Dr. Oliver will discuss the National Standards for Quality in Online Teaching, which she helped to develop. Based on data collected from GaVirtual, she will focus will be on trends that inform us where we can benefit from sharing strengths, and where there are opportunities for professional growth on both a personal and program level.
Saturday October 19, 2019 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Ballroom
Want to know more about Canvas? Join us for an informal session of questions, answers and an opportunity to give some feedback on our Canvas transition.
Erin Ivy Hill serves as the Supervisor of Instruction for Georgia Virtual School, where she is responsible for implementing and analyzing school goals to make informed decisions regarding policies and procedures that help increase student achievement and the safety of the school... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 10:05am - 10:30am PDT
Camelia
The aim of this table talk is to generate ideas on overcoming some of the challenges of teaching online, specifically the static nature of our curricula. We will seek answers on how to provide unique, authentic learning opportunities. As a starting point, there will be a brief presentation, outlining what ""authentic learning"" means, and the challenges faced in online education. The session will then move to a conversation, in which teachers brainstorm ideas on how to meet student needs. By the end, we hope to have generated several ideas which teachers can think take to apply in their teaching.
Points of Interest: -Enrichment -Feedback -Synchronous Session
Michael Farmer: Michael teaches Latin with Georgia Virtual School. He's focused on development, and has an interest in finding solutions through creating better courses. He is currently an Instructional Lead Teacher (ILT) for the World Language Department, is a master teacher and... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 10:05am - 10:30am PDT
Training
This Table Talk is offered as an think tank inspired by the World Language PLC - Creating Engaging Enrichment and Remediation Activities. This session is open for all instructors to meet and discuss remediation possibilities in the online classroom. We will also discuss how to meet the needs of students that engage with the content, but could use more challenging material in your online classroom.
I have been with GAVS for four years. I have worked in the World Language Department as a Spanish teacher and I have expanded my role with GAVS as a mentor.
Saturday October 19, 2019 10:05am - 10:30am PDT
Redbud
This session will focus on delivery of a top 5 tips for improving efficiency. The session will focus, not only on what to do to increase efficiency, but also on how to do it and most importantly will introduce the idea that order matters when designing workflow for online teaching. Participants will leave with ideas of how to design a workflow system or adapt the one demonstrated.
I am currently an ILT for the Science Department. I've been teaching with GaVS for 8 years and I currently teach 8th grade Science and Physical Science. I've presented several times and worked on development.
Saturday October 19, 2019 10:05am - 10:30am PDT
C111 Upstairs
Need ideas on how to get students come to your sessions? What has worked and what has not? If students come, how can I keep them engaged throughout and not do the same old same old? Even if they don't come, how can my sessions be successful as recordings? Come, let's discuss these questions and find solutions.
Alaina Musick is a Social Studies Instructor, Instructional Lead Teacher and Innovative Teaching Specialist with Ga Virtual. Before entering the online environment, Alaina spent twelve years as a Social Students teacher in the traditional environment. She has served in a variety of... Read More →
Instructional Technologist, Georgia Virtual School
Corinne McKeown is an Instructional Technologist who is a jack of all trades, helping to keep GaVS running smoothly. Before becoming an Instructional Technologist, Corinne spent twelve years as a Mathematics teacher in both traditional and online environments. She has worked with... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 10:05am - 10:30am PDT
Ballroom
Positive stakeholder relationships and grading practices are essential to effective online instruction. It can often make the difference in successful outcomes of the students enrolled in virtual school courses. This session is valuable to the instructor's professional growth because it provides support through the sharing of ideas, strategies, and takes a deeper look into how effective grading practices tie into positive stakeholder relationships. Teachers will gain knowledge on how to maintain positive grading practices with stakeholders, along with troubleshooting and resolving common grading issues.
