Curriki, the largest online community for creating and sharing open source K-12 curricula, was asked by the Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII) to provide a continuity of learning plan for states, school districts, and individuals as part of a nationwide readiness initiative for a possible resurgence of the H1N1 virus.
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Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty and District of Columbia Chancellor of Public Schools Michelle Rhee joined with officials from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Scholastic Inc., Pearson, Curriki, and the International Association for Online Learning to announce new recommendations on the continuity of learning in the event of students absences or school closures due to seasonal or novel H1N1 flu.
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Curriki, a leading online community for creating and sharing K-12 open source curricula today called on California teachers to join forces to enhance high school curriculum. In response to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Free Digital Text Book Initiative, Curriki will work with California teachers to collaboratively improve free digital textbooks for high school earth science and chemistry courses.
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Sharing knowledge: In some form or another, it’s why most educators went into teaching in the first place. But traditional instructional materials don’t lend themselves to sharing between educators. New technologies now allow teachers to share and collaborate locally and globally in ways that generations past could never have imagined. These tools signal what may grow to be true disruptive change in how schools acquire and disseminate instructional and professional development resources.
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Education Week
Copyright: Editorial Projects in Education
Published Online: March 26, 2009
Hunting the Internet for Quality
By Kathleen Kennedy Manzo

Teachers looking for lesson plans, worksheets, videos, and multimedia activities for their daily classes can find plenty of materials on the Internet. But with countless pages of content for even a single topic—such as the
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Watch this video presentation of Curriki as a 2008 Tech Award Laureate.
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Scott McNealy delivered the commencement address at Western Governors University. Video of the address is available from WGU's website.
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The power of the internet and the collective wisdom of active and retired teachers are brought together by Curriki’s online site and educators across the globe are the beneficiaries!
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The University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) Program and Curriki announced that their joint Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment (CI&A) Initiative has been awarded a grant by the Louis Calder Foundation.
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Up until now, Web 2.0 hasn't had much impact on the world of education, but that will all change quickly, if the folks at Curriki have anything to say about it.
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