OER & Digital Curriculum
How does learning change when students have access to digital resources and a learning environment that goes beyond the classroom walls? This toolkit is designed to help educators incorporate digital curriculum by showcasing the research-based practices that other schools have used to great success.
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Blog Pushing Beyond Future-Ready: Creating a Bold Context for K-12 LibrariesRethinking the school library means being bold and thinking in disruptive directions. The question is: in what direction? David Jakes gives you four ways to jumpstart your thinking. |
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News Transform Teaching with the New SHI Digital Transformation ToolkitThe new Digital Transformation Toolkit —sponsored by SHI—provides vital information on the essential components of digital transformation in today’s schools and districts. |
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Blog Lights, Camera, Learning: 5 Keys to Better eLearning VideosThrough her work designing videos and courses for clients, Allison has learned some key elements to creating engaging and effective eLearning videos. |
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Publication Reality Bytes: Virtual Reality and K-12 EducationMaking learning more personalized, more relevant, and more immersive have always been the moving goal-posts of education. Digital media has helped create infinite opportunities in terms of access to dynamic content, but it’s still, for the most part, an extension of traditional learning: groups of students watching and absorbing static information with minimal interaction. |
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Blog Learning in Motion: Digital Storytelling in the ClassroomChildren are natural born storytellers. This is why digital storytelling has become such a popular tool for today’s students and educators alike. |
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Blog Breaking News: Helping Students Navigate a Post-Truth WorldWhat is real? What is a lie, and what’s merely a joke? Is a fact, in fact, a fact? These days, it’s hard to tell. |
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Blog Opening Up to Open Educational ResourcesAs more K–12 teachers, administrators and district leaders become aware of OER, the more eager they are to embrace the model. OER provide opportunities to update and adapt materials to meet different student needs, spurs innovation in open learning practices, and reduces content acquisition costs. |
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Blog Digital Side EffectsIn what ways can the powerful technology practice of crowdsourcing bring us together in support of learners? See Leslie Wilson's insights as she helps us to explore the possibilities. |
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Blog Five Ideas to Go Beyond SAMRHow deep is the learning in your technology integration? Get the latest strategies for incorporating powerful learning by applying SAMR in your classrooms. |
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Blog 26 Ways to Foster a Transformative Maker CultureTake a moment to contemplate what it would be like if every school had a Maker Culture as part of the curriculum. Mike Gorman explores the many ways to bring the making culture to your school and to effectively align it with standards. |