LCS Remix-#GoOpenNC Community Building Next Steps
Lee County Schools
1) Engaging with Resources - The WHAT:
#GoOpenNC has three main opportunities to interact with the resources on the platform.
Level of Engagement | What would be your vision for WHAT your educators would do in the next 6 months? | What would be your vision for WHAT your educators would do in the next 18 months? |
Find/Use Existing Resources | Media Coordinators/ITFs/DLC PD Participants: Able to search and save resources BTs able to search/save resources | Using and beginning to rate/remix current resources |
Collect/Curate Resources and Collections | Media Coordinators/ITFs begin collecting resources and housing on LCS Hub BT's begin collecting and curating collections as groups (Grade, Content) | Select Content Level teachers begin to collect and curate existing resources |
Create/Upload Resources | N/A | ITF's begin to remix to add technology integration to Content Level resources BTs begin to remix, collaborate, and create units/lesson plans |
2) Engaging with Platform - The HOW:
#GoOpenNC has three main ways to participate on the platform
#GoOpenNC Initiative | What would be your vision for HOW your educators would participate on the platform in the next 6 months? | What would be your vision for HOW your educators would participate on the platform in the next 18 months? |
Share/Evaluate Resources | Begin exploring resources | Rate/Curate/Collect resources based on need in content areas |
Participate in Professional Learning locally or statewide | Local-"PD Pop Ups" For Digital Learning (teachers attend voluntarily), Media Coordinators (BOY Training), ITFs attend state training as offered, BTs (Years 2 and 3) participate in training on OER, Creative Commons, and Lesson Design | Select teachers begin remixing, creating content for OER (BTs Yrs 2 and 3), ITFs, Lead Teachers |
Network and Collaborate with Other NC Educators |
3) Engaging the Educators - The WHO:
#GoOpenNC has opportunities for all educators to being engaging. Consider who would be your main early engagers in the next 6 months.
Group description | # of educators | Main purpose (Use, curate collections, evaluate or create) | Support needed |
Teachers of the Year | 35 - one from each school in our district | To create: upload 3 of their most effective lessons into a TOY hub, comment on their peers’ lessons | Training on OER and licensing, structured discussion on high quality materials, scaffolded due dates for uploads |
| BT Year 1 | Approximately 70 | Use | |
| BT Year 2 and 3 | 30-40 | Create | |
| Media Coordinators | 11 | Curate | |
| ITFs | 7 | Create | |
| Lead Teachers/Coordinators | 10 | Curate | |
| Classroom Teachers | Approximately 50 | Use |
4) Building the Community - The WHEN
As #GoOpenNC plans to be teacher-facing by August, what would be your plans for engaging your desired educators in doing the WHAT and the HOW?
The Who | The What | The How | The When | The Logistics |
TOYs | Create Resources | Using a Hub | By December | TOYs will be invited to participate, join a group that includes monthly discussion with the upload happening in December |
5) Building the Community - Statewide support and connections
NCDPI and ISKME can provide support for the ways you are planning to Build the #GoOpenNC Community within your area.
To help #GoOpenNC build a statewide community, please make your requests for support and engagement through this Google Form.