Digital+Curriculum+&Textbooks

Articles & Information

 * SETDA (State Educational Technology Directors Assn.) links page for digital textbooks 12/07/2012
 * Digital Textbook Legislation Signed in California //Center for Digital Education// 9/27/2012
 * Higher Ed Open Textbook Sued By Publishers. K-12 Implications? //Education Week//, 4/09/2012
 * Digital Textbooks Get a Boost with New Offerings //eSchoolNews//, 3/23/2012
 * 63% of High School Students Want Textbooks that Communicate with Classmates (Infographic) //Social Times//, 3/15/2012
 * Apple Unveils Interactive Textbooks, Revamped ITunes U //eSchoolnews//, 1/19/2012
 * Connecticut District Designs Integrated Science Textbook //Converge//, 9/01/2011
 * When Textbooks and Social Media Collide //Campus Technology// 3/09/2011
 * Open Content in Practice //THE Journal// 3/01/2011
 * Hudson High: Teachers, Computers, No Textbooks //AOL News//, 2/9/2011
 * From Paper to Pixel: Digital Texbooks and Florida Schools July 2010
 * Detroit Public Schools Transition to Digital Curriculum 11/03/2010
 * Digital Readers: A Guide (Publisher's Weekly)
 * //Educational Leadership//--see 2 recent articles
 * Bonk, Curtis J." For Openers; How Technology is Changing School" (April 2010, p.60-65)
 * Ferriter, William M. "E-readers: Get Ready for the Revolution" (November 2010, p.84-85)
 * NY Elementary Schools Adopting Digital Curriculum //THE Journal// 6-24-2010
 * Online Content is the Future and is Free (District Administration 10-2010)
 * Turning the Page //School Library Journal Online//, October 1, 2010
 * eBooks Libraries at the Tipping Point SLJ Summit, 9-29-2010

Curriculum Links

 * Curriki Open source curriculum site for all grades, all disciplines. Lesson plans, curricula
 * CyberSmart! K-12 curriculum for online safety and digital citizenship lessons
 * Facing the Future Global issues and sustainability
 * GoENC.com Subscription site for science and math resources, successor to the ENC (Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
 * Hippocampus Secondary coursework/textbooks
 * Interactives Units of study by Annenberg Foundation (free resources plus materials to purchase)
 * MITCourseware Massachusetts Institute of Technology has open source online courseware
 * MITCourseware Highlights for High School
 * OER Commons OER = Open Educational Resources, lessons and curricula resources K-16
 * Open High School of Utah
 * phET Interactive Simulations
 * Power My Learning CFY (Computers for Youth) Foundation site
 * Shmoop Free portal of digital resources, primarily litearture and social studies topics

Online Textbook Sources

 * CK-12 Foundation Developer of Flexbooks, which provide the ability to match the book to the standards you want to cover.
 * Connexions Hosted by Rice University, this site collects secondary/post-secondary texts and materials, free and low-cost alternatives to traditional textbooks
 * Nixty
 * XanEdu Custom "coursepacks" developed initially for college level.

Textbook Publishers

 * Everyday Math
 * Harcourt
 * Holt McDougal Includes Holt, McDougal Littell
 * Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
 * McGraw Hill Education Click a link on the opening page to see online offerings for textbook titles. Includes Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Glencoe
 * Pearson School Includes Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall, Southwestern
 * Pearson Higher Education Includes Addison Wesley, Longman, Allyn & Bacon, Merrill

Online Products/Database Sevices

 * BrainPop Available through the library database page for each building
 * CengageBrain
 * Discoverystreaming Available through the library database page for each building
 * eInstruction Collaborative Classroom
 * INFOhio Information Network for Ohio Schools (databases provided through state funds)
 * Overdrive
 * WIkiBooks

Global Projects

 * Flat Classroom Project (TM)
 * Global SchoolNet
 * Global Voices Global community of bloggers sharing information--can read in a variety of languages
 * iEARN Membership fee by individual/school/district
 * KidLink
 * United Nations Cyberschoolbus