ditching textbooks for ss

1.Ditching Textbooks for Digital Curriculum Andrea Tejedor [email protected] @astrategicshift

2. Whats on the Agenda? Introduction 21st Century Skills & the Common Core Open Education Resources Web-based Tools & Resources Technological Innovation, Copyright & Alternatives 3. Ditching Textbooks for a Digital Curriculum OER Web-based Tools Digital Media Locate Create Mix & Re-mix 4. 21st Century Skills Information Literacy Access and Evaluate Information Access information efficiently (time) and effectively (sources) Evaluate information critically and competently Use and Manage Information Use information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at hand Manage the flow of information from a wide variety of sources Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of information How does this connect to the Common Core Standards? 5. Experimentation in Our Schools Nook Colors 2010 today Integrated Science Curriculum PNWBOCES Integrated Social Studies Discovery Education 6. Open Educational Resources An open textbook is an integrated course- associated learning tool that is in the public domain or has been open-licensed by the copyright holder to permit re-use without the necessity of asking permission of the copyright holder. Open textbooks improve learning and teaching by freeing instructors from constantly seeking permission. Open textbooks are free or inexpensive on the web and modestly priced for downloads, use on eReaders, or in bound format. 7. Open Educational Resources Textbooks Project Gutenberg Flexbooks ManyBooks EBOOKEE College Open Textbooks Textbook Revolution Google Books Open Access Textbooks The Orange Grove Flat World Knowledge Community College Open Textbook Consortium A First Course in Linear Algebra Connexions OpenStax 8. Open Educational Resources Content Aggregators Merlot Connexions OER Commons World Lecture Hall World Lecture Project Internet Archive 9. Web-Based Tools & Resources Resources Discovery Education Integrated Science PNWBOCES Integrated Social Studies YouTube TeacherTube Khan Academy Knowmia 10. Web-Based Tools & Resources Tools Teacher Websites AuthorStream SlideShare 9Slides SlideRocket LessonPaths Buncee EdPuzzle Edynco BiteSlide 11. A Re-mix Culture New media created from old media Copy, Transform, Combine Derivative nature of creativity Kirby Ferguson, Everything is a Remix 12. Creative Commons Presents: Get Creative 13. Lets take a closer look Licenses: 14. Choosing a License CC tool to help you define the license 15. I found it on the Internet! 15 No one cares what I do with it, right? Exceptions Public Domain Fair Use Small portions of multimedia No agreement on images Digital Millennium Copyright Act TEACH Act 16. A new type of practice Evolution rather than revolution 17. The ultimate architecture of participation Web 2.0 emphasizes content creation over content consumption Information is liberated from corporative control i.e. traditional content owners or their intermediaries Anyone can create, assemble, organize (tag), locate and share content 18. Conflict with copyright? Simpler tools = easier violation of copyright 19. As content creators Opportunity to construct and organize knowledge Increasingly independent learners Active knowledge generators Manage their own learning experience 20. Increased user contribution Yields: Growth of collective intelligence Re-usable dynamic content Promotes: Sense of community Empowerment & ownership for users 21. Ditching Textbooks for Digital Curriculum Andrea Tejedor [email protected] @astrategicshift