#Educational colorguide for free#

5-Minute Film Festival: 10 Sources for Free Lesson Plans, by Amy Erin Borovoy (2013) Exploring free lesson planning resources can be overwhelming.

Open Lesson Plans, Courses, and Activities

Radical Curriculum Sharing at the Open High School of Utah, by Todd Finley (2011) Browse a curated list of high-quality, open source, English language arts curriculum websites.

A Primer on Curriculum-Sharing Sites, by Vanessa Vega (2011) Though suggestions are from 2011, this overview of useful curriculum-sharing sites is still relevant today.

What can educators use? How can they use it? In this compilation, very relevant to the discussion around OER, VideoAmy has collected some fun, engaging videos to help teachers and students understand the confusing subject.

5-Minute Film Festival: Copyright and Fair Use for Educators, by VideoAmy (2013) In K-12 education, it's a challenge to navigate the copyright and fair use waters.

Transitioning to Open Educational Resources, by Andrew Marcinek (2013) Marcinek explains why and how Burlington Public Schools transitioned to Open Educational Resources and discusses four OER options to get started.

Here are some considerations and resources to help you choose.

Supporting Practice With Emerging Technologies, by Sandra Schamroth Abrams (2015) As we incorporate new technologies in the classroom, we must keep the learning relevant and meaningful.20 Top Pinterest Tips, by Vicki Davis (2015) Pinterest is an educator's dream come true because of its many options for curating and sharing ideas (including OER), displaying student work, and building a PLN.Open Educational Resources Meet Instructional Design, by Andrew Marcinek (2015) To find the best OER, consider the skills you're teaching, how content aligns with standards, ease of assessment, and whether you'll provide an active, creative experience.It's worth noting that many of the larger repositories for OER will include copyright information, and their materials will typically adhere to some established criteria. Additional rubrics for evaluating OER quality have been collected as part of the Washington OER Project. Achieve's Open Educational Resources includes a set of downloadable rubrics that can help districts, teachers, and other users evaluate OER for quality and determine the level of alignment to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). One of these is assuring the quality of resources. Quality considerations: With all the promise of OER, some challenges remain. Read more at ' About Creative Commons' and ' About the Licenses.' If you are a state or school leader, you might want to check out ' Open Educational Resources and Collaborative Content Development: A Practical Guide for State and School Leaders,' a downloadable report from the International Association for K-12 Online Learning. Sharing resources: The nonprofit Creative Commons offers free, easy-to-use copyright licenses that allow you to specify which rights to your works you want to reserve and which rights you'd like to waive.