This sample standards map for Food Chains (TX Science Standard 3.9B) is used as a pretest in Ms. Scroggins’ 3rd grade blended science class. The data are used to set SMART goals which drive students’ learning.
In this video installment of IgnitED Research, a series that aims to build stronger connections between learning science and instructional practice, we look at retrieval and how it affects the process of learning.
This Challenge Map from Digital Promise allows users to explore big challenges in education – from kindergarten readiness to school redesign – and how they play out in different contexts. The tool also connects users with ideas and resources from innovative school districts and organizations.
Explore this free comprehensive personalized learning guide for educators, administrators, and parents from Education Elements. These resources will help you discover:
For those interested using Creative Commons licenses, Creative Commons offers an informative Share Your Work website that lets users explore how to select and mark their work.
This video from Creative Commons provides a good summary of how their licensing structure works and is differentiated from traditional copyright.
UnboundEd offers Enhance Instruction tools, a set of free professional learning resources for teachers and leaders that focus on the application of content related to the standards in K-12 math and English Language Arts.
Liberty Public Schools’ journey and transition to adopting Open Educational Resources. In this presentation, the district provides an overview of its district, timeline, process for adoption, and examples of the financial impact on its budgets.
modEL Detroit, an initiative of StandardsWorks, is supporting Detroit Public Schools in K-8 ELA by providing both planning and delivering resources to support teachers implementing the EL Education curriculum. It has developed Powerpoint slides that accompany each EL Education lesson, providing educators with a distilled and more manageable version of the curriculum. Each deck represents one lesson, and it is divided into teacher preparation support and student-facing materials.
This tool from Mountain Heights Academy is leveraged to ensure that all faculty engage in production, use, reuse, create, publish and share content. At the beginning of the year, every teacher receives their own tangible passport, enabling them to travel along their personal OER journey. As they complete each task, they receive a stamp on that page. By the end of the school year, each teacher will have completed each of the six tasks and will be ready to continue their growth.
