Personalized, Equitable Student Learning Environments and Experiences with Technology
Goal 1:
Commit and support students’ personalized, deeper learning experiences with a focus on the 6 C’s: Communication, Collaboration, Creative thinking, Citizenship, Critical thinking, and Content knowledge.
Resources/Partnerships:
Institutions of higher education, educational stakeholder groups, professional organizations, business and industry groups, and local school divisions.
Results (What do we want to accomplish?)
Students will develop deeper learning skills with the use of technology.
Educators will increase personalized learning for students using current and emerging technologies.
Students will apply technology effectively and responsibly to support the construction and application of content knowledge and skills.
Students will demonstrate mastery in a variety of ways, including the use of technology through the creation of digital artifacts.
Educators will expose all students to career and college opportunities to promote workplace and college readiness.
Providers/Vendors will sign and submit data sharing agreement designed to protect student and staff data.
Staff will make use of available media for improving communication between stakeholders.
Educators will utilize technology to provide lessons that encourage collaboration among students.
Indicators (What evidence will exist of completion?)
Collect information via a technology integration survey to analyze technology based resources used by students such as blended learning, project-based learning, and personalized learning.
Collect information on the number of students enrolled in advanced coursework (e.g., dual enrollment, AP, IB) internships, and mentorships or receiving industry certifications.
Collect signed data sharing agreements.
Action (What action will be taken?)
Explore the use of new and emerging technologies to engage students.
Research and integrate digital resources to assist in providing innovative, personalized and deeper learning experiences for all students.
Engage students through the use of online resources.
Develop and revise existing policy and procedures as necessary to support innovative learning.
Collaborate with stakeholders to create instructional resources to support innovative learning.
Promote in-school and out-of-school technology-based learning, career exploration, exposure, and planning opportunities.
Provide technology and computer science connections (K-12) to promote meaningful, real world applications of knowledge and skills.
Prepare students for the responsible use of technology by providing resources related to internet safety, digital citizenship skills, and personal and data privacy.
Support professional development practices that encourage growth and collaboration.
Develop a data sharing agreement for providers/vendors to protect student and staff data.
Collaborate with local consortia and organizations to add value to our technology practices.
Related Resources
Performance Based and Local Alternative Assessments
The VDOE is continuing its work on locally developed assessments with a focus on performance based assessments through 2020. Further information can be found on the Performance-Based and Local Alternative Assessments page on the VDOE website.
Virtual Learning
In Virginia, schools can provide online courses for their students in several different ways. Schools may use their own or division-created online courses, purchase particular courses from state approved Multidivision Online Providers, purchase or otherwise obtain digital material that is delivered by a local teacher as a blended learning course, or enroll students in courses through Virtual Virginia. Students are required to complete a virtual learning experience in order to graduate. See § 22.1-253.13:4. Standard 4. Student achievement and graduation requirements (item D:9).
#GoOpenVA
Virginia is participating in the National #GoOpen campaign through our #GoOpenVA project. The goals of the project are to increase awareness of the benefits and uses of Open Educational Resources (OER); establish a community of practice to foster, create, share, and leverage Open Educational Practices (OEP); understand state and division level use of OER and how to support further implementation; encourage alignment of OER efforts with local and state strategies; and, acknowledge school division efforts to implement OER.
Virginia Cyber Range
A new resource to help students learn important digital skills and also provide the Commonwealth with needed talent, the Virginia Cyber Range is available to “provide advanced cybersecurity training exercises for high-school and college students, revolutionize cybersecurity education within the commonwealth, and position Virginia to become a leading source of critical cybersecurity expertise for the nation.” See the article Virginia Cyber Range to Enhance Cybersecurity Education Across the Commonwealth.