The Heart of O.E.R. (Music and Lyrics by G.Q. Knight) … and yes it is open content.
In week one, we learnt about Open Education Resources (O.E.R.), but I had some problems with that concept. In my blog, “Sharing, what you do with other kid’s toys”, I expressed my issues for sharing. I needed it to be publishable, worried about internet safety, wondered if I was adding to the internet garbage dump, and if I would be breaking copyright laws. I was surprised to get so many responses from people I had never met.
By week two, I began to realize that I have always used other people’s ideas and made them work for me. For example, I cannot seem to find a sandal that feels comfortable on my feet. Yet I can wear runners all day. Runners + Sandal = Randal (Photo). When Canucks traded Luongo, I wondered what to do with my Luongo jersey (photo). Other examples are the gum ball machine, $5.00 Walmart clock, jewelry holder, pencil holder, and used windows outside on my deck. These ideas did not come originally from me, but rather began with someone else. I began to question in my blog, “Teachers pay Teachers: An Online Craft Fair”, if teachers could do the same thing for free under the creative commons banner?
Then, in week three, we were going to find some quality O.E.R. to use in our classrooms! What I found was free is not always a good price. Quality is lacking at the elementary level, so you can waste a lot of time looking when you would have been better off making it yourself. I evaluated CK-12 Foundation in my blog “As Smart as a Third Grader”.
Week four, I was encouraged by Dean Shareski’s “Sharing: The Moral Imperative” and “Obvious to you, Amazing to others” video by Derek Sivers. How do we share our ideas? I wondered while I blogged, “Did I bury your gem?” if great ideas were being lost (buried in the ever growing pile of internet information) and if I was part of the problem? How can I be change if I’m part of the problem? We need to get organized!
Finally, in week five, I shared my solution to all our problems. “Why don’t we write a textbook?” In that blog I shared how we would save the tax payers millions of dollars, get teachers great O.E.R., and students would have a up-to-date textbook with inspiring lessons.
In week one, we learnt about Open Education Resources (O.E.R.), but I had some problems with that concept. In my blog, “Sharing, what you do with other kid’s toys”, I expressed my issues for sharing. I needed it to be publishable, worried about internet safety, wondered if I was adding to the internet garbage dump, and if I would be breaking copyright laws. I was surprised to get so many responses from people I had never met.
By week two, I began to realize that I have always used other people’s ideas and made them work for me. For example, I cannot seem to find a sandal that feels comfortable on my feet. Yet I can wear runners all day. Runners + Sandal = Randal (Photo). When Canucks traded Luongo, I wondered what to do with my Luongo jersey (photo). Other examples are the gum ball machine, $5.00 Walmart clock, jewelry holder, pencil holder, and used windows outside on my deck. These ideas did not come originally from me, but rather began with someone else. I began to question in my blog, “Teachers pay Teachers: An Online Craft Fair”, if teachers could do the same thing for free under the creative commons banner?
Then, in week three, we were going to find some quality O.E.R. to use in our classrooms! What I found was free is not always a good price. Quality is lacking at the elementary level, so you can waste a lot of time looking when you would have been better off making it yourself. I evaluated CK-12 Foundation in my blog “As Smart as a Third Grader”.
Week four, I was encouraged by Dean Shareski’s “Sharing: The Moral Imperative” and “Obvious to you, Amazing to others” video by Derek Sivers. How do we share our ideas? I wondered while I blogged, “Did I bury your gem?” if great ideas were being lost (buried in the ever growing pile of internet information) and if I was part of the problem? How can I be change if I’m part of the problem? We need to get organized!
Finally, in week five, I shared my solution to all our problems. “Why don’t we write a textbook?” In that blog I shared how we would save the tax payers millions of dollars, get teachers great O.E.R., and students would have a up-to-date textbook with inspiring lessons.