eNetLearning is a consortium of school districts, BOCES, and educational partners who work together to find free or low-cost high-quality educational resources linked to Colorado standards and provide professional development that supports 21st Century teaching and learning. eNetLearningis the only statewide group that works collaboratively to build shared resources for all Colorado educators. eN
etLearning supports this mission through DREAM, Colorado on iTunes U, and an Online Learning site. eNetLearning’s Digital Resource Exchange and Marketplace (DREAM) provides an online space where teachers can search, create, and share resources tied to Colorado standards. DREAM provides a “marketplace” to find free and low-cost educational collections such as Khan Academy, PhET simulations from the University of Colorado, America Museum of Natural History, NASA, Smithsonian Education, and Colorado Lessons on Local Government from the Colorado Municipal League. These resources also can be rated by teachers and assigned to individual students or an entire class. To sign up for a FREE DREAM account, go to http://www.enetlearning.org/teaching-learning-initiatives/dream/. Colorado on iTunes U allows school districts and educational partners to provide free digital resources such as videos, podcasts, and PDF files. At Colorado on iTunes U, teacher-created videos for flipped classrooms, unique resources from educational partners such as History Colorado and the Denver Art Museum, and professional development videos from school districts can be found. In the last six months, over 32,000 downloads of Colorado iTunes U content was completed and over 15,000 live streaming of content. Online professional development is also provided by eNetLearning through the Online Learning Site (http://online.enetlearning.org/). Online courses from Intel Teach such as "Assessment in the 21st Century Classroom" and "Using Cell Phones as Learning Tools" are offered during five different sessions during the year. Two new courses for fall include Blended Learning in the Classroom and Inquiry in the Science Classroom. School districts can also use this site to provide their own online or blended learning courses. To learn more about eNetLearning's educational resources and professional development, please email Dan Morris at [email protected]. For more information, please go to http://www.enetlearning.org/.
