Creator: Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges | visit site
Grade Range: 8 - 11
Open Washington is a site dedicated to providing resources for learning, finding, and using Open Educational Resources (OER). Designed for use by college faculty, the website provides valuable information for educators in a variety of settings. Information on the site includes an in-depth learning module teaching educators how to find and use OER materials to enhance lessons. The OER search portal includes videos, images, course materials, and textbooks. Learn more about personal stories using OER through short video stories featuring students, educators, and professors.
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many resources shared on this site to supplement your current classroom instructional materials. Use these materials to find and differentiate learning for students, especially when working with gifted students as you look for content and resources to meet their educational needs that aren’t available within your current curriculum. Offer students a variety of options using those found on this site. Share available student choices using Padlet, <a href="/single.cfm?id=10007">reviewed here</a>. Enhance learning by encouraging students to collaborate in the learning process using Notejoy, <a href="/single.cfm?id=18377">reviewed here</a>. Notejoy offers tools for collaborative note-taking and sharing of ideas through chats, shared images, and more. Ask students to demonstrate their understanding of topics learned by asking them to create a multimedia project sharing their knowledge. Suggestions for multimedia tools include Sway, <a href="/single.cfm?id=16373">reviewed here</a>, Wakelet, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17619">reviewed here</a>, or Adobe Spark, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17152">reviewed here</a>. These multimedia tools present the opportunity to enhance or extend student learning depending on teacher requirements for the project or even student ability; most allow for adding narration, videos, text, and links to help explain what certain parts of the content are about.
At Home
Use Open Washington to find and share supplemental learning materials to your student. Find courses for your student to take that aren’t offered in your school or choose information to provide extended learning beyond classroom instruction.
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English, Language Arts, Math, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Social Studies, Writing,