Free Content + Open Tools + Mass Collaboration = Learning for All

Agenda Introduction Free tools and content Wiki editing Wikipedia Wikibooks Open dictionary Curriki, FreeReading, and more Licensing your own work

Introduction

Free tools and content

Wiki editing

Wikipedia

Wikibooks

Open dictionary

Curriki, FreeReading, and more

Licensing your own work

Did you know... Wikimedia Commons has 2,822,614 free, shareable media files. Flickr has over 69 million free, shareable photos. MIT has 1,800 of its courses free and online. The Florida Dept. of Ed. recently adopted a free literacy program. Gutenberg Press has 25,000 free open books online (including audio books).

Wikimedia Commons has 2,822,614 free, shareable media files.

Flickr has over 69 million free, shareable photos.

MIT has 1,800 of its courses free and online.

The Florida Dept. of Ed. recently adopted a free literacy program.

Gutenberg Press has 25,000 free open books online (including audio books).

The OER Movement Open Educational Resources are: Digital Free and open (free ≠ open)‏ Shareable and optimally customizable Tools, content, and implementation strategies For teachers, students, and lifelong learners

Open Educational Resources are:

Digital

Free and open (free ≠ open)‏

Shareable and optimally customizable

Tools, content, and implementation strategies

For teachers, students, and lifelong learners

Kids and Copyright Copyright issues are relevant and engaging to kids They are consumers and creators. They want to be “legal.” They don't know much about open content, but are eager to learn and to share their own work under alternative licenses like Creative Commons.

Copyright issues are relevant and engaging to kids

They are consumers and creators.

They want to be “legal.”

They don't know much about open content, but are eager to learn and to share their own work under alternative licenses like Creative Commons.

A word about filtering and inappropriate content....

Legal Basics

Recommendation for education: CC BY or CC BY SA Attribution (BY)‏ No derivative (ND)‏ Non-commercial (NC)‏ Copyleft/Share Alike (SA)‏

Recommendation for education: CC BY or CC BY SA

Attribution (BY)‏

No derivative (ND)‏

Non-commercial (NC)‏

Copyleft/Share Alike (SA)‏

Exploring Licenses Go to Wikipedia Find any photo Identify the license and source What are the requirements for using the photo you found?

Go to Wikipedia

Find any photo

Identify the license and source

What are the requirements for using the photo you found?

Tools

Tools

CamStudio - screen casting FreeMind, Cmap - graphic organizers More SourceForge SchoolForge More Open Tools

CamStudio - screen casting

FreeMind, Cmap - graphic organizers

More

SourceForge

SchoolForge

Exploring Tools Think of a piece of software that you'd like to have on your teachers' or students' computers but can't afford Look in www.sourceforge.net or www.schoolforge.net to see what is available

Think of a piece of software that you'd like to have on your teachers' or students' computers but can't afford

Look in www.sourceforge.net or www.schoolforge.net to see what is available

Content

Content – Photos and Clip Art Photos Wikimedia Commons The Open Photo Project morgueFile Flickr (Creative Commons subset)‏ Clip art Open Clip Art Library WP Clip Art For full list, see www.k12opened.com/content

Photos

Wikimedia Commons

The Open Photo Project

morgueFile

Flickr (Creative Commons subset)‏

Clip art

Open Clip Art Library

WP Clip Art

For full list, see www.k12opened.com/content

Photos and Art Choose a topic. Find 2-3 photos or illustrations that could be used for a report on your topic. Copy and paste art into a word processing document (Word or Open Office). Write a credit with each piece citing the source and the web site.

Choose a topic.

Find 2-3 photos or illustrations that could be used for a report on your topic.

Copy and paste art into a word processing document (Word or Open Office).

Write a credit with each piece citing the source and the web site.

Content – Multimedia Video Wikimedia Commons video Tree of Life NextVista Music and sound ccMixter MusOpen Wikimedia Commons music Spoken Wikipedia Gutenberg audio books For full list, see www.k12opened.com/content

Video

Wikimedia Commons video

Tree of Life

NextVista

Music and sound

ccMixter

MusOpen

Wikimedia Commons music

Spoken Wikipedia

Gutenberg audio books

For full list, see www.k12opened.com/content

File Conversion Sometimes files you download may not be in a format compatible with your tools Online conversion tools www.youconvertit.com www.zamzar.com

Sometimes files you download may not be in a format compatible with your tools

Online conversion tools

www.youconvertit.com

www.zamzar.com

File Formats

Video and Music Choose a topic. Find 1-3 video clips or pieces of music that could be used for a multimedia presentation on your topic. Convert if necessary, and insert them into a presentation (PowerPoint or Open Office-Impress). Write a credit for each piece citing the source and the web site.

Choose a topic.

Find 1-3 video clips or pieces of music that could be used for a multimedia presentation on your topic.

Convert if necessary, and insert them into a presentation (PowerPoint or Open Office-Impress).

Write a credit for each piece citing the source and the web site.

Content – Educational Resources Wikibooks Curriki WikiEducator OER Commons FreeReading Gutenberg Press SlideShare MIT Open CourseWare

Wikibooks

Curriki

WikiEducator

OER Commons

FreeReading

Gutenberg Press

SlideShare

MIT Open CourseWare

Instruc. Resources Choose a topic. Find 1 or 2 instructional resources on your topic that could be used with students. Evaluate the resource. How would you use it? How would you change it?

Choose a topic.

Find 1 or 2 instructional resources on your topic that could be used with students.

Evaluate the resource. How would you use it? How would you change it?

Wiki Editing and Helping to Build OER

Beginning Wiki Editing Go to K12OpenEd.com/wiki Create an account for yourself Create your user page Tell about yourself Add a link (your school, your web page)‏ Practice editing

Go to K12OpenEd.com/wiki

Create an account for yourself

Create your user page

Tell about yourself

Add a link (your school, your web page)‏

Practice editing

Editing Wikipedia Go to www.wikipedia.org Find an article about something you know about (your hometown, your school, a hobby, etc.)‏ Edit the article and make it better!

Go to www.wikipedia.org

Find an article about something you know about (your hometown, your school, a hobby, etc.)‏

Edit the article and make it better!

Kids Dictionary #1 Go to dictionary.k12opened.com Create an account Find a word and write a definition Try the “instant karma” link Look at “recent changes” and improve someone else's work

Go to dictionary.k12opened.com

Create an account

Find a word and write a definition

Try the “instant karma” link

Look at “recent changes” and improve someone else's work

Kids Dictionary #2 This dictionary was started with a word list from the 1913 Webster's dictionary Get in small groups; brainstorm and search for words that may be missing Technology new inventions “ pop” culture words

This dictionary was started with a word list from the 1913 Webster's dictionary

Get in small groups; brainstorm and search for words that may be missing

Technology

new inventions

“ pop” culture words

More! Edit and explore Wikibooks Curriki FreeReading Wikispaces SlideShare

Edit and explore

Wikibooks

Curriki

FreeReading

Wikispaces

SlideShare

Sharing Your Work Put CC license on web site or work creativecommons.org/license Use CC options on sites like Flickr, SlideShare, Blip.tv, etc.

Put CC license on web site or work

creativecommons.org/license

Use CC options on sites like Flickr, SlideShare, Blip.tv, etc.

Q&A Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Thanks for coming! Karen Fasimpaur [email_address] www.k12opened.com

Questions?

Comments?

Suggestions?

Thanks for coming!

Karen Fasimpaur

[email_address]

www.k12opened.com