Customizing STEM Instruction with Educational Digital Libraries

The Curriculum Customization Service (CCS) is a web-based tool that allows middle and high school teachers to customize instruction in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) by incorporating interactive digital teaching and learning resources drawn from educational digital libraries into their lesson plans and student learning activities. The CCS is currently being used in six school districts in Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, and it supports drawing resources from both open repositories and publisher materials. The CCS also allows teachers to share the materials that they create and the resources that they select with other teachers within their school district.