Transitioning from Print to Digital The Relationship Between Content and Teachers Jeff Mao Maine Department of Education.

Transitioning from Print to Digital

The Relationship Between Content and Teachers

Jeff MaoMaine Department of Education

My Context• Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, 1992

• Standards-based, proficiency-based models

• 1:1 laptops (Apple Powerbook 160s)

• Allendale Columbia School, Rochester, New York, 1995

• School’s first Computer Coordinator

• Maine School Administrative District #60, 2002

• IT Director

• MLTI Launch

• State of Maine, 2004

• an entire generation of students later...

Maine Learning Technology Initiative

“...a personal digital devices

at the point of learning

as defined by the learner...”

Susan Gendron

Maine Learning Technology Initiative

“Technology is anything that wasn't

around when you were born.”

Alan Kay

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/3097570547/sizes/m/in/photostream/

Maine Learning Technology Initiative

“...I skate to where the puck is going to be...”

Wayne Gretsky

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Wgretz.jpg

Dr. Matthew Koehler and Dr. Punya Mishra http://www.tpck.org

Dr. Matthew Koehler and Dr. Punya Mishra http://www.tpck.org

TechnologicalKnowledge

(TK)

ContentKnowledge

(CK)

PedagogicalKnowledge

(PK)

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK)

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK)

SSubstitutionubstitutionActs as a direct tool Acts as a direct tool substitute, with no substitute, with no functional changefunctional change

AAugmentationugmentation

Acts as a direct tool Acts as a direct tool substitute, with substitute, with

functional functional improvementimprovement

MModificationodification Allows for significant Allows for significant task redesigntask redesign

RRedefinitionedefinition

Allows for the creation Allows for the creation of new tasks, of new tasks,

previously previously inconceivableinconceivable

Dr. Ruben PuentaduraDr. Ruben Puentadura

http://www.mlti.org/presentationshttp://www.mlti.org/presentations

http://www.hippasus.com/resources/http://www.hippasus.com/resources/tte/tte/

SAMRSAMR

ContentKnowledge

(CK)

Dr. Matthew Koehler and Dr. Punya Mishra http://www.tpck.org

Dr. Matthew Koehler and Dr. Punya Mishra http://www.tpck.org

TechnologicalKnowledge

(TK)

PedagogicalKnowledge

(PK)

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK)

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK)

Content

SubstitutionSubstitution

Copyright Mathbits

AugmentationAugmentation

ModificationModification

RedefinitionRedefinition

We need better content...

tell me something I don’t know...

Creative Commons

http://creativecommons.org/about

What is OER?

•O = Open

•E = Educational

•R = Resource

What is Open?•No Cost

•Open means free...

•but free does NOT mean Open!!“...no part of the Illuminations content or materials

may be downloaded, reproduced, modified, distributed, transmitted, replicated, or displayed in any form or by any means. Any modifications for commercial or for-profit use of the images, text,

programs or other materials found in the Web site, as well as any deletions or changes to any copyright or trademark notice, is strictly prohibited.” -- NCTM web

site

3 R’s

•Rigor

•Relevance

•Relationships

What is Open?•For and At No Cost

•Reuse

•Revise

•Remix

•Redistribute• 4Rs -

http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/openness-catalyst-educational-reformation David Wiley

What is Reuse?

•the right to reuse the content in its unaltered/verbatim form

http://jeffmao.com/?page_id=197

What is Revise?

•the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself

http://jeffmao.com/?page_id=197

What is Remix?

•the right to combine the original or revised content with other content to create something new

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/6912781298/sizes/o/in/photostream/

What is Redistribute?

•the right to share copies of the original content, the revisions, or the remixes with others

•school web site

•flickr

•your LMS

•pre-load on your devices

That’s nice...

but what does that mean to me?

ContentContentAdoptionAdoption

TraditionalTraditional

Order Sample Copies

Review SampleIdentify pros and cons

Choose LeastObjectionable

Augment/ReplaceParts

7-9 years?!

ContentContentAdoptionAdoption

RedefinitionRedefinition

Search & Discover

Review ArtifactIdentify pros and cons

Choose LeastObjectionable

Modify &Remix

Add toPlaylist

3 years?

Supply and Demand

Who is the tail? Who is the dog?

OER ContentOER Contentfree.ed.gov

search.creativecommons.org

www.oercommons.org

cnx.org

ck12.org

khanacademy.org

hippocampus.org

merlot.org

phet.colorado.edu

Quality?

http://www.achieve.org/oer-rubrics

Digital Content Digital Content ToolsTools

http://www.opentapestry.com

http://www.goorulearning.org

http://www.net-texts.com

http://www.symbaloo.com

Holy Grail

•Searchable

• ISBN

•Standards Tagging

•MetaTagging

•ParaData Exchange

•LearningRegistry.org

“iTunes” for Educational Digital Content

•Reviews & Comments

•User Profiles & User Reputation

•Shareable Playlists

•Friends & Followers

Change your relationship

•You don’t “cover content”

•Take control

•Demand Pull not Supply Push!

Questions