Assistant Supervisor of Instruction, Georgia Virtual School
Dana served as an Assistant Supervisor of Instruction at Georgia Virtual School. Dana holds a master's degree in Instructional Design Open and Distance Learning and an Educational Specialist degree in Educational Leadership. In 2018, Dana received the KSU Outstanding Scholar Award... Read More →
Asherrie Yisrael is an Assistant Supervisor of Instruction with GaVS. Before serving as the ASI, Asherrie served as an Adjunct Instructor, Department Chairperson, and Course Developer. Asherrie also taught regular and Advanced Placement courses. She was the 2010-11 GaVS Teacher of... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 10:05am - 10:30am PDT
Oak
Participants will become experts in understandig the needs of individuals and families, barriers of students' partipation, and learning the best practices to connect with families.
Leslie Waldon is a Content Developer at the Georgia Department of Education with Georgia Learns, where Waldon creates digital content such as videos, including professional development courses and communication toolkits for stakeholders. Each month, she helps publish the Teaching... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 10:05am - 10:30am PDT
Laurel
Georgia Virtual and Georgia Credit Recovery are relocating to Canvas! We are excited about this move but have so many things to consider! This is our chance to make any changes to development which means changes to your courses! Your input is valuable, and we’d like to hear from you!
What this is… A chance to share what works well in your course! A chance to share what might need to be tweaked in your course! A chance to share your wish-list about course functionality!
What this is not… A full discussion on how your specific course works (or doesn’t)! A guarantee that your suggestions will be implemented!
We want to hear from you! Your suggestions will be considered when we determine what development looks like in our new LMS!
Associate Director of Operations, Georgia Virtual School
Tami Echard is the Associate Director of Operationsr at the Georgia Virtual School and has a Master's Degree from the University of Georgia in Learning, Design and Development. She has been a part of the Georgia Virtual School (GAVS) since 2005. She is certified as a High School Math... Read More →
Come learn tips and tricks for using Microsoft Teams to increase collaboration, productivity and team-building. We will investigate what makes a great and effective team, discover when we need to organize a team, and introduce easy ways to support your team within Microsoft Teams app. You'll discover how to set up, manage, and organize your Microsoft Team space to build up your team, collaborate and stay organized - all in one place.
Joyce Bearden is the Professional Learning Specialist with GaLearns. She contributes to the GaLearns team by managing course development and project initiatives. Her passions include online professional learning, team building, project management, and teacher advocacy by helping peers... Read More →
Teacher Training Specialist, Teacher Quality, Georgia Virtual School
Carrie Madden brings over a dozen years as an innovative brick-and-mortar science educator from secondary and post-secondary education to virtual education. As a former Science Instructor (face to face and virtually), Mentor, and Instructional Lead Teacher at Georgia Virtual School... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 1:00pm - 1:40pm PDT
Ballroom
Creating a catchy and/or engaging post is ideal in an online learning environment. Even having personalized feedback that is engaging is key. Teachers can use Talltweets, a free online site, that allows users to upload a series of google slides to then be created into a gif. These are great for news announcements, short instructions, and personalized feedback. Plus they are more engaging to read and look at rather than just text alone. Come learn how you can easily create your own gifs in minutes.
Michelle Hague has over 10 years of education experience and has been teaching with GaVS for over 6 years now. She has taught science classes ranging from Jr.K thru 12th grade and has developed courses as an SME and Curriculum Reviewer for GaVS in the past. She currently works at... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 1:00pm - 1:40pm PDT
Redbud
You have just entered the IRON CHEF kitchen! With a few “ingredients”, you will be able to engage, encourage, and excite the ESOL students in your classroom.
Joanna Root is an adjunct Science instructor for Georgia Virtual School. She has been with Georgia Virtual School since the very beginning. She also teaches face-to-face at Grayson High School in Gwinnett County. She is a GAVS master teacher. Joanna has been teaching for 25 years... Read More →
Jeana Worley has been a science teacher for 20 years. She is a full time Science instructor for Georgia Virtual School and has 11 years of online teaching experience. She is a GAVS master teacher and mentor.
Saturday October 19, 2019 1:00pm - 1:40pm PDT
Laurel
News announcements that are interesting and engaging are more likely to be read. This presentation will allow participants to build their own news announcement and then quickly edit a second item.
