The document discusses using technology and the internet to enhance education. It encourages developing and sharing open educational resources online under free culture licenses. It provides examples like Wikipedia, Wikisource, and the Open Siddur project, which allows editing and remixing of liturgical works. The document offers guidance on attributing sources, following licenses, and basic etiquette for online collaboration.

1. Technology (Development) In Education 201 Efraim Feinstein (Open Siddur Project) NewCAJE 2 August 2011

2. Tech development on one foot The Internet is made up of read-write resources

3. Web 2.0 is driven by social interactions over the network

4. A natural environment for student activities and outlet for creativity

5. Beyond the classroom You frequently control access to the resources you put up

6. Putting up resources on the Internet is an opportunity to increase the value of the available resources for everyone

7. What can you do? Augment existing resources Editing

8. “Remixing” Add entirely new resources within an existing framework

9. Start something completely new

10. The minimum you need to know about copyright and sharing material on the Internet...

11. DON'T PANIC

12. “Free software,” “Open source software,” “Free culture content” Framework for facilitating remixing and sharing in a world designed for property (whether you like it or not)

13. Everything you produce is under copyright

14. In order for large repositories to allow sharing and remixing of what you produce, they need your permission

15. “Free software,” “Open source software,” “Free culture content” Use material without restriction

16. Share the material without restriction

17. Make modified versions (“Remixing”)

18. Share your modified versions

19. Usually involve certain requirements in exchange Maintain Attribution Notices

20. Share-Alike

21. Common “free culture” content licenses that you will see GNU Free Documentation License

22. Creative Commons Zero

23. Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)

24. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA)

25. Avoid “No-commercial use”/ “educational use only” Limits the scope of who can make use of/corrections of your work

26. Improvements can come from anywhere

27. Parasitism can be avoided with share-alike terms

28. Basic rules online Credit your sources

29. Follow the licenses of your sources

30. Credit is not enough: don't infringe copyrights

31. Learn and follow the rules of the frameworks you're sharing in

32. Augment existing resources English Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org

33. Hebrew Wikipedia: http://he.wikipedia.org

34. Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org

35. English Wikisource: http://en.wikisource.org

36. Hebrew Wikisource: http://he.wikisource.org

37. Wikipedia Encyclopedia anyone can edit

38. Localized to a lot of languages, including Hebrew

39. Shares under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license

40. Basic rules of Wikipedia Encyclopedic in nature

41. Anything on Wikipedia should be verifiable (sourced) No “original research” Perfection is not required

42. Do fix problems!

43. Do explain your edits (use talk pages) the more major the edit, the more likely it is that it requires explanation

44. Issues on Wikipedia You are participating in a very large community: not everyone will agree Common disagreements Notability

45. Neutral Point of View Wikipedia has etiquette

46. Unfortunately, it will not always be followed

47. New resources within a : Open Siddur Goals are to produce a web application and database of Jewish liturgical material with translations and commentary

48. All material in the Open Siddur will be editable and remixable

49. Make a personalized siddur with chosen translations and commentaries

50. Open Siddur Can be found at http://opensiddur.org Open Siddur font pack and Hebrew keyboard setup Is under development (that is: not ready)

51. Is accepting and sharing content Currently placed in a blog-like format

52. Will eventually be placed in a database Is developing an application Opportunities for young developers!

53. Finding material to put online... http://hebrewbooks.org

54. Seforim Online

55. Jewish National and University Library

56. Digitized Book Collection

57. Google Books

58. Always verify that the work is in the public domain! (If it was published before 1923, it is, otherwise, it's harder.)

59. It's not just about transcribing... Learn what you're transcribing

60. Comment on it

61. Open Siddur Talk to contributors and developers opensiddur-talk discussion group Mentoring available for advanced students interested in tech development opensiddur-tech discussion group

62. Email: [email_address]

63. Making your own project I You can even build smartphone apps without programming

64. … and without a smartphone

65. Google App Inventor Point and click smartphone app creation

66. No programming required

67. Programming optional for new features

68. Making your own project II Is your need unmet elsewhere? Use Google! Forming collaborations Use your social media resources!

69. Jewish Education Change Network:

70. Integrating Technology in Jewish Education Just putting it on the Internet doesn't mean instant collaborators

71. Share in a way that lets others take off where you left off

72. Exercises Wikipedia: Pick a Jewish topic on Wikipedia and begin reading. Did you find any mistakes?

73. Is anything missing that should be there?

74. Can you find any topics that are missing entirely? Open Siddur: Preparing your own siddur You want to produce a siddur with your class: what material is already out there? What do you need? How would you go about putting it online? Google App Inventor: Think about building an app: What do you want it to do?

75. What data do you need? Is it already there? Accessible?

76. How do you represent it on screen using the existing controls (the real challenge!)