Conference Gives Green Light to Ideas

Conference Gives Green Light to Ideas

Educators collaborate to solve problems By Sara Hayden [ sara@hmbreview.com ] Since Sunday, teachers have been in class, or something like it. The Big Ideas Fest hosted at the Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, brought out about 240 people from across the United States to...
Open Ed. Resources Encourage Teachers to Tinker

Open Ed. Resources Encourage Teachers to Tinker

Educators often argue that they need more control over the development of the curriculum they are teaching. Open education resources may be the answer, said several educators during presentations at the Open Education Conference here in Vancouver on Tuesday.— ...
Common Core Drives Interest in Open Education Resources

Common Core Drives Interest in Open Education Resources

Spurred by the adoption of common-core standards by nearly every state, the movement for open digital resources is growing as educators realign curricula —   One tool to help educators determine the quality and alignment to the common core of a particular resource is...