[cross-posted from K12 Open Ed] As many of you know, I’ve spent much of this year working on a project to explore the adoption and implementation of K-12 core instructional materials and to explore business models for the successful and
K12 Online Conference 2014
I’ve written before about how valuable I think the K12 Online Conference is. For those unfamiliar, it’s a FREE, open, online conference open to ANYONE organized by educators for educators around the world interested in integrating emerging technologies into classroom practice. Well, this
4T Virtual Conference
Next week is the Virtual 4T Conference put on by the University of Michigan School of Education. This is a free, virtual conference (but registration is required). On Monday, May 20 at 7pm Eastern, I’ll be a part of a
A unique opportunity
I believe that we have a unique opportunity at this moment when districts all over the country are looking at new curriculum and assessments. We can either see this as an opportunity to innovate and improve learning…or we can just
Open Education Week
(cross-posted from K12 Open Ed) The second annual Open Education Week is this week, March 11-15, 2013. Open Education Week is a five-day celebration of the global Open Education Movement, featuring online and local events around the world, video showcases
Open Education Week activities
Next week March 5-10 is the first annual Open Education Week! Open Education Week is a global event that seeks to raise awareness about the benefits of free and open sharing in education, especially Open Educational Resources (OER). OER are
Free, open early literacy resources
FreeReading is a great site for all kinds of early literacy resources. One of my favorite parts is the decodable reading passages. Unfortunately, to date, these have only been available as pdf files. Pdfs are good for printing, but not
Free, online professional development
I have been working for the last few months on an exciting project that is launching today. The P2PU School of Ed pilot opened sign-up today for seven free, online, open-licensed professional development courses for K-12 teachers. This program is
New free ebooks
We are pleased to announce a new collection of ebooks, especially written for elementary and middle school, that are free and open licensed. These books include subjects in ELA, math, social studies, and science and are formatted in web, Kindle,
Great video math content for mobiles
Looking for great free video content for your mobile devices? Sal Kahn has built a tremendous collection of over 1800 open-licensed videos offering instruction in math and science. They cover topics in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics calculus, and more. These