remixing open educational resources for your classroom

Poll

Are you a:

A - Preservice teacher

B - Elementary teacher

C - Secondary teacher

D - Administrator/coach/tech facilitator

E - Other

Poll

What’s your general technology comfort level?

A – Newbie – I use email and the web, not much else.

B – Beginner – I’m good with Office tools.

C – Intermediate – I’ve used some apps like wikis or Google Docs.

D – Advanced – I’m moderately comfortable with things like wikis, Google Docs, and other Web 2.0.

E – Expert - I do all things Web 2.0 and write HTML.

Agenda

Overview of open educational resources and remixing (15 minutes)

You choose a lesson or topic to remix Remix, play, ask questions, have fun

What I believe and why I got involved in OER

Differentiating instruction is essential to improving education.

Textbooks are not a good tool for this. Technology coupled with high quality content is. Teachers and students need high quality

resources that they can use legally to build and share interactive lessons, podcasts, multimedia presentations, etc.

Sharing is good and is a part of new literacies.

What is OER?

Digital, free, and OPEN for anyone to use, adapt, and redistribute

Tools, content, and implementation resources

For teachers, students, and lifelong learners

How is OER relevant to education?

Suitable for “remixing” for differentiation Examples

Increases equity FREE Modelling 21st century skills as a source of

content for teachers and students to build from legally

Wise use of public funds

What is remixing?

Piecing together others’ works into something useful to you

Final product can be any format you want Web page Wiki Presentation Ebook Movie Something else

Click the link in chat and watch the first part of this video

www.vimeo.com/42225818

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

Creative Commons: CC BY – You can use however you want; just cite

the source.

CC BY SA – You can use however you want, but you must cite the source AND license your work under a sharing license.

CC BY NC – You can use only if it is noncommercial (you can’t charge $); cite the source.

CC BY ND – You can use the work but you can’t change it or put it into a bigger work; also cite the source.

Others:

GFDL – Share-alike license used by Wikipedia and others.

Public domain – not copyrighted; you can use however you like.

Custom licenses (e.g. morguefile and Teacher’s Domain)

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 Citation Formats

MLA

Author’s name, the name of the work, publication/site, the date of creation, and the medium of publication

Bronayur. “Hershey, PA sign.” Wikipedia, Jan. 9, 2007. JPG file.

APA

Name of the organization, followed by the date. In brackets, provide a brief explanation of what type of data is there and in what form it appears. Finally, provide the project name and retrieval information.

Hershey, PA sign. (Jan. 9, 2007). [Photo of Hershey, PA sign, JPG]. Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hershey_Pennsylvania_1.JPG

Where to find the best OER

http://content.k12opened.com

Multimedia tab will be particularly relevant for today.

Topics for Your Remix Project

Can work individually or in small groups Anything you want to work on

If you know what you want to do, type the topic and final format into the chat

If you don’t know, look at others’ ideas and/or my suggestions

Go to Google Doc and your name and what you plan to work on

Get to work!

Optional workspace - If you’d like a place to work on this, you can use this wiki:http://oerremix.wikispaces.com

Come back to Elluminate page if you have any questions – chat or audio

Break out rooms (optional) I’ll also check in periodically on audio Group check-in at 2:00

Have fun!

Conclusion

Questions, comments, and sharing of experiences and resources

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