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Overview: This chapter begins with an example from the book and a guiding question in Part I. Part II asks readers to respond to a google tool using reflective questions. Part III asks learners to watch a short video and respond using a google gadget as to the "why" behind the guiding question. Part IV asks each user team to contribute to a google template spreadsheet as they complete a needs assessment on the work ahead. Finally, Part IV involves viewing a short prezi tool and then reviewing, drafting, and attaching a sample deployment plan of what your district will do in the next two weeks after responding to chapter 1.
On September 14-15, 2007, a meeting was convened by the Open Institute Society and the Shuttleworth Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa. This meeting, not unlike the original Declaration of Independence, was a revolutionary charge for people to become aware and act on the growing movement towards free and open educational resources, technology, and teaching practices related to how web technology is transforming the world of education (Bonk, 2010).
Chapter I Guiding Question: In your district or school this summer, will you make a similar declaration?
As you reflect on the above Guiding Question, jump to the following Part II: Reflective Questions to ignite your thinking even further. Part II: Reflective Questions;
Access Chapter 1 Reflective Questions with this Google Document. Respond thoughtfully and reflectively. Examine how one district's teams responded to these questions
Part III: Bonk's book provides the WE-ALL-LEARN framework to help with the answers to the Part II questions.
WE-ALL-LEARN comprises the chapters of Bonk's book and is broken down as follows:
1. W-eb searching in the World of e-books
2. E-learning and Blended Learning
3. A-vailability of Open Source and Free Software
4. L-everaged resources and open course ware
5. L-earning object repositories and portals
6. L-earner Participation in Open Information Communities
7. E-lectronic Collaboration and Interaction
8. A-lternative Reality Learning
9. R-eal times mobility and portabiilty
10. N-etworks of Personalized Learning
Watch the short video clip here from Professor Bonk on the implications of e-book studies and how such a movement in your district and/or school can shift the paradigm of teaching and learning in your district.
Part IV: Needs Assessment
With your curriculum and technology teams at your district level, construct a current list to answer the following three questions as to the "what" in your district needs to be considered for open and/or closed source use by learners. Respond to the following questions using the VoiceThread below. You can either post a comment or respond audibly.
Push the play button at the bottom of the VoiceThread to hear the questions repeated. Then, click "comment" to either respond through video, audio, or written comment. You can advance to each question by selecting the arrow at the bottom and to the far right.
Part V: Finally, watch this Prezi as to best in class solutions that districts across North Carolina and the nation do to answer the district questions in Part IV. Look at the sample two week deployment plan that follows the structure and flow of chapter one. Draft and execute your deployment plan (by choosing the respective plan template) and move on to chapter two. District Deployment Plan; School Deployment Plan. Simple copy the document and save it a different name and then each team or group can begin populating the respective deployment plans.
Look at this Sample Deployment Plan for guidance and structure
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