open education, digital resources, sharing, and new literacies
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Introductions
Karen FasimpaurK12 Open Ed
Harry BrakeAmerican School Foundation, Mexico City
Paul OhNational Writing Project
Antero GarciaLos Angeles USD
What is “open education”?
“Open” means: Free OPEN for anyone to use, adapt, and
redistribute legally Digital (or not)
Advantages of Open Resources
FREE Source of content for teachers and students
to build from legally Suitable for “remixing” for differentiation Can increase equity
Sharing is good and a part of new literacies.
Traditional copyright -
all rights reserved
Public domain - unrestricted
use
Traditional copyright -
all rights reserved
Public domain - unrestricted
use
Copyright with open licenses -
some rights reserved
Attribution (BY) ▪ Non-commercial (NC) ▪
No derivatives (ND) ▪ Copyleft - Share-Alike (SA)
Recommended for education:
CC BY
Citing Sources
ALWAYS cite sources; attribution required by CC
Can be under the image or at the end in credits Screen names are ok (optional) Include source URL More formal MLA and APA citation formats
.
How You Can Contribute
Open license your own work. Participate in education-related social media. Post photos (to Flickr or elsewhere) with an
open license. Publish on an open platform like Wikispaces. Talk with your students about copyright and
open licenses. Tell three people you know about open
content and Creative Commons
.
How You Can Open License Your Own Work
Just write “licensed under Creative Commons CC BY” on the work
Use the Creative Commons “License Your Work” tool Will provide you with artwork Optional code you can put on a web site to be
accessed by open search engines
Questions for our panelists and for you
What is one of your favorite open digital resources?
How do teachers or students relate to and use it?
How can literacies like communications, media, civic
participation, collaboration, and creativity be fostered by the use of
these types of resources?
How does civility play into all this, and what are our duties as teachers to foster civility,
especially online?
Conclusion
Questions, comments, and sharing of experiences and resources
www.k12opened.com/ncte2011 Thank you for coming!
Thank you.
Karen Fasimpaur
First screen image credits:
Linux computer lab – Michael SurranLinux penguin - Larry Ewing <[email protected]> with the GIMPBooks - TizzieGlobe – NASACloud background - Anca Mosoiu