I believe that we have a unique opportunity at this moment when districts all over the country are looking at new curriculum and assessments. We can either see this as an opportunity to innovate and improve learning…or we can just
Open-licensed music for your multimedia projects
Engaging your students in creating standards-based projects is a great way to differentiate instruction. But what to do when your students want to rip their favorite CDs to include music in their project? If you are posting the work online,
Kids, copyright, and open content
(This seems like a long post, but it is about one of the most important experiences I’ve had in a classroom in a long while.) As a part of a project in which students are writing poems to be included
ccLearn
Creative Commons today announced the formation of a new division, ccLearn. This group is “dedicated to realizing the full potential of the Internet to support open learning and open educational resources” and has a stated mission “to minimize barriers to
Open video
Here’s another good site for “copyleft” video: The Open Video Project. Some of the video is from NASA and other government sources, but the site is much better organized and easier to search than most government sites.
Differentiating Instruction with Mobile Technology
At NECC last week, I presented a session called “Using Mobile Technology to Differentiate and Enrich Instruction.” The ISTE folks had wanted to podcast the session, but I wasn’t crazy about the legal agreement they were using. (It wasn’t Creative
Free "copyleft" visual resources
Every day, I am becoming a bigger advocate for copyleft licensing options for content. Copyleft licenses lets the creator maintain ownership (and copyright), while allowing others to share the content under terms specified by the creator. If you are looking
Free audio resources you can use
The next episode of Karen’s Mashups is up, and this is my favorite show so far! In it, I highlight a variety of sources for “copyleft” audio content that can be used free of charge in your own podcasts, movies,
Wikipedia for Schools
I love Wikipedia and the collaborative approach to creation that it represents, but as with any information resource, Wikipedia is not all things to all people. One area where it is problematic for schools is that it contains some content
Podcast observations
In producing episodes for my podcast, which is a mashup of various podcasts and other digital content of interest to educators, I’ve been listening to lots and lots of podcasts. As such, I have some observations and suggestions to share