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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

NeverEndingSearch

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. It’s about saving teachers instructional time. But it’s also about telling a story, organizing resources for sense-making, interpreting, presenting choices, palettes and dashboards.

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Using Makerspaces to Support Personalized Learning

edWeb.net

Here are some examples the student presenters shared about how they’ve used technology at St. Instead of traditional report cards, though, students assemble digital portfolios to show their progress. Two of the presenters were tasked with creating trophies for the winners. About the Presenter.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

edWeb.net

In a recent edWebinar , Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director of SETDA, offered highlights from the report, and Ryan Kocsondy, Director of Connecticut Education Network (CEN), gave an inside look at why Connecticut schools don’t worry about running out of bandwidth. About the Presenters. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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OER: Some Questions and Answers

Iterating Toward Openness

Earlier this week I read an op-ed – sponsored by Pearson – titled “If OER is the answer, what is the question?” The questions from the article are presented in bold ; unattributed blockquotes are from the original article.). OER often shine in their variety and ability to deepen resources for niche topics.

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OPINION: What’s the high-tech tradeoff for students and teachers?

The Hechinger Report

Open source educational software and openly licensed instructional materials present an alternative to the market-driven requirements of commercial technology vendors. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. One of the most promising solutions to many of these challenges comes from the open source community.

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Data Interoperability: Beyond Accountability and Reporting

edWeb.net

While teachers may understand the need to collect the information, they resent inputting the same data over and over again in every learning management system, educational application, and state and federal accountability report. About the Presenters. This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and SETDA. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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The Evolving Economics of Educational Materials and Open Educational Resources: Toward Closer Alignment with the Core Values of Education

Iterating Toward Openness

Educational materials published under an open license are called open educational resources (OER). When digital educational materials become OER, they are converted back into public goods. Over 1 billion openly licensed materials are published online. Education is Sharing.

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