Feb 7, 2019
MTT026 OER, Oh My!, Open Educational Resources - Kristina Ishmael
Looking for a way to have enhanced or a alternative resources for your curriculum? Well, you are in for a treat as we speak with Kristina Ishmael from New America where we talk about Open Educational Resources, or OER. She explains what type of resources are available, licensing, and how you can use the resources once you have them. Kristina’s enthusiasm about OER will have you excited to see how you can use OER in your school.
Open Educatonal Resources (OER), are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge.
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Kristina Ishmael is an educator,
learner, thought leader, advocate, and agent of change. After her
work in the classroom and at the state, she found herself in the
nation’s capital working on education policy around instructional
materials in the perfect culmination of her commitment to remove
roadblocks for student access to resources and provide professional
learning for educators.
Ishmael currently serves as the Senior Project
Manager of the Learning Technologies Project on the Education
Policy Program at New America. This role allows her to directly
support states, districts, and educators rethinking the role of
instructional materials to create deeper learning opportunities for
students. She brings her strong facilitation skills, experience
leading a national initiative, and energy into every project.
Kristina is passionate about changing teaching and learning to
provide more equitable access and opportunities to all
learners.
Previously, Kristina was the K-12 Open
Education Fellow at the Office of Educational Technology where she
developed and grew the #GoOpen movement. Prior to her work at the
U.S. Department of Education, she worked as the Digital Learning
Specialist for the Nebraska Department of Education where she led
professional learning and advocated for school librarians. This
experience granted her a unique perspective on leveraging
educational technology in urban, suburban, and rural school
systems. Before her role with the state, Kristina was a teacher to
high-risk elementary ELL students in Omaha, Nebraska.
Contact: Kristina Ishmael
Twitter: @kmishmael
Instagram: @kmishmael
Email: ishmael@newamerica.org
Items mentioned in Episode 26:
GEEO Discounted trips for Educators
Where in the world is Kristina
Ishmael in 2019? (sung to the tune of Carmen SanDiego, of
course)
ISTE
Digital Leadership Summit (Santa Clara), Jan.
18-20
#GoOpen Regional Summit (Indianapolis), Jan.
24
EduCon (Philly), Jan. 25-27
TCEA
(San Antonio), Feb. 6-7
5Sigma (Denver), Feb. 22-23
CUE
(Palm Springs), Mar. 14-16
CoSN
Pre-Conference (Portland), Mar. 31-Apr. 1
DLAC
(Austin), Apr. 2-3
#GoOpen Regional Summit (San Diego), Apr.
15
CUE BOLD (San Diego), May
4-5
Creative Commons Summit (Lisbon, Portugal), May
9-11
Summer Tech Institute (Norfolk, NE), May
29-30
ISTE (Philly), June 23-26
ISTE
U: Intro to OER course - to be released at ISTE conference, June
2019
Website:
https://www.newamerica.org/in-depth/prek12-oer-in-practice/
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