Recorded with https://screencast-o-matic.com A short video on how to archive a course in Canvas

A very short video explaining the difference between published and unpublished courses in Cavas

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

This resource provides both Word and PDF versions of the #GoOpenVA Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).  

Hands on Physics is a co-production of Blue Ridge PBS ECHO and Virtual Virginia. The episodes were all recorded in the demonstration physics lab at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.

In this giant pendulum demo, a bowling ball is attached to a cable hanging from the ceiling and set into motion. Concepts discussed include PE and KE with Conservation of Energy.
VA SOL PH.4, 4a, 4b

Hands on Physics is a co-production of Blue Ridge PBS ECHO and Virtual Virginia. The episodes were all recorded in the demonstration physics lab at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.

In this demo, two balls are rolled down a ramp, one with greater mass. They hit a plate near the bottom which illustrates the relationship between mass, momentum, force and impulse.
VA SOL PH. 4, 4a

Hands on Physics is a co-production of Blue Ridge PBS ECHO and Virtual Virginia. The episodes were all recorded in the demonstration physics lab at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.

In this video, Alison Gaylord uses a CO2 powered "rocket cart" to demonstrate the conservation of momentum and propulsion, and shows that the momentum of the system is equal in magnitude, but opposite in direction, ensuring the momenta of the system always equals zero.
VA SOL PH. 4a, 2a

Hands on Physics is a co-production of Blue Ridge PBS ECHO and Virtual Virginia. The episodes were all recorded in the demonstration physics lab at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.

This demo shows a standing harmonic wave, with nodes, antinodes and how increasing the frequency reduces the wavelength.

VA SOL PH. 5

Hands on Physics is a co-production of Blue Ridge PBS ECHO and Virtual Virginia. The episodes were all recorded in the demonstration physics lab at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.

This demo includes a cart on a track with vectors identifying motion. Then, the cart slows, and the vector reverses to indicate motion, and the cart reverses direction.
VA SOL PH.3, 3a

Hands on Physics is a co-production of Blue Ridge PBS ECHO and Virtual Virginia. The episodes were all recorded in the demonstration physics lab at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.

Concepts include: pitch, frequency, resonance, closed and open tubes.
VA SOL PH. 5

Hands on Physics is a co-production of Blue Ridge PBS ECHO and Virtual Virginia. The episodes were all recorded in the demonstration physics lab at Virginia ...

AEDs can save lives during sudden cardiac arrest by using an electrical impulse to restart the heart. In this video, the steps for using an AED are demonstra...

Make your Canvas Homepage a "one-stop-shop" for students. Dynamic Homepages allow students to easily access the daily resources that they need.Doc with Step-...

This video reviews the following tasks in Canvas:-- Lock modules until a specific date-- Adjust settings so that check marks appear when students complete al...

I am a color-coder. It's how my brain works. I had the idea of using emojis in the module headers to make the modules easier to sort through for students and...

Donovan O'Brien of Culpeper provides this video recording of the second part of a lesson on the Blended and Remote Learning Models, which covers expectations.

Donovan O'Brien of Culpeper provides this video recording of the first part of a lesson on the Blended and Remote Learning Models, which covers expectations.

This free, standards-based website developed for elementary teachers provides hand-picked, reviewed, on-line resources to enhance teacher content knowledge regarding reasons for the seasons.

Scott Young & Vat Jaiswal: TEDx EastsidePrep: One Simple Method to Learn Any Language. Scott & Vat travel to 4 different countries: Spain, Brazil, China, Taiwan and Korea knowing very little or 0% of the languages. There goal was to become fluent in the language by speaking only the language. No English, even with each other. In their first month, they slowly grew less and less dependent on using Google translate to feel in the gaps of their language skills. In their documentary, they show the progression of their ability from stumbling over themselves to conversing freely and comfortably with natives.

Their research showed that the beginning of learning a language is the hardest, like trying to get past the crashing waves at the shore. Once you simply use the language, the anxiety starts to fade and language learning becomes more cohesive and natural. If you simply do not allow yourself to speak your native language and pursue the target language (with a translator, as needed), you will become fluent.

I like to use this video in conjunction with the other TEDtalk OER resource by Tim Doner Breaking the Language Barrier (also my uploads on GoOpenVa). I use this video to inspire students to simply use the language, mistakes and all. Just go for it, every opportunity that you are given. If you cannot fully immerse yourself in a target language community, the video encourages you to make the No English Rule with a peer who is also learning the language. And every time you are with that peer you both commit to only speaking the target language. Students can also commit to speaking on the target language to everyone in their class as well as any other student of that language, in addition to native speakers they encounter.

Instead of Google translate, I prefer Reverso Context because it provides examples of native use of the target language phrase. I teach Levels 1-2, so we usually have to start with a few lessons/practices on how to use Reverso Context correctly so that they can find the Spanish that they have not learned yet. Students are encouraged to first use what they know, miming and asking "¿Cómo se dice...?" or How do you say? in the target language and then, if stumped, ask for a second, find what a native would say on Reverso Context's examples and then proceed.

We have used these ideas to commit to staying in the target language for a certain period of time, like 10 minutes. We then reflect and clarify and start the timer again. Students have grown to prefer this over classes in English.

This YouTube video is copyrighed by TED.Com (https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector/about) and may not be edited. It allows ads.