OpenEd.io
Jeff sits down with\xa0Ron Drabkin and Ann Francis to\xa0discuss how OpenEd is revolutionizing the way educators provide creative lesson plans to their students using the OpenEd platform on\xa0their desktop and mobile devices.
About OpenEd
OpenEd.io\xa0is the largest K-12 educational resource library, offering more than a million free\xa0assessments, homework assignments,\xa0videos,\xa0games\xa0and lesson plans for every\xa0Common Core Math,\xa0Language Arts,\xa0Literacy\xa0and\xa0Next Generation Science\xa0standard.\xa0OpenEd makes it easy for teachers to find and assign resources by providing pre-built lesson plans (list of videos, assessments and homework) for every grade and subject.\xa0Teachers can modify these lesson plans or create their own. The vast majority of OpenEd Resources are free.
Common Core Quest,\xa0OpenEd\u2019s\xa0free app, is available for Apple, Android and Chrome. It allows students to take quizzes to demonstrate mastery of Common Core Math and English Language Arts skills and earn badges for each category. When students don\u2019t achieve mastery, the app recommends videos and games to learn the precise\xa0microconcepts\xa0they are struggling with. The net result is universal personalized learning for each student. Common Core Quest is used by students, parents and tutors outside of the formal classroom.
OpenEd\u2019s\xa0awards include the 2014 \u201cBest in Show\u201d award for the assessment tool from ISTE, 2014\xa0Trendsetter award for the Open Source Catalog from\xa0EdTech\xa0Digest, and the 2014 Awards of Excellence from Tech & Learning.
Links of interest
@OpenEdio
https://www.facebook.com/OpenEdio
https://www.pinterest.com/OpenEdio/
https://www.youtube.com/user/OpenEdIo
About our\xa0Guests
Ann Francis, Special-Education Teacher, Buffalo Prairie Middle School, Buffalo, Missouri
A special-education teacher for 9 years, Ann\xa0teaches reading, writing, social studies and social skills for students in grades 5-8. In this small, rural Missouri school of 600 students \u2013 in a district of 1,700 \u2013 technology is limited, and few of her students have Internet access at home. She is a technology buff and an avid user of OpenEd resources \u2013 and has been using them since\xa0OpenEd\u2019s\xa0inception. She holds\xa0a master\u2019s\xa0degree\xa0in\xa0special\xa0education from the University of Phoenix and a bachelor\u2019s\xa0degree in business administration from Wayland University.
Ron\xa0Drabkin, Vice President of Marketing,\xa0OpenEd
Ron has held VP Marketing and Business Development positions including JRG Software, where he was co-founder, and\xa0JustAnswer.com. After many years in high tech, he transitioned to education by working with educators to start up a new innovative public high school called Design Tech High School.\xa0He has degrees from Duke University and the University of California-Berkeley.
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