Match 7 – 11 was Open Education Week.  This was news to me.  Even participating in a post-secondary program focused on online learning and teaching this event passed without recognition or even notice.  That in itself is testimony to how important such events are to increase awareness of the open education movement.

This blog post is brought to you by the word Corollary

​In my classroom (and most elementary classrooms) students are encouraged to share. .  The only exceptions are food (possible allergies/sensitivities/dietary restrictions) and answers during an activity designed for assessment purposes. 

The inside of my head is currently a whirling vortex of information, ideas and resources all jumbled together and moving so rapidly it is next to impossible to catch one single thought to hold onto.

I began my week of exploring OER by watching an edWeb webinar a webinar titled “Using OER Smarter, Better & Faster for Elementary Mathematics.” 

Everyone has heard of copyright.  And if we are to be honest, all of us have broken it.  Copyleft (gotta love the spoof on the term copyright)  appears to be an ingenious method of acknowledging the original work of the creator while allowing for the inspiration of further works based on it.