Curriculum Freebies

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I have a few freebies to share with you today!

Free Online Curriculum Resources

(Originally titled “Open Educational Resources: On the Web and Free”)

            In this Educational Leadership article, Minnesota district media/technology director Doug Johnson recommends the following online curriculum resources:

-    OpenEd: www.opened.io with more than 250,000 videos, games, and other resources aligned with standards.

-    The Digital Public Library of America: http://dp.la and the Library of Congresswww.loc.gov have copious primary-source materials – manuscripts, artworks, maps, and sound recordings.

-    Gooru: www.goorulearning.org is an open and collaborative online community used by more than 400,000 teachers in 140 countries and all 50 states.

-    Creative Commons: http://search.creativecommons.org is an effective tool for finding copyright-free media.

-    CK-12: www.ck12.org specializes in high-quality curated STEM content and has links to more than 15,000 resources.

“Open Educational Resources: On the Web and Free” by Doug Johnson in Educational Leadership, March 2014 (Vol. 71, #6, p. 85-86); Johnson is at doug0077@gmail.com.