Teachers' Domain

Teachers' Domain, a web site from Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television station WGBH in Boston, has launched a section devoted to Open Educational Resources--downloadable, sharable, remixable video segments, interactive activities, and lesson plans in earth science, engineering, life science, and physical science disciplines. All content is free after registering.

http://www.teachersdomain.org/

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K-20 Vision from Software and Information Industry Association (SIAA)

"By the end of the decade, SIIA believes every K-20 institution should have an instructional and institutional framework that embraces technology and eLearning. The goals would be to increase student engagement and achievement, provide equity and access to new learning opportunities, document and track student performance, empower collaborative-learning communities, maximize teaching and administrative effectiveness, and build student proficiencies in 21st-century skills. "

The vision, announced today (7/27/07), can be found at
http://www.siia.net/education/foreducators/visionk20.asp

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Is Your Next Computer a Table or a Pen?

At the "D: All Things Digital" conference in Carlsbad May 30, Microsoft unveiled Surface, a computer designed like a table with a touch screen, and Livescribe demonstrated Smartpen, a pen-shaped computer that makes audio recordings and links them to written notes.

Read more at http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7168&page=1.

Santa Ana College Uses Rubric from REAZON SYSTEMS INC.

http://campustechnology.com/articles/48392/

"Rubric works, Howe said, because most writing assignments tend to be highly subjective. Instructors may know exactly what they want, but communicating that to students can be challenging. And students often have detailed questions on how grading will be handled. Rubric addresses those issues by having the instructor specify exactly what is required for each portion of a paper and how that part will be weighted as part of the assignment's overall grade. "You can break the entire assignment down into sections [that specify] what you're looking for in that section, and how you're going to grade it," How explained. "When you actually do grade it, ... [the students] can see exactly what you graded them on." "

I wonder if Curricunet could be adapted to serve this purpose?

Open Content Learning Portal

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