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4/19/12 Anne Roehrich Bruce DeWitt

4/19/12 Anne Roehrich Bruce DeWitt. About the FlexBook. 267 Beautiful B/W Pages Fully color and interactive online Collaborative effort between HS teachers Printed Copies 1000 sold as student resource guide- $5.00 Printed classroom sets Library sets for checkout

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4/19/12 Anne Roehrich Bruce DeWitt

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  1. 4/19/12 Anne Roehrich Bruce DeWitt

  2. About the FlexBook • 267 Beautiful B/W Pages • Fully color and interactive online • Collaborative effort between HS teachers • Printed Copies • 1000 sold as student resource guide- $5.00 • Printed classroom sets • Library sets for checkout • Some classes use electronically in labs  •  Available on CK12 now

  3. About the PROCESS • +/- 300 hours of writing/editing time • Writing Team •  3 HS Math Teachers • Reviewing Team • 6 HS Math Teachers (all schools represented) • Content/Standards • CK12 aligned current content to MN Standards • Arranged content and assigned learning targets to each unit

  4. About the Electronic Resources • Moodle • Simulations, links, differentiation opportunities • Kahn/Odyssey • Epub format • CK12.org

  5. Moodle course

  6. About CK12.org • Non Profit • Open Content • Web Based Collaborative Model

  7. Lessons Learned • Writing from home during the summer is tough • Write as a team to overcome technology questions together • Don't tackle more than a 1 tri/1semester course in a summer • Expect disagreements, give editorial control to writers

  8. More Lessons • Districts should collaborate on another text. • Budget for revisions in year 2 • Consider additional teams for solution guides, test banks, problem sets etc.

  9. Questions? • Contacts: • Anne.Roehrich@anoka.k12.mn.us • Bruce.DeWitt@anoka.k12.mn.us

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