digitally highlight, take notes, bookmark, watch videos and use quick search tools. If you’re looking for elementary or middle school materials, this is a great place to start. OER Commons. OER Commons is a digital library full of open educational resources (OER). See how it works.

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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. Rich started his teaching career as an elementary school teacher in the Seattle area. para, where he explains how PBL and OER go hand-in-hand. . What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?

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?Teachers Can Now Use IBM’s Watson to Search for Free Lesson Plans

Edsurge

Today marks the first time the new tool, called Teacher Advisor With Watson 1.0 , is open to the public after a lengthy beta testing period that sought input from state education commissioners, teachers unions, school board associations and more than 1,000 teachers. Litow says. If you could focus in on math, that would be the moonshot.”

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How to use digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom

Hapara

They come from sources such as the Michigan Open Book Project, Core Knowledge, CK-12, OpenStax and OER Commons. Third grade language arts – “Native American Stories” This elementary digital textbook has ten 80-minute lessons, which can be broken up to fit shorter class sessions.

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