Instructify

Open Education, a blog from the folks at GoCollege.com, has some great content to share with educators like yourself. The work is licensed under Creative Commons, so the information you find is meant to be shared further. Open Source is all about collaboration and sharing, so your comments can only add to the topics presented. The entry topics range from advances in education to interviews with notable educators and innovators. In a recent post, OE spoke with David Sherman - principal of South Park Elementary (no, not that South Park) in Deerfield, Illinois - about technology use in the classroom from a school leader’s perspective. Sherman explains here some of the things his school is doing to take advantage of technology on the web:

“We are very fortunate to work in a school district which places a high value on the use of educational technologies, so many valuable sites are not blocked including YouTube, Wikipedia, Flickr, del.icio.us, and other social networking sites.”

Sherman’s own blogs, The Principal and Interest and The Principal’s Page are both valuable resources in themselves. Check out what he has to say about a teacher’s responsibility and expectation:

“Teaching children how to organize their materials is our responsibility. Teaching children to tell the truth is our responsibility, and teaching them to use their words and not their fists when dealing with conflict is our responsibility as well.”

Take advantage of the conversations these blogs are starting and add your own thoughts in their comments. After all, as educators, we should know by now that education all begins with sharing. –JEREMY S. GRIFFIN

Open Education
The Principal and Interest
The Principal’s Page