Results: Digital content (12 Stories)
Leading with Professional Learning: Liberty Public Schools
Liberty Public Schools, MissouriP-12
Liberty’s systemic approach to implementing openly licensed educational resources started with making the decision a year ahead about which textbooks and instructional materials would be replaced by openly licensed educational resources. The district also developed a strategy for implementing inte...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources, professional learning
Clark County School District: OER from a Development Perspective
Clark County School District, NevadaP-12
Clark County (NV) School District (CCSD) is the fifth largest district in the nation, with over 318,000 students. CCSD was prompted to #GoOpen because the size of the district makes it cost prohibitive to purchase licensed software for mass distribution. With the goal of having 100,000 students in a...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources
Transparency in Technology: Vista Unified School District’s Transition to Digital Learning
Vista Unified School District, CaliforniaP-12
Vista Unified School District serves a diverse population of students, including more than 3,000 in special education programs and more than 6,000 who are English Learners. Enrollment has declined over the last several years from about 26,000 students in 2000 to about 22,000 in 2012. Vista Unified ...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources
Partnerships for Progress: Mentor Public Schools’ #GoOpen Story
Mentor Public Schools, OhioP-12
Mentor Public Schools has spent the past four years rethinking and revitalizing the instructional program for our students. Focusing on balancing the instructional methods available to our educators has allowed the district to move the student experience toward a scenario where the best possible tec...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources
Lawrence Public Schools: Team Approach to #GoOpen
Lawrence Public Schools, KansasP-12
With a focus on its Excellence, Equity and Engagement goals, Lawrence USD 497 has earned a reputation for offering students an exceptional educational experience. The district serves roughly 11,000 students among fourteen elementary schools, four middle schools, two high schools, and two virtual sch...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources
Collaboration Supports OER at Fallbrook Union Elementary School District
Fallbrook Union Elementary School District, CaliforniaP-12
The Fallbrook Union Elementary School District, located in north San Diego County, serves approximately 5,200 kindergarten through eighth grade students in eight schools. The geographical boundaries of FUESD contribute to the unique population it serves. Stretching from the I-15 corridor to the Pac...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources
Collaboration is Key: Natick Public Schools’ #GoOpen Journey
Natick Public Schools, MassachusettsP-12
Natick Public Schools is a suburban school district located southwest of Boston. The school community has about 5,400 students and 600 educators. Grace Magley is the Director of Online learning in Natick, and her office was established to strengthen and deepen the district’s implementation of dig...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources
Coronado Unified School District’s #GoOpen Movement to Support Learner-Centric Teaching
Coronado Unified School District, CaliforniaP-12
CUSD was motivated to #GoOpen because the learner has changed. “Students have a pervasive mindset of personalization. Personalization of clothing, communication devices, and food has become expected in the marketplace...so why not in our schools?” acknowledged Superintendent Dr. Jeffrey Felix. S...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources
Columbus Municipal School District: From Textbooks to Tech
Columbus Municipal School District, MississippiP-12
The CMSD #GoOpen journey began about a year and a half ago, and was prompted by the realization that our outdated textbooks were no longer adequate to meet the needs of each student and to ensure that every student in our district succeeds. CMSD realized that not only did these textbooks fail to mee...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources
Bristol Tennessee City Schools: From Obstacles to Opportunities Through Digital Learning Conversion
Bristol Tennessee City Schools, TennesseeP-12
Bristol Tennessee City Schools has just over 4,000 students enrolled among five elementary schools, a single middle school, one brick-and-mortar high school, and a virtual high school. The district's free and reduced lunch rate is just over 53%, with the rate at some of the four Title I schools sign...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources, professional learning
