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FreeReading: how a for-profit company learned to love open education resources… :FreeReading: how a for-profit company learned to love open education resources…
Slide 2:The stimulus may be our last chance to waste money on textbooks…
What Support Materials are Included? :What Support Materials are Included? www.wordlistgenerator.net Materials Include:
letter cards
picture cards
letter formation
irregular words
advanced phonics
audio files
PD videos
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Slide 9:The roadmap of
instruction
Every Burst is customized and printed specifically for a single group of students :Every Burst is customized and printed specifically for a single group of students Students in group Group name Focus Skills Measures to Monitor
Sample Burst lesson :Sample Burst lesson
Slide 12:Why we started the open item bank project…
Why a hosted, shared, open item bank? :Why a hosted, shared, open item bank? Items happier in the cloud.
They’ll be be cheaper, more easily shared, just as secure, and generally happier than in a filing cabinet or a state-run database.
2. With enough eyeballs, items get better.
States, districts, academics, teachers working together will help design and refine better items, tasks, diagnostics, as well as models of insight and action that should follow from assessment.
Slide 14:Functionality in Open Item Bank: High Level Overview