Approximately 3 minutes, this video provides a short overview of what #GoOpenVA provides to Virginia Educators.

This video, produced collaboratively by Blue Ridge PBS and the Virginia Department of Education, is designed to help users of #GoOpenVA go from just using the resources of the site to collaborating with others to share knowledge, resources, and lesson plans.

#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 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.

Video training on how to find and use resources on Go Open VA. This video is also available on the Blue Ridge PBS ECHO streaming channel at https://youtu.be/61In3-szFAM.This video was created to help new and existing users understand how to get the most out of their #GoOPenVA experience. #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. 

The Introduction to OER: #GoOpenVA User Guide is available for download as a Word document. This companion document to the Virtual Virginia course "Introduction to OER" can act as a handy reference for those who have taken this course.

PowerPoint used for the VSTE 2021 conference presentation on sharing and how educators can use #GoOpenVA to learn from each other, growing their skills.

Users can rate resources on #GoOpenVA using the Star Rating system, with 5 stars being the highest praise.  You can find resources that have been rated using two different methods.  This downloadable, illustrated, step-by-step guide can help you find any resources that have already been rated.  NOTE: The number of resources that are rated relies on the help of users like you to add your opinion!

An illustrated guide on how to search for groups in #GoOpenVA, and then how to join an open group, or request to join a closed group.

This resource includes all the materials you need to get started on curating, creating, and collaborating! What is an instructional playbook? The idea of an instructional playbook has caught fire since Jim Knight described it in The Impact Cycle (2017). Instructional Coaches have enormous potential to help teachers learn and implement new teaching practices, but coaches will be effective only if they deeply understand the strategies they describe and their explanations are clear.An instructional playbook is meant as a guiding document for coaching, training, and professional learning facilitated by ITRTs or instructional coaches.  An instructional playbook should be digital and shared with all teachers.  The Virginia Department of Education strongly recommends that the instructional playbook be a collaborative document that is shared and evaluated by the administrative team and with the insights of teachers and other school professionals.  Additionally, the document should be updated for changes in best practices, updates to available digital resources, and revisions addressing the dynamic nature of the school community.  

Classroom discussion involves students talking to one another about a text, important topic, or issue.  Classroom discussions allow students to improve communication skills by voicing their opinions and thoughts. Teachers also benefit as it allows them to see if students have learned the concepts that are being taught.This resource includes a one-page overview of the strategy as well as activities to support the strategy. 

Effective questioning entails asking the appropriate question (regarding difficulty, format, type, or comprehension) at the appropriate moment. Questions should serve one or more educational objectives, prioritize essential content, and stimulate thinking at a particular cognitive level.This resource includes a one-page overview of the strategy as well as activities to support the strategy.  

Lesson goals explain what the students need to understand and what they must be able to do. These goals are written in a way that supports the student’s understanding of the success criteria, commits to the learning, and provides an appropriate mix of success and challenge.This resource includes a one-page overview of the strategy as well as activities to support the strategy.  

It helps to understand how resources are added into #GoOpenVA, because the two different ways to do so provides two different ways you can use the resources.  A very short introduction to this topic.

The teacher or Students will read the declarations of secession from each state joining the CSA. Students can be assigned to read all, a few, or just one. Students will use the listen and draw organizer to jot down any words or phrases that they feel are important. They may also draw images of anything that they find interesting. Students can write/share these with the class and then discuss any commonalities among the statements to determine the cause of the Civil War according the states that seceded.

The teacher or Students will read the declarations of secession from each state joining the CSA. Students can be assigned to read all, a few, or just one. Students will use the listen and draw organizer to jot down any words or phrases that they feel are important. They may also draw images of anything that they find interesting. Students can write/share these with the class and then discuss any commonalities among the statements to determine the cause of the Civil War according the states that seceded.

Students will analyze the Pears' Soap advertisement to identify which motivation for European imperialism is evidenced in the ad.

Instructions on how to paste a Creative Commons License into a document that you wish to add to #GoOpenVA.  This takes you to the Creative Commons site to pick the proper license and make a copy to paste.

A very short but very important note on how to get access to #GoOpenVA.