Squeakland's education team would be happy to participate in this endeavor. We have created content in Etoys that are self contained with not just text/content but also integrated modeling and guidance for self assessment. Is there a particular format that this program is looking for?
Thanks! Let us know how we may be of service. Regards, Cherry On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Edward Cherlin <echer...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 13:19, Frederick Grose <fgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Edward Cherlin <echer...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> I intend to apply for creating digital textbook replacements. Anyone > >> else interested? > > > > How about affiliating with Sugar Labs as a Sugar Labs project? > > Certainly. I have several pages on the Sugar Labs Wiki about it. This > is the place to start. > > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Education_Team/Creating_textbooks > > >> http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/22912 > >> > >> U.S. Department of Education includes OER in notice of proposed > >> priorities for grant programs > >> Timothy Vollmer, August 5th, 2010 > >> > >> Today the U.S. Department of Education took another big step in > >> supporting open educational resources (OER). In the Federal Register, > >> the Department released a notice of proposed priorities (NPP): > >> > >> The Secretary of Education proposes priorities that the Department > >> of Education (Department) may use for any appropriate discretionary > >> grant program in fiscal year (FY) 2011 and future years … This action > >> will permit all offices in the Department to use, as appropriate for > >> particular discretionary grant programs, one or more of these > >> priorities in any discretionary grant competition. > >> > >> The set of proposed priorities specifically mentions OER. Essentially, > >> if the priorities are adopted, it could mean that grant seekers who > >> include open educational resources as a component of an application > >> for funding from the Department of Education could receive priority. > >> OER is included in Proposed Priority 13–Improving Productivity: > >> > >> Projects that are designed to significantly increase efficiency in > >> the use of time, staff, money, or other resources. Such projects may > >> include innovative and sustainable uses of technology, modification of > >> school schedules, use of open educational resources (as defined in > >> this notice), or other strategies that improve results and increase > >> productivity. > >> > >> As mentioned, the NPP includes a definition of open educational > resources: > >> > >> Open educational resources (OER) means teaching, learning, and > >> research resources that reside in the public domain or have been > >> released under an intellectual property license that permits their > >> free use or repurposing by others. > >> > >> Interested parties may submit comments to the notice of proposed > >> priorities until September 7, 2010. Information about how to submit a > >> comment is described in the notice. > >> > >> -- > >> Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin > >> Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. > >> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. > >> http://www.earthtreasury.org/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > > > -- > Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin > Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. > The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. > http://www.earthtreasury.org/ > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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