Open source textbook presentation

1. OPEN SOURCE
TEXTBOOKS

2. Publisher created textbooks

3. are limited,

5. and difficult to update

7. trying to meet needs

9. with a single text

10. OPEN SOURCE

12. available in digital format

13. open license

14. meaning that

15. open source textbooks

16. can be accessed

18. or

19. Open source textbooks are…

20. ECONOMICAL

21. most sources are free

22. Anoka-Hennepin School
District

24. Probability
and Statistics
probability and statistics

25. $200,000

26. chose to use open source text

27. cost $25,000

28. what did $25,000 buy?

31. 1000

34. Digital access was provided

35. online

36. CDs

37. PDF and ePUB files allowed
students to use

39. $175,000

42. ADAPTABLE

44. vs.

45. publishers believe that they
best

46. at reaching

47. students

48. and teaching

49. standards

51. broad materials

54. open source text is
customizable

55. can be focused on

57. district curriculum

59. Teachers can

61. create their own textbook

62. or begin with one that is
already assembled

64. start with one of CK-12’s
free FlexBooks,

66. Anoka-Hennepin School
District

67. Added more sample
problems

69. publishers are skilled in
writing textbooks based on
standards,

70. teachers are skilled in
knowing the needs of the
individuals

71. TOOLS FOR
DIFFERENTIATION

73. open source superior for
differentiation

74. Students vary in…

75. readiness

76. interest

77. how they learn best

78. open source text can be
modified

79. in ways that address all
three

81. shifting grade level

82. adjusting for reading ability

83. special geographic or
cultural focus

85. student interests

88. open source materials are
better

89. Edyburn raises important
questions:

90. “Why
are states and districts adopting
textbooks
that are not accessible when they
know that …

91. 10%
of students have
disabilities
and will not be able to access the
curriculum in this format?

92. 50%
not
of the students who are
reading at grade
level cannot independently
read the textbooks?

93. How do these behaviors
illustrate

94. that schools are making
good- faith efforts

95. to provide
each child
with a free, appropriate public
education?”

96. (Edyburn , 2008, pp. 63-64).

97. To best meet the needs of all
students

98. we must have (legal) options
for customizing text

100. Resources
CK-12 Foundation. (2012). Retrieved July 20, 2012, from CK-12: http://www.ck12.org
Edyburn, D. L. (2008). Research and practice. Journal of Special Education Technology, 23(4),
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McGraw Hill . (2012). McGraw Hill Education. Retrieved July 20, 2012, from The McGraw
Hill Companies : http://www.mheducation.com/home/index.shtml
Tomlinson, C. (1999). The differentiated classroom: Responding to the needs of all
learners. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Trotter, A. (2008). Educators assess 'open content' movement. Education Week, 27(43), 8-8,
9. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/202756070?accountid=1230

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