Check out how a Science 6 CLT from Arlington, Virginia partnered with the school librarian, resource teacher for the gifted (RTG), SPED teacher, and English Learner (EL) teachers to engage and support all students in a personal research project...remotely!  We are sharing our project resources, experiences, and how this project personalizes distance learning.

The three videos in this resource were developed by the Loudoun County Public Schools Office of Eductional Technology as a part of the LCPS professional development plan to support teachers as they transitioned to Distance Learning on April 15th 2020.

This is VDOE webinar, Early Literacy Instruction Best Practices for ELs: K-2, recorded on October 19, 2020.

This screencast demonstrates the process for editing resources that you have started or even published on #GoOpenVA. The video is slightly less than 2 minutes.

Elizabeth Kappus in New Kent has created a series of video tutorials for using both Schoology and Chromebooks.

This video describes how teachers can embed activities such as Phet simulations and Google apps such as Docs, Slides, Sheets, Maps and forms directly into Pear Deck so students can interact without leaving the app. Addresses ISTE Standards for Educators: 2.1 Learner, 2.5 Designer, and 2.6 Facilitator

A short 1.5 minute screencast showing how to embed videos in Open Author.

This video demonstrates how to embed a PowerPoint Presentation from Microsoft OneDrive into Canvas.  Addresses ISTE Standards:  2.1 Learner - Educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning., 2.5 Designer - Educators design authentic, learner-driven activities and environments that recognize and accommodate learner variability., 2.6 Facilitator - Educators facilitate learning with technology to support student achievement of the ISTE Standards for Students.Screen reader support enabled. 

This is VDOE Webinar, Paradigm Shift: Engaging EL Parents in a Virtual Environment, recorded June 8, 2020.

This is a copy of the bullet presentation for VASCD 2021, highlighting the way that using OER and #GoOpenVA can help teachers grow their skills, leading to even more impact on student growth.

This set of slides provides an overview of copyright issues that need to be considered by anyone who contributes to #GoOpenVA.  

This is a VDOE Webinar, Family Engagement: Voices and Strategies from the Field, recorded on June 15, 2020.

If you wish to find only resources that have been loaded into #GoOpenVA using the Open Author software, this screencast shows you how.

A summary of the key things every creator needs to know about how to ensure  their materials are truly openly licensed and that they don't run afoul of copyright law.

This is a VDOE webinar, Fostering Interaction in a Digital Landscape: Strategies, Tips, and Tech Tools, recorded on November 30, 2020.

This document lists all of the metadata (desriptive information) choices that you can use when PUBLISHING an Open Author resource on #GoOpenVA.  It is a helpful reference for those new to publishing resources and can ehlp you plan ahead before you get online to add the resource.  A printable Word document is added.

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

Adam Seipel, with VaSCL (Virginia School Consortium for Learning), provides this recorded presentation (about 53 minutes long) and slide deck for how to set up and use the tools of Google Classroom.

This presentation focuses on the effective use of Google Docs and Slides. It is about 50 minutes long and the accompanying slide deck is included.