The document discusses open education resources (OER) for literacy instruction. It defines OERs as free education materials that anyone can reuse, remix, and redistribute. The presentation identifies several OER projects for literacy like FreeReading.net and Curriki.org that contain open resources like lessons, units, and digital materials. It encourages educators to share their teaching materials through OERs to help others globally.

1. Literacy is Priceless:
Free Technology Tools for Literacy Instruction
Anna Batchelder
Curriki, Global Consultant
Founder, Bon Education
NECC Unplugged 2009

2. After 30 minutes you will be
able to…
• Define open education resources
• Identify numerous open education resources for literacy
instruction
• Find early literacy resources using FreeReading
• Find and Create K-12 literacy resources using Curriki

3. About Anna
http://www.curriki.org
Twitter: @Curriki http://www.boneducation.com
Twitter: @Bon_Education
http://www.literacyispriceless.com

4. What are Open Education
Resources?

5. OERsthat anyone can…
free education materials
are
Remix
Improve
Redistribute

6. OERs include…
Learning objects
Images, audios & videos
Lessons, units & full courses
Journal articles & textbooks
Learning & content management software
Tools for publishing digital resources

7. OER and FOSS
Think about open education resources like you think
about free and open source software. Users:
adapting content sharing content

8. Major OER Projects

9. Literacy OER tour…

10. Benefits & Challenges

11. The World Needs You!
Share your teaching genius with
others around the globe!
Think OERs!

12. Thank you!
Anna Batchelder
Global Consultant, Curriki
Founder, Bon Education
Dubai, UAE
abatchelder@curriki.org
anna@boneducation.com

13. Appendix

14. What about copyrights?
A brief video…

15. www.FreeReading.net

18. www.Curriki.org