1. #GoOpen with Free Digital Resources for Classroom Instruction
October 18, 2018

2. What is #GoOpen?
The U.S. Department of Education’s #GoOpen campaign encourages states, school districts and educators to use openly licensed educational materials to transform teaching and learning.

3. What are OERs? Variety of Types What makes them open? Textbooks
Primary Sources
Assessments
Learning Activities
Whole Lesson or Whole Unit Plans
Websites
What makes them open?
Open Copyright
Free
Print as much as you want
Reuse, revise, edit
**Different sites may have different levels of copyright!

4. Why OERs? Most up to date resources
Ability to Reuse, Revise, Edit, Print, Duplicate, etc.
Financial Savings from Textbooks That Can Be Reinvested In:
Teacher Professional Development
Curriculum Development
Time for the Development to Happen
Devices/Technology
Flexibility

5. Savings Example
$8,800 / year for Handwriting books (550+ books at Harrisonville)
120 pages for workbook - $0.13 per page
Copier at $.008 per page = Approx $ including paper costs
Saved $7,850 or 35 Chromebooks
Only Printing what you need!

6. Savings Example $8,800 / year for Handwriting books (550+ books)
3 Teachers as $20 / hour to create an OER for Handwriting
Each Teacher could work for over 130 hours to prepare OER before meeting savings and cost of paper
Each year going forward would only be the cost of paper

7. Savings Example - Harrisonville MS Math
$45,000+ for new MS Math Textbooks
6 teachers at $20/hr working for 3 weeks at 8 hrs / day = Under $15,000
$30,000+ for technology, professional development, etc.

8. Who in Missouri Is Doing This?
GoOpen Districts
Grain Valley
Hancock Place
Harrisonville
Kearney
Lee’s Summit
Pattonville
Parkway
Ritenour
Ambassador Districts
Hollister
North Kansas City
Liberty
Coming Soon: Sherwood Cass R-VIII School District!!

9. What Do the Resources Look Like?
CK12 - Especially strong in math and science
College Level Textbooks
Especially strong in math (many videos embedded into CK12 Math)
Creative Commons
(mostly open)
Boundless - has courses lined out and other resources
Utah’s OER program with web tools and full online texts

10. Resources Continued www.betterlesson.com www.duolingo.com EngageNY
Math, Science and ELA - High-performing teachers across the country share their rich, comprehensive lessons and effective strategies
Foreign Language - Gaming format
EngageNY
Complete k-12 curriculum for ELA and Math

11. Resources US Department of Education GoOpen District Launch Packet
GoOpen District Launch Packet
GoOpen Facebook Page - Request Access
Sherwood OER List
Additional List Vetted by GoOpen Leaders

12. Curriculum Process Examine Learning Goals / Objectives
Review multiple OERs to find the resource that fits best
Utilize in your classroom for student use or teacher use
Create a document that you can share with parents or have students reference at home
Sample
Use with Google Classroom, Canvas, Blackboard, etc. or Print as needed
Can be used in:
1:1 School or Classroom
Computer Lab
Regular Everyday Classroom

13. Available Learning Module!
Sherwood Online PD Page with OER Resources and Ideas for the Classroom

14. Contact Information - Sherwood Cass R-VIII School District
Steve Ritter, EdD
Superintendent
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