Slides for an online workshop as a part of the 4T Virtual Conference

2. Poll
Are you a:
A - Preservice teacher
B - Elementary teacher
C - Secondary teacher
D - Administrator/coach/tech facilitator
E - Other

3. Poll
What’s your general technology comfort level?
A – Newbie – I use email and the web, not much else.
B – Beginner – I’m good with Office tools.
C – Intermediate – I’ve used some apps like wikis or
Google Docs.
D – Advanced – I’m moderately comfortable with things
like wikis, Google Docs, and other Web 2.0.
E – Expert - I do all things Web 2.0 and write HTML.

4. Agenda
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Overview of open educational resources and
remixing (15 minutes)

You choose a lesson or topic to remix

Remix, play, ask questions, have fun

5. What I believe and why I got
involved in OER

Differentiating instruction is essential to
improving education.

Textbooks are not a good tool for this.

Technology coupled with high quality content is.
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Teachers and students need high quality
resources that they can use legally to build and
share interactive lessons, podcasts, multimedia
presentations, etc.

Sharing is good and is a part of new literacies.

6. What is OER?

Digital, free, and OPEN for anyone to use,
adapt, and redistribute

Tools, content, and implementation
resources

For teachers, students, and lifelong learners

7. How is OER relevant to
education?

Suitable for “remixing” for differentiation
− Examples

Increases equity

FREE

Modelling 21st century skills as a source of
content for teachers and students to build
from legally

Wise use of public funds

8. What is remixing?

Piecing together others’ works into
something useful to you

Final product can be any format you want
− Web page
− Wiki
− Presentation
− Ebook
− Movie
− Something else

10. Click the link in chat and watch the first part of
this video
www.vimeo.com/42225818

11. Traditional
copyright - Public domain -
all rights unrestricted
reserved use

12. Traditional
copyright - Public domain -
all rights unrestricted
reserved use
Copyright with
open licenses -
some rights
reserved

13. Attribution (BY) ▪ Non-commercial (NC) ▪
No derivatives (ND) ▪ Copyleft - Share-Alike (SA)
C
Recommended for education:
CC BY

14. Creative Commons:
− CC BY – You can use however you want; just cite
the source.
− CC BY SA – You can use however you want, but
you must cite the source AND license your work
under a sharing license.
− CC BY NC – You can use only if it is
noncommercial (you can’t charge $); cite the
source.
− CC BY ND – You can use the work but you can’t
change it or put it into a bigger work; also cite the
source.

15. Others:
GFDL – Share-alike license used by Wikipedia
and others.
Public domain – not copyrighted; you can use
however you like.
Custom licenses (e.g. morguefile and
T
Teacher’s Domain)

16. Citing Sources

ALWAYS cite sources; attribution required by
CC

Can be under the image or at the end in credits

Screen names are ok

(optional) Include source URL

17. More Formal Citation Formats

MLA
Author’s name, the name of the work, publication/site,
the date of creation, and the medium of publication
Bronayur. “Hershey, PA sign.” Wikipedia, Jan. 9, 2007. JPG file.

APA
Name of the organization, followed by the date. In
brackets, provide a brief explanation of what type of
data is there and in what form it appears. Finally,
provide the project name and retrieval information.
Hershey, PA sign. (Jan. 9, 2007). [Photo of Hershey, PA sign, JPG].
Wikipedia. Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hershey_Pennsylvania_1.JPG

18. Where to find the best OER
http://content.k12opened.com
Multimedia tab will be particularly
relevant for today.

21. Topics for Your Remix Project

Can work individually or in small groups

Anything you want to work on
− If you know what you want to do, type the topic and
final format into the chat
− If you don’t know, look at others’ ideas and/or my
suggestions

Go to Google Doc and your name and what you
plan to work on

22. Get to work!

Optional workspace - If you’d like a place to
work on this, you can use this wiki:
http://oerremix.wikispaces.com

Come back to Elluminate page if you have any
questions – chat or audio

Break out rooms (optional)

I’ll also check in periodically on audio
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Group check-in at 2:00
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Have fun!

23. Conclusion

Questions, comments, and sharing of
experiences and resources

Thank you for coming!

24. Thank you.
Karen Fasimpaur
karen@k12opened.com
First screen image credits:
Linux computer lab – Michael Surran
Linux penguin - Larry Ewing <lewing@isc.tamu.edu> with the GIMP
Books - Tizzie
Globe – NASA
Cloud background - Anca Mosoiu