Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

When our presentations and our writing and our speaking and our advocacy focus primarily on ways that OER alleviate the cost problem, we’re actually doing exactly what publishers want. Materials inevitably speak from a single perspective, and multiple viewpoints cannot be integrated directly into materials. Can you see it?

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OER Accessibility Pearson MOOC 172

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. Is 8th grade too young to look at police brutality?

Libraries 93

Libraries Handbook Policies Study 93

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

The questions from the article are presented in bold ; unattributed blockquotes are from the original article.). There is a growing body of research demonstrating that OER can be just as effective – or more effective – than commercial materials. But who chooses the core instructional resources students will use?

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OER Instructional Materials Pearson Resources 60

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 12, 2018

How about a few fresh strategies for energizing your information literacy instruction and preparing your secondary learners for their academic experience? R esources are contributed by librarians and educational partners who share lesson plans, worksheets, presentations, and more.

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Secondary Libraries Assessment Outcomes 42

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 26, 2020

The Instruction Tab is where you can see classes (either fed from your student information system or custom created groups), as well as create and assign instructional materials like Activities and Quizzes. There are three main interface tabs. The Reporting Tab is where you can output progress reports and export other data.

System 52

System Trends Assessment Course 52

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

In an edWebinar for edWeb, Dr. Tracy Weeks, executive director for SETDA, and her co-presenters discussed how implementing data interoperability standards can turn data from a daily chore into a productive tool that can provide educators with a more complete picture of the student, class, school, or district. About the Presenters.

Data 40

Data Report OER Policies 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The standards refer to the “indelible stain” of slavery and require that in fourth grade students be taught that slavery was the cause of the Civil War, along with secondary factors. and Juneteenth from the elementary standards, among other changes.

Policies 77

Policies Outcomes Elementary Study 77

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The word is a crystallization of ed-tech ideology: through technology, teaching will become radically individualized as learners’ lessons are reduced to the smallest possible piece of content, then presented to them algorithmically. ” So congrats, ed-tech vendors.)

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40