Short printable on using the Whiteboard in Google Meet
A very short video explaining the difference between published and unpublished courses in Cavas
This screencast covers your initial input of a resource into the Open Author online editor. Parts II (https://goopenva.org/courseware/lesson/433) and III (https://goopenva.org/courseware/lesson/4207/overview )cover the process of publishing, including adding metadata.
This screencast goes over how to add metadata to your resource before you publish it on #GoOpenVA. There are many choices you have to make and you may want to look over the choices ahead of time. See the Metadata Planning Document: https://goopenva.org/courseware/lesson/413/overview This is Part II of 3 videos that help you learn how to use Open Author to add resources on #GoOpenVA. Part I is here https://goopenva.org/courseware/lesson/431/overview and Part III is here https://goopenva.org/courseware/lesson/4207/overview
This screencast describes adding metadata, most particularly VA SOL correlations, to your resource before you publish it on #GoOpenVA. This is Part III of 3 videos that help you learn how to use Open Author to add resources on #GoOpenVA. Part I is here https://goopenva.org/courseware/lesson/431/overview and Part II is here https://goopenva.org/courseware/lesson/433/overview
Creating a Group requires just a little effort and thought. This shows you how to do it on #GoOpenVA.
We can’t expect our students to be engaged or do their best if we haven’t created an environment where students feel: safe to try, fail & try again, supported,encouraged, their opinions & ideas matter, they have a voice & choices in how they learn.
This video is the result of a collaboration between Blue Ridge PBS and the Virginia Department of Education. It's designed to help educators take the next step from just using the resources of Go Open Virginia to becoming contributors of resources including videos, lesson plans, and utilization plans for ALL teachers.
#GoOpenVA is a collaborative initiative that enables educational entities throughout Virginia to create, share, and access openly-licensed educational resources (OER, also known as open education resources). OER are free digital materials that can be used or modified to adjust to student needs; they are openly-licensed unhampered by many traditional copyright limitations.
#GoOpenVA encourages all Virginia educators and learners to create, share, and use digital resources with the end goals of providing equitable access to great learning materials throughout the state, and supporting new approaches to learning and teaching for all Virginians.
This is a professional learning OER activity developed using Google Sites and various Google Forms and Docs. The facilitator should be sure to set up the site with their own forms, etc... The objectives for the staff are:Understand the basics of copyright lawUnderstand fair use guidelinesIdentify the types of CC licenses and termsUnderstand the benefits of Open AccessUnderstand the benefits of Open Educational Resources
This is a set of Google Slides or PowerPoint slides intended to facilitate presenters who are developing presentations and want to share those slides with an open license. Each slide offers information about creative commons as well as a footer that can be copied, edited, and used to indicate the presenters willingness to share their work as OER.
Worksheet for reviewing resources for the Creative Communicator group
When school teams use varied data points in conjunction with one another the information can lead to more effective systems, structures and interventions that will ultimately lead to improved outcomes for students. Teams are encouraged to consider using the Data-Informed Decision-Making Tool and Five Whys when analyzing their data and determining next steps.
These public domain images are helpful when trying to explain how Creative Commons works, from the least restrictive (public domain) to the most restricitive (all rights reserved, or traditional copyright).
This section includes recorded and archived webinars on the topics of digital citizenship, internet safety, parenting around technology and other related topics. For new free webinars and additional recordings see Digital Respons-Ability's website.
Recorded webinar (4/29/2020) from VDOE regarding #GoOpenVA and other digital resources.
These are a selection of resources to help parents and caregivers support their children with technology. For more free resources on digital parenting like a free course see Digital Respons-Ability's digital parenting resources.
This is VDOE Webinar, Diversify with Screencastify, recorded on March 30, 2020.
This 2.5 minute video from Chad Fisher about how to use dropdown menus in Google Docs.
Caren Daniels of Hugo Wilson Middle School in Chesapeake, VA is the 2023 Middle School Computer Science Teacher of the year. But her dedication to students goes well beyond the classroom, and she feels strongly that the most important skills kids can take away from her class and robotics club is the ability to solve problems by adapting and improvising.
In this episode we chat with instructional technologists at the 2023 VSTE conference and visit Ware Elementary in Staunton City, Virginia to meet a prospective teacher who started his career as a school custodian before being encouraged to become a teacher by his principal.