CK-12 E-books Open Source

Last week, the Drummond Report was released with over 50 recommendations on how to reduce spending in education. One of the suggestions was a 25% reduction in funds for student learning materials--classroom textbooks, learning materials and classroom computers. While none of the recommendations have been put into place yet, what better time than now to start investigating alternatives/supplements to traditional textbooks.


 CK-12 Flexbooks


CK-12 Flexbooks is a virtual treasure trove of educational materials licensed under Creative Commons--whose mission is to develop, support and maximize digital creativity, sharing and innovation.


The textbooks are FREE!


They can be DOWNLOADED by anyone!


The best part about this service is that you can create custom online e-books. You can 'add' individual chapters from different textbooks to your bookshelf. The texts that are posted here follow the U.S. curriculum so alignment is off in some cases. But all you need to do is 'add' a chapter from this book and 'add' a chapter from another book to create a e-book that is specific to your needs.


Once you have created your class e-book it can be downloaded to iPhone, Android and Kindle devices.


Did I mention that the text has embedded animations, videos and supplemental websites?


Oh yes. It does. So great!


Take a minute. Check it out.