Room to Read Computer Program December 4 – 6, 2006

Agenda: Curriki What is Open Source Curriculum (OSC)? What is Curriki? How does it Work? Room to Read contributions to Curriki Wrap-up on OSC

What is Open Source Software Development? Open source refers to software that is created by a development community rather than a single vendor. –Programmed by volunteers from many organizations –Free and available to anyone who would like to use it or modify it –Example: Linux

What is Open Source Curriculum Development? Open source refers to curriculum that is created by a teaching community rather than a single publisher. –Created by volunteers from many organizations –Free and available to anyone who would like to use it or modify it –Examples: –So…why Open Source Curriculum Development in India?

Close the Education Divide Education makes a measurable & positive difference Universal access is needed: –Quality education –Curricula & Instructional Materials –Qualified instructors

What do you want to Teach? Define Learning Objectives What type of learning resources do you want to include? Search for Learning Resources Or Create your Own Publish to the Community Improve Curriculum: Community uses, adds and modifies based on experience in classroom How Does it Work?

Benefits to You Save Time with easy access to curricula Improve Quality of Curriculum with the revolutionary OSC process Improve Access with the power of the Internet Promote best practices What else?

Who is Curriki? The first and only Internet site for Open Source Curricula (OSC) –Single repository for validated curricula –Support & aggregate the work of volunteers –Review & comments by subject matter experts –Curricula freely accessible through a well- publicized portal Founded by Sun Microsystems in 2004 Created an independent 501(c)(3) in 2006

Mission & Vision Our Mission: To Eliminate the Education Divide Our Vision: Every student and educator will have access to quality learning resources aligned to frameworks to support the UN Millennium Goals Today, Together, We will Make a Difference!

Let’s Get Started! 1.Join Now! (I will take your photo with my camera) 2.What do we want to teach? 3.What type of learning resources do we want to use? 4.Let’s search or create our own 5.Let’s publish!

What will we Contribute? 1.Instruction on Global Warming in Kid Pix (converted to.jpg or Quicktime) 2.Your favorite lesson plans (three per student) 3.Anything else you discovered this week! 4.In just three easy steps… 1.What learning resource are you contributing? 2.Describe the learning resource 3.Agree to the license terms (why?)

Step 1: What are you contributing? 1.Name your file 2.Determine if it is a web link or a file 3.If a file, choose the file type

Step 2: Describe Your Learning Resource 1.Description – what people will read 2.Key words that describe the resource 3.Determine if this is draft, final or revision 4.Provide pedagogical information: 1.Type of instructional component 2.Type of learning resource 3.Educational level 4.Align to Standard with the Master Framework

Step 3: Agree to Terms 1.Do you agree to the license? 2.What type of license is this? 3.Is this public access? 4.Publish!!!

OSC How do you see yourself using Curriki in the future? What are the major benefits? What challenges do you forecast? How can Curriki improve to help you with those challenges?