K-12 Learning Exchange

What is OpenK12.org?

OpenK12.org is dedicated to discovering and sharing Open Educational Resources that can be used in the K-12 teaching and learning.

Why K-12?

There are many places to find Open Educational Resources (OER) for Higher Education, but far fewer when it comes to the K-12 scene. I taught Junior High and High School for many years, and I often felt like I was reinventing the same curriculum that thousands of educators had already created. Most educators are willing to share if you ask them, but most of these resources never make it online. OpenK12.org is an attempt to share quality open access K-12 educational resources.

My sister and I attended the Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange (ttix.org) this past week. She is thinking about homeschooling and/or supplementing the existing school curriculum for her son. I suggested that we could collect those materials and link to them or put them somewhere that would make it easy for others to share as well.

An invitation.

The resources we collect here are meant to be shared. Copy them, change them to suit your needs, then share them again. If you would like to participate, feel free to sign up and contribute. By registering on OpenK12.org you will automatically be added as a contributor. You are also welcome to join the OpenK12.org forums and start conversations there.