literacy is priceless: free technology tools for literacy teachers
DESCRIPTION
This presentation will be given at NECC Unplugged July 2009 by A. Batchelder. Literacy is Priceless: A Presentation for Reading and ELA Teachers. During this session, audience members will learn about a variety of open and free education resources for the K-12 literacy classroom.TRANSCRIPT
Literacy is Priceless:
Free Technology Tools for Literacy Instruction
Anna BatchelderCurriki, Global ConsultantFounder, Bon EducationNECC Unplugged 2009
After 30 minutes you will be able to…
• Define open education resources
• Identify numerous open education resources for literacy instruction
• Find early literacy resources using FreeReading
• Find and Create K-12 literacy resources using Curriki
About Anna
http://www.literacyispriceless.com
http://www.curriki.org
Twitter: @Curriki http://www.boneducation.com
Twitter: @Bon_Education
What are Open Education Resources?
OERs are
free education materials that anyone can…
Remix
Improve
Redistribute
OERs include…
Learning objects
Images, audios & videos
Lessons, units & full courses
Journal articles & textbooks
Learning & content management software
Tools for publishing digital resources
OER and FOSSThink about open education resources like you think about free and open source
software. Users:
adapting content sharing content
Major OER Projects
Literacy OER tour…
Benefits & Challenges
The World Needs You!
Share your teaching genius with others around the globe!
Think OERs!
Appendix
www.FreeReading.net
www.Curriki.org