The worldwide OER movement is rooted in the idea that equitable access to high-quality education is a global imperative.
Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge. OER often have a Creative Commons or GNU license that state specifically how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared.
As a network for teaching and learning materials, the web site offers engagement with resources in the form of social bookmarking, tagging, rating, and reviewing. OER Commons has forged alliances with over 120 major content partners to provide a single point of access through which educators and learners can search across collections to access over 24,000 items, find and provide descriptive information about each resource, and retrieve the ones they need. By being "open," these resources are publicly available for all to use, and principally through Creative Commons licensing, many thousands are legally available for repurposing, modifying and improving.
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The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells..."
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Where Teachers And Students Find Each Other
"...simple idea using the Web to connect those who have something to teach with those that want to learn."
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Create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world.
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This network is for educators who are interested in educational podcasting and the Podstock conference May 1st and 2nd in Wichita Kansas.
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Podstock is a brand new conference designed to bring podcast creators and those who see the real value of podcasting as creators and consumers together.
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A reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. Focuses on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Watch the engaging 15-minute videos and try the online interactive activities.
"Behind the Lesson" provides teachers with information and teaching resources for each strategy. Watch the 10-minute professional development videos, and explore the Web site for lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more.
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Interactive science content for grades 1-6. Well aligned with entire science curriculum for these grades.
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Online directory of educators interested in collaborating via Skype instant messaging and video conferencing. Good way to organize collaboration with classrooms around the world, invite in guest presenters, receive/provide assistance, support and professional development.
in list: Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom
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A democratic ‘visual dictionary’. A place where anyone with a video, webcam or mobile phone can define the words that matter to them in their life.
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Free online plagiarism detection
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Online simulations that power inquiry and understanding.
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The forum for parents, teens, experts and more to discuss safe socializing on the fixed and mobile Web.
in list: Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom
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Tom Barrett shares examples of ways that he has integrated the use of the Wii with teaching and learning in his classroom.
in list: Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom
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Flash games and tools for teachers. The random name-picker alone makes this site a winner. Graphic organizers and custom quizzes put it over the top. [via Vicki Davis]\n\nNOTE: These activities alone will not encourage higher order thinking
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"What we believe in: Clean, quality, easily accessible, educational software for every school and child regardless of geographic location or economic class. What we don't believe in: Games, advertising, fees, spam or gimmicks."
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These are web applications that let you create private (or public, though for educational uses I’m primarily interested in ones that allow you to create “walled gardens”) networks to share blog posts, images, videos, websites, and chatboard conversations.
in list: Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom
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Literary podcasts are a great way to hear about new stories and explore all of your old favorites. This list details where you can find some of the most popular literary podcasts, including podcasts based around classic literature, poetry and contemporary works.
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