I’m really concerned about the chasm that exists in most K-12 districts between the ed tech folks and curriculum & instruction. Of course, this has always been a problem and is probably why technology has never reached its potential in
Free, open, and digital – oh my!
With school budget crunches worsening, there is an increasing interest in free, open, and/or digital instructional resources. States like California, Texas, Indiana, and others are setting policies to allow and even encourage non-traditional resources to compete with traditional textbooks for
Google Images can now search for open
Google Images’ advanced search now supports searching for open licensed photos.
Two presentations on OER
I did two well-received sessions on open content for education at NECC this year. (Curiously, while there were many sessions on open source software, these were the only ones on open content.) I was thrilled with how enthusiastic everyone was
Open textbooks and wikibooks for K-12 schools
I’ve been talking a lot to folks lately about the idea of open textbooks beginning to replace conventional textbooks, allowing both for more differentiation and for vast sums of money to be redirected toward more useful things (like professional development