SXSWedu March 2017

Let’s #GoOpen!

OER Infographic

OER at the State Level

Vetting Resources OER Rubrics Alignment to standards Repository? Intellectual property issues Third party content Creating frameworks Assessment issues Louisiana ELA OER Oklahoma OER

OER at the Federal Level

Go Open operation manual District teams; academics,

librarians, and teachers What to do with the created

content How to access the content Quality assurance? Professional Dev. piece District approach drives how

teachers embrace it Textbook replacement?

OER Resources

Creative Commons OER Edutopia OER OER Commons GoOpen USDOE OER: Issues, Possibilities, and the Promise of Curation - Webinar

w/Joyce Valenza OER Symbaloo from Shannon Miller OpenEd

Computer Science Standards ● Only 7 states have CS standards for K-12, many have 9-12 or some

tech standards ● K12 CS.org has a framework (provides concepts and practices) ● Provide interdisciplinary connections ● Provide ways to create technology ● Over 1 million jobs available today that can’t be filled ● Arkansas was one of the 1st states to move toward a K-12 CS

standard ● Connection between teaching computer science and digital literacy

Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes?

● VR = Virtual Reality ● 5 ways VR is being used in education ● Top Educational VR Apps ● Discovery VR ● Cardio VR ● Google Expeditions ● New York Times VR ● VR World App ● King Tut VR

VR Goggles

VR Equipment for Schools

Nearpod Microsoft VR systems ClassVR HTC Vive VR Goggles - pattern VR Goggles - YouTube video

Future Ready Schools

● Future Ready Schools Initiative ● Future Ready School Libraries ● Downloadable pdf and infographic ● Institutes, Resources, Webinars, Blogs,

and Social Media

Opportunities ● Opportunity for personalized professional development ● What resources would best help students reach their goals ● Curated OER resources ● Using learning management systems ● OER allows you to go beyond bias and content ● GoOpen initiative is both for state and districts ● Use tagging to curate ● Create a relationship between fake news and digital literacy

Challenges

●Different formats ●How do we adapt tools for teachers ●Interoperability ●Being able to remix materials ●How do we curate courses and materials in

Learning Management Systems

Keynote speaker Sara Goldrick-Rab made sure I was awake by the end of her presentation on

Paying the Price – the true cost of college

We must change how we think and how we talk

Teaching Creativity: How, Why and the Impact

Presented by

Keith Sawyer – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Distinguished Professor in Educational Innovations

Tacy Trowbridge – Global Ed Program Lead, Adobe

Villy Wang - Baycat

Rather than a lot of talking we were given challenges

Keith Sawyer and Villy Wang

Mayors & Workforce Development Meet Up

Preparing students to become current and future employees was the focus – OMG

Christopher Cabaldon – Mayor, City of West Sacramento

Greg Fischer – Mayor, City of Louisville

Impact of automation techonolgy. Company who would traditionally hire 300-400 now will only have 46 jobs

Need to “mark” skills not just degrees

Badging, micro credentialing (being done in Dallas)

Have college degrees aligned with community economic development

Intentionally build skills around what businesses need

Career work brings to life the academics

Students Internships / Teacher Externships

Mayor has the ability to bring stakeholders together – Education, Business and Government

Cradle to Career – Four major Pillars

Early Care & Education/Kindergarten Readiness.

K-12 Success.

High School to Postsecondary Transition & Completion.

21st Century Workforce & Talent.

SETDA is a resource I would not have encountered without going to SXSW

Virtual Reality is here but I’m not ready. These guys developed a

platform I can use with my students - Panoform

From a booth I was reminded of the

power of shifting of a perspective (a big part of the reason I

love attending

SXSW.edu. unlearn

Q and A Contact Information

Liz Philippi - School Program Coordinator @ TSLAC lphilippi@tsl.texas.gov

512-463-5852 Jennifer Rike - Librarian @ Mansfield ISD, Timberview HS

jenniferrike@misdmail.org