The document outlines the principles of open educational resources (OER) and the use of free content and tools for enhancing learning. It highlights various platforms for accessing free educational materials, copyright considerations, and encourages collaboration and sharing of resources among educators and students. The document also provides examples of content and tools available online, along with recommendations for proper licensing and attribution.

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

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

3. 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).

4. 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

5. 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.

6. A word about filtering and inappropriate content....

7. Legal Basics

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

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

10. Tools

11. Tools

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

13. 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

14. Content

15. 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

16. 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.

17. 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

18. 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

19. File Formats

20. 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.

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

22. 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?

23. Wiki Editing and Helping to Build OER

24. 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

25. 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!

26. 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

27. 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

28. More! Edit and explore Wikibooks Curriki FreeReading Wikispaces SlideShare

29. 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.

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