Encourage content creators to embed license info into educational content as well as in metadata - eg through use of MS Research's Creative Commons plugin for Office [category of guidelines for content providers?]
More free educational content from the states. Here at the Illinois State Library we developed the Illinois Digital Archives (IDA) to provide access to primary source materials in Illinois libraries, archives, museums, historical societies and other cultural institutions. It was designed to be a searchable repository for the Illinois State Library's digital collections as well as collections in other libraries and cultural ...more »
More free educational content from the states. Here at the Illinois State Library we developed the Illinois Digital Archives (IDA) to provide access to primary source materials in Illinois libraries, archives, museums, historical societies and other cultural institutions. It was designed to be a searchable repository for the Illinois State Library's digital collections as well as collections in other libraries and cultural institutions in Illinois. I would be glad to talk to you about what we have to share as you develop the content for the Learning Registry.
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I would welcome the opportunity to discuss with you the efforts around a very similar collaborative project lead by several State Technology Directors. In Ohio alone, we have gathered, disseminated, published over 4500 FREE digital media education assets. If you would like to learn more please contact me beth.cortolillo@etech.ohio.gov
Create professional development opportunities around the Registry to help teachers best integrate digital resources into their teaching
Please help educators understand the full benefits of using assistive technology to accommodate students who need extra reading and writing support. These tools aren't just for kids with special needs. If administrators clearly recognized the value of these tools, more students would get the help they need earlier in their schooling years and school budgets would enjoy more economies of scale to spread the cost per ...more »
Please help educators understand the full benefits of using assistive technology to accommodate students who need extra reading and writing support. These tools aren't just for kids with special needs. If administrators clearly recognized the value of these tools, more students would get the help they need earlier in their schooling years and school budgets would enjoy more economies of scale to spread the cost per student. Thanks!
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suggestion & discussion: on the connection between the teacher and the huge abundance of learning objects In The Netherlands we are in the process of describing all curricula for all levels for all subjects by use of controlled vocabularies. We are in the awareness that *) there is and there will be an huge abundance of learning material ; **) in the 'old world' teachers use the folio method (book) to know what to ...more »
suggestion & discussion: on the connection between the teacher and the huge abundance of learning objects
In The Netherlands we are in the process of describing all curricula for all levels for all subjects by use of controlled vocabularies.
We are in the awareness that *) there is and there will be an huge abundance of learning material ; **) in the 'old world' teachers use the folio method (book) to know what to teach at what level for what class.
***) teachers need an alternative for the folio book in knowing what learning plan to use
****) for this, open learning lines based on the formal centralised curriculum might be the missing link
*****) for this, a vocabulary description is needed to describe the link between a learning object and the formal curriculum. and we need tools to create, change, visualise, share 'open learning lines.
So my question is: are you on the same road ? Maybe we can share ideas !
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If you end up continuing along the path of making school districts compete for grant funds...you need to even the playing field. There is no way small, rural, and poor school districts in my region can compete with the BIG dogs in these types of Federal and state grant competitions. Please give students in small - poor- rural schools across america equity in opportunities to learn....and give their schools funds to improve. ...more »
If you end up continuing along the path of making school districts compete for grant funds...you need to even the playing field. There is no way small, rural, and poor school districts in my region can compete with the BIG dogs in these types of Federal and state grant competitions. Please give students in small - poor- rural schools across america equity in opportunities to learn....and give their schools funds to improve.
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A huge amount of instructional material that should be in the Public Domain is kept by school districts . Materials created with federal or state grants, materials developed by school districts that receive federal dollars...all belong in the public domain. This is the law.
Open this content up to everyone because school districts do not hold legal title to it!
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