Grade 5 · Technology · Lesson 36

Open Data and Open-Source (Intro)

Some of the best tools and information on the internet are free for anyone to read, use, change, and share. That is the spirit of "open" — open data and open-source software. In this lesson you will learn how openness works, why it matters, and how to spot it.

What this lesson teaches

1Define open data and open-source software in plain words
2Explain how an open license lets people reuse and remix work
3Compare open-source and proprietary software with clear examples
4Identify when sharing data openly helps and when it could harm privacy

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