Meredith Phillips Nassau BOCES / Model Schools November 14, 2008

Sharing Knowledge Text books are the time-tested paradigm to convey knowledge

Sharing Knowledge Textbooks alone are the old model of teaching. They are costly, and today, we know that students are well motivated by »Technology »Differentiation »Interactivity

Sharing Knowledge Educators know: students need to develop 21st Century Skills. We need to keep them engaged in order to improve student achievement.

Internet - Global Information Equalizer Information access anywhere in the world Web 2.0—participatory –Networks of people interact and provide feedback Open Source Programmed by volunteers Free and available to anyone

The Big Idea Apply the lessons of the Open Source software and open source content develop movements to curriculum

Open Source Curricula + Wiki = Curriki Free, online curricula created & validated by the community Lesson plans Interactive learning objects Textbooks & other instructional materials Teacher Training Student assessment Correlated to standards and frameworks

What Does This Mean for Education? High quality content widely available for free Users can create and improve, not just consume Content can now be collaboratively developed (both locally and globally) Content can be delivered in any file format Content can be shared within schools or districts

What is Curriki? The first Internet destination for Open Source Curricula (OSC) –Single repository for validated curricula –Review & comments by subject matter experts Founded by Sun Microsystems in 2004 Created an independent 501(c)(3) in 2006

Curriki is a platform PLATFORM

The Curriki Web Site

Curriki is people PLATFORMPEOPLE

Project and partner examples

Curriki is content PLATFORM CONTENT PEOPLE

Content Categories

This is Curriki PLATFORM CONTENT PEOPLE

How Can You Use Curriki?

Level 1 – Get Content VIEW and COLLECT (download, print, favorite, send) 1

Level 2 – Contribute Content VIEW and COLLECT (download, print, favorite, send) 1 ADD and BUILD (upload, tag, rebuild, create, collect) 2

Level 3 – Build Community VIEW and COLLECT (download, print, favorite, send) 1 ADD and BUILD (upload, tag, rebuild, create, collect) 2 JOIN and COLLAB (copy, update, comment, collaborate. blog) 3

Technology Makes Teaching and Learning an Engaging Process Teachers and Students –Create –Publish original curriculum –Edit, Comment, Revise –Publish derivative curriculum –Edit, Comment, Revise

Rapidly Growing Reach Nearly 45,000 registered members 17,000+ assets State-wide Spanish curriculum from Wyoming Extensive content from Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES Significant partnerships should expand to 100,000 registered members and 25,000 assets

Build a repository of OSC Build a suite of easy-to-use –Collaboration tools –Publishing templates Install robust quality control Establish a community of educators Engage partners to participate in local and global projects Curriki—Our Strategy

Look at the site –See a range of content offerings including NROC courses –Demonstrate Collections –Demonstrate our Groups functionality Discuss next steps Remainder of Our Time

Meredith Phillips Nassau BOCES November 14, 2008