Participate 1.1.2 Joining a Digital Learning Community Quest

24

JAN

2014

Participate 1.1.2 Joining a Digital Learning Community Quest

Khan Academy

Online Free Tutoring!

https://www.khanacademy.org/

Wikiversity

Learning Resources Projects- all grades

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Main_Page

Open Study

Study Help Free

http://openstudy.com/

CosmoLearning

Free Online Learning- Teachers and Students

http://www.cosmolearning.com/

OpenStax

Free Modules and learning resources

http://cnx.org/

Out of these 5 DLC that I have bookmarked- I feel that CosmoLearning would be the most valuable for me as an educator of gifted students and a parent of a 4th grader and 8th grader. I registered for Cosmo Learning because it will be valuable as a teacher for my graduate level classes in the gifted endorsement program and for the director of gifted education to share with other teachers. Khan Academy also rates high in my DLC's too for the tutorials are very valuable as an educator and a parent. I registered for Khan Academy for personal reasons to be able to help my own children as well as my students.

Traits that made these 5 DLC's impressive to me were they were all FREE. Cheap and Free is the name of the game as an educator. Also, I found them easy to navigate and user-friendly. I do not have time to try to figure out how to navigate sights- I want to be able to click on a DLC and be ready to use it!