open education, digital resources, sharing, and new literacies

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Opportunities to interact

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Introductions

Karen FasimpaurK12 Open Ed

Harry BrakeAmerican School Foundation, Mexico City

Paul OhNational Writing Project

Antero GarciaLos Angeles USD

What is “open education”?

“Open” means: Free OPEN for anyone to use, adapt, and

redistribute legally Digital (or not)

Advantages of Open Resources

FREE Source of content for teachers and students

to build from legally Suitable for “remixing” for differentiation Can increase equity

Sharing is good and a part of new literacies.

Traditional copyright -

all rights reserved

Public domain - unrestricted

use

Traditional copyright -

all rights reserved

Public domain - unrestricted

use

Copyright with open licenses -

some rights reserved

Attribution (BY) ▪ Non-commercial (NC) ▪

No derivatives (ND) ▪ Copyleft - Share-Alike (SA)

Recommended for education:

CC BY

Citing Sources

ALWAYS cite sources; attribution required by CC

Can be under the image or at the end in credits Screen names are ok (optional) Include source URL More formal MLA and APA citation formats

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How You Can Contribute

Open license your own work. Participate in education-related social media. Post photos (to Flickr or elsewhere) with an

open license. Publish on an open platform like Wikispaces. Talk with your students about copyright and

open licenses. Tell three people you know about open

content and Creative Commons

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How You Can Open License Your Own Work

Just write “licensed under Creative Commons CC BY” on the work

Use the Creative Commons “License Your Work” tool Will provide you with artwork Optional code you can put on a web site to be

accessed by open search engines

Questions for our panelists and for you

What is one of your favorite open digital resources?

How do teachers or students relate to and use it?

How can literacies like communications, media, civic

participation, collaboration, and creativity be fostered by the use of

these types of resources?

How does civility play into all this, and what are our duties as teachers to foster civility,

especially online?

Conclusion

Questions, comments, and sharing of experiences and resources

www.k12opened.com/ncte2011 Thank you for coming!

Thank you.

Karen Fasimpaur

karen@k12opened.com

First screen image credits:

Linux computer lab – Michael SurranLinux penguin - Larry Ewing <lewing@isc.tamu.edu> with the GIMPBooks - TizzieGlobe – NASACloud background - Anca Mosoiu