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CK12.org FlexBooks™ for Education While you are waiting go to CK12.org and Sign up for a free account

CK12 Foundation Mission “Is to reduce the cost of textbook materials for the K-12 market both in the U.S. and worldwide. Using an open-content, web- based collaborative model termed the Flexbook. CK-12 intends to pioneer the generation and distribution of high quality educational content that will serve both as core text as well as provide an adaptive environment for learning.” “Is to reduce the cost of textbook materials for the K-12 market both in the U.S. and worldwide. Using an open-content, web- based collaborative model termed the Flexbook. CK-12 intends to pioneer the generation and distribution of high quality educational content that will serve both as core text as well as provide an adaptive environment for learning.”

Aligned to Standards

What “FlexBook” Means You determine the content!

What does CK12.org offer  Grade levels  Math  Science  Grade levels  Math  Science

Choosing your own chapters

Adding content

Personalizing the written content

Personalizing the visual content

Adding videos or other animations

Publishing Press the printer icon to make your book available.

Distributing HTML PDF Online Reader

Share the Link For help with loading the pdf to an iPod/iPad/iPhoneiPod/iPad/iPhone

Our Experiences Video of students and teacher

Why CK12?  Funding dramatically cut  Replacement unlikely  Flexibility  Reduce Backpack weight  Appeal to Digital Native  Differentiation  Funding dramatically cut  Replacement unlikely  Flexibility  Reduce Backpack weight  Appeal to Digital Native  Differentiation

Making the Change Transitioning from scrolls to books.

Issues  Parental Misunderstandings  Computer Access  Hard Copy Requests  Tech assistance for Multiple Formats  Parental Misunderstandings  Computer Access  Hard Copy Requests  Tech assistance for Multiple Formats

Creating a book together Wiffitti poll Resources: Standards correlations FAQs Video Tutorials Webinars Wiffitti poll Resources: Standards correlations FAQs Video Tutorials Webinars