E q net teacher activities phase two task one

Phase Two (Task 1): eQNetTeachers

Phase 2 – Task 1: Identify and Discuss TW Collections Using LRE Teacher Community Forum
Task 1 of Phase 2 begins: June 16, 2011
Work must be completed: July 6, 2011
Expected time to complete task: 2 hours (max)
Description: Identifying, Describing and Discussing Collections and TW Criteria
Task One can overlap with the start of Task Two (described in a separate guide available July 1, 2011).
Platform: LRE Teachers Community Forum: http://lreforschools.eun.org/web/guest/community
Initial Requirements: Registration for an openID on http://lreforschools.eun.org – (see login instructions starting on pg. 13)
Powerpoint template - Patricia Munoz King
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Task One: Objectives and Process
eQNet Teachers:
Identify 2 collections potentially rich in TW resources
Use LRE Community Forum
Share their findings with each other
Teachers discuss TW criteria development in the Forum
Each eQNet partner will have recommended collections that lead to at least 300 resources per partner to be included in the LRE by October 15, 2011
EUN tasks:
LRE team will review the collection to determine whether it is technically possible to include it in the LRE
Some collections might be found ineligible because of copyright limitations or other issues
Teachers will be asked to suggest a different collection if their collection is found to be ineligible
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Task One: Instructions for Teachers
Identify 2 collections (can be more)
Collections are a group of resources from one provider
They share the same url address
Example
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ This is the collection homepage
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L646 This is an individual resource from the Illuminations NCTM collection
For this task provide just the collection homepage url and a description of the collection and its TW qualities
Collections can be made up of different subjects or the same subject. They can be for only one age group or many.
Use the LRE Community Forum to share the url, describe the collections and discuss your recommendations and experiences with other teachers http://lreforschools.eun.org/web/guest/community
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Task One: Requirements (1)
At least one of the collections should originate either from Europe or have support for European languages other than English
The collection must have at least 20 + individual learning resources that meet travel well criteria.
What to look for:
The collections can be something you already know well because this is where you found resources for the previous tasks.
Collections that have a Creative Commons license or a Terms of Use page (usually at the bottom) explicitly allowing teachers to use and share this material at no cost.
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What to avoid:
Collections already in the LRE are not eligible
It is ok if one or several individual resources are in the LRE because of previous eQNet work but not the whole collection
You can see if the collection is in the LRE with search by provider name
Collections that have a lot of advertising or that require payment to use the resources
Look at the terms of use statement usually at the bottom of the page.
Does a teacher need explicit permission to use the resource in a class?
If yes, the collection is not eligible.
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Avoid Collections that are a mix of resources provided by another aggregator/federation
How to tell if you are looking at an aggregator/federation:
When you select a resource are you taken to a different site entirely?
If yes, you are using an aggregator/federation.
Does the site let you browse by collections of providers?
If yes, you are using an aggregator/federation.
If you are unsure, feel free to send your examples to elena.shulman@eun.org
Example of aggregators/federation: http://www.merlot.org, http://free.ed.gov and http://nsdl.org
It is ok to use an aggregator/federation to discover a collection but remember to provide the specific collection url and not the aggregator/federation pages.
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Task One: Using LRE Community Forum
Use the LRE Community Forum to post collections
http://lreforschools.eun.org/web/guest/community
You must be logged in with your openID
Instructions for creating openID are at the end of this slideshow
In the Community Forum in the LRE
There are two ‘Categories’
Category called ‘Collections that Travel Well’ where the collections are to be listed and described by teachers
http://lreforschools.eun.org/web/guest/community/-/message_boards/category/14253
Category called ‘Developing TW Criteria’
http://lreforschools.eun.org/web/guest/community/-/message_boards/category/12780
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Collections that Travel Well Forum
Provide the title and url to the homepage of the collection
Describe the collection
How many resources do you think meet TW criteria?
Subjects, age ranges, types of resources, and any other relevant information
Which TW criteria are applicable to resources in this collection?
If you are able to find the license or terms of use page, what kind of legal restrictions did you find?
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Discussion: Developing TW Criteria Forum
Use this category in the forum to:
Describe the process and challenges you and fellow teachers encountered in developing TW criteria.
Requirements:
Each Teacher answers the questions about the challenges and process they undertook to develop TW criteria (3-4 sentences minimum)
Each Teacher should reply to at least one other post from a fellow teacher (1-2 sentences)
See following slides for examples
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Instructions to createopenID in LRE

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