Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Through videos, photos, text, and more, these digital portfolios provide evidence of students' learning for all stakeholders (including families) and strengthen school-home connections. OER Commons. Every teacher should become familiar with open educational resources, or OERs. Seesaw: The Learning Journal.

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EdTech OER Tools Microsoft 66

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

Also remember you can book me for a conference or your school district with workshops that are informative, engaging, and practical. I have three pre-conference workshops that you may want to register for. Open Education Resources – Talk about big, this network brings together 44,129 OER tools for sharing curriculum.

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

[Back in 2012 – 2013] I was impressed (like many others I’m sure) with how Wiley was able to frame the cost-savings argument around open textbooks to build broader interest for OERs. I fear it is OER wanting it both ways. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 63

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2015

In this post I showcase some tools that can assist in both creating lessons that promote formative possibilities and resources that will allow educators to create videos that will enhance a students formative learning . Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference?

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Assessment Tools LMS OER 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. OER Commons. About: One of the largest data bases of OER (Open Education Resources) for free classroom use. Check out my Booking Page.

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Resources Tools Technology OER 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Also, remember you can book me for a conference or your school district with workshops that are informative, engaging, and practical. Perhaps you might even attend my session or workshops. OER Commons – A great place for open and free content aligned to the standards. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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Assessment Conference Learning E-rate 99

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 7, 2015

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Check out my Booking Page. Past Series Articles.

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Blendspace Resources OER Technology 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

Making Learning Happen…New York PBL – Join me in Syracuse, New York in August for some exciting PBL workshops. This conference will be filled with amazing speakers and workshops. Open Education Resources – Talk about big, this network brings together 44,129 OER tools for sharing curriculum. Hope to see you there!

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Resources OER Learning STEM 105

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 29, 2015

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Check out my Booking Page. Past Series Articles.

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Blended Learning Technology OER Digital Citizenship 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment. They then share.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Connecting 2 the World

JULY 27, 2022

Sessions in Creating an Accessible Syllabus, Global OER, Entangled Pedagogy and Liberating Structures may at first seem totally different. For both students and faculty, many people needed to find videos that would explain how to use the technology. But my mind is always trying to find links and common threads.

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Learning OER Course Outcomes 40

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 13, 2019

Or interactive video discs? Or satellite-based video? I have an activity that I do with people in face to face workshops in order to demonstrate the importance of immediate, diagnostic feedback. But – particularly when it comes to OER – we aren’t. There’s certainly no one funding next gen OER.

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OER System Exercises Course 94

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 18, 2017

Workshop Model. They can also incorporate such content-rich resources as library databases, ebooks, videos, and the growing array of available OERs. TEMPLATE: Workshop Model SAMPLE: Nonfiction Reading. Length of Lesson? Specific Objectives? Desired outcome (explore, apply, assess)? #2: 2: Determine Cycle of Learning.

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Handbook Google OER Adobe 49

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment. Thanks so much.

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Blended Learning Learning LMS STEM 180

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 10, 2015

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Check out my Booking Page.

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Resources Technology Examples STEM 60

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I was there for a few reasons, starting with having the fine opportunity to lead a pre conference workshop, followed by presenting on two panels, helping out with a Twitter component, and reconnecting with dozens of friends and colleagues. Preconference workshop.

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Conference ePortfolio LMS Education 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

This amazing collection of free digital resources—including lesson plans, audio stories, video clips, and interactive online modules—has been streamlined for easier browsing and upgraded to leverage best practices in educational media and multimedia-supported. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free.

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STEM Resources OER Conference 207

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I will be providing workshops and featured sessions on STEM, PBL, Inquiry, Maker Space, and Computational Thinking! Take a moment to watch the video.

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STEM Resources Classroom OER 164

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 18, 2021

I have a distance learning workshop and session entitled “STEM is a Verb”. In fact… the Workshop is also a Verb! I also have a new 1 hour workshop “Preparing for PBL”. Perhaps you wish to investigate PBL in the eLearning and Blended Classroom in another practical workshop. In fact… the Workshop is also a Verb!

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Resources Assessment OER STEM 123

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 25, 2018

Some technology in use: Augment , Unity , 360 video , Google Cardboard. Combining 3d visualization with 2d (video) live supplement: a useful practice. Meanwhile, on Twitter Steve Covello shared this resource : Here is my OER chapter on AR/VR/MR for my class: [link] Includes supp. One campus maintains a VR cart.

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OER Analysis Education Data 47

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 14, 2016

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free.

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STEM Resources OER Conference 60

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 25, 2018

Some technology in use: Augment , Unity , 360 video , Google Cardboard. Combining 3d visualization with 2d (video) live supplement: a useful practice. Meanwhile, on Twitter Steve Covello shared this resource : Here is my OER chapter on AR/VR/MR for my class: [link] Includes supp. One campus maintains a VR cart.

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OER Analysis Education Data 40

techlearning

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Over 60 Videos to Provide Some Great PBL Ideas at the Follett Challenge ] The 35 Resources NPR Where Science Meets Art – Some exceptional Podcasts integrating Science and Art. OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free.

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STEM Resources Classroom OER 87

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. He didn’t invent the idea of video-taping instruction to watch at home and doing “homework” in the classroom instead; but history don’t matter in Silicon Valley.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Via Politico : Stolen “emails from the Democratic National Committee show DNC Deputy Communications Director Eric Walker telling his colleagues to avoid mentioning the Common Core in a video. ” Phil Hill also weighs in on the latest Babson survey on OER. Get rid of it.’” The company has raised $61 million total.

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The LA Times asks , “ In this digital self-help age, just how effective are MasterClass ’s A-list celebrity workshops?” His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). “What if the US had an OU? .” Sounds Familiar.”

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Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46