"Memory Reed is a veteran CTAE teacher and FBLA adviser that has been teaching Business, Marketing and Computer Science for 20 years. Memory left a successful career in the business world to help train young people to learn employability skills so we would have a more prepared work... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 1:00pm - 1:40pm PDT
Training
Georgia Virtual and Georgia Credit Recovery are relocating to Canvas! We are excited about this move but have so many things to consider! This is our chance to make any changes to development which means changes to your courses! Your input is valuable, and we’d like to hear from you!
What this is… A chance to share what works well in your course! A chance to share what might need to be tweaked in your course! A chance to share your wish-list about course functionality!
What this is not… A full discussion on how your specific course works (or doesn’t)! A guarantee that your suggestions will be implemented!
We want to hear from you! Your suggestions will be considered when we determine what development looks like in our new LMS!
Associate Director of Operations, Georgia Virtual School
Tami Echard is the Associate Director of Operationsr at the Georgia Virtual School and has a Master's Degree from the University of Georgia in Learning, Design and Development. She has been a part of the Georgia Virtual School (GAVS) since 2005. She is certified as a High School Math... Read More →
Participants will set up ProKeys and templates that they can use along the semester. They will also use iMacros to record and play routines on their computers that will ultimately save them hours in the long run.
Jennifer Campbell is a virtual teacher with 10+ years of experience. Over five of those years have been as a virtual instructor. She is also a web developer and enjoys learning the ins and outs of computer technology. This passion has led to an interest in the combination of computers... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 1:00pm - 1:40pm PDT
Camelia
These eTools and platforms allow teachers to use great learning videos, insert questions of their own making in various formats, Multiple choice, True False, essay, short answer, etc.. and send results to the teacher that may be scored for you. You can also provide links for extension, offer other options for students to be able to remediate on a subject they did not get the first time, and review for tests. These would be great to use to send to kids to earn back missed points on tests for content they did not understand the first time, and could easily be included directly in the feedback, or in a news announcement for bonus point purposes, grade replacement, or just extension.
I have taught at GAVL in the SS department for 56 years, and am now in my first year of mentorship. I have taught for 20 years total, and have at one time or another taught ALL the Social Studies Courses offered by GAVS in either the virtual or concrete classroom. I also have taught... Read More →
Don't let this Fall's mandated training be a clandestine operation. Surveil the techniques of the GaLearns team to obtain intel on top secret tips and tricks for completing the Suicide Prevention Course in GaLearns. Operatives will monitor the Innovative Teaching Specialists as they infiltrate the GaLearns platform to break the code on mandated training. Maneuver this operation with ease and intercept your Suicide Prevention Badge for the 2019-2020 school year.
Saturday October 19, 2019 1:45pm - 2:10pm PDT
Camelia
Building your personal brand is essential to anyone who wants to grow their career and open up doors to new opportunities. There are benefits for individuals at any stage of their career, whether you are new to the workforce, an experienced professional or new to a role.
But how do you measure your personal brand? LinkedIn has become a powerful tool for those in education, business, and other technology fields. While many think of it as an online resume it also has the power to measure your influence and reputation among other professionals in your field. If you want to be seen as a thought leader or key opinion leader, you need to get started building your personal and professional brand.
Associate Director of Operations, Georgia Virtual School
Tami Echard is the Associate Director of Operationsr at the Georgia Virtual School and has a Master's Degree from the University of Georgia in Learning, Design and Development. She has been a part of the Georgia Virtual School (GAVS) since 2005. She is certified as a High School Math... Read More →
Steven Echard, IOM, CAE is the CEO of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in Atlanta, which is an international medical society focused on improving the care of patients with rheumatic diseases (arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases) and advancing the field of rheumatology... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 1:45pm - 2:10pm PDT
C111 Upstairs
This session will offer some strategies for easing and keeping track of communication with parents, for efficiently grading and guiding discussions, and for making and not losing organizational tools of the paper sort for your GAVS classes!
Holly Prall has taught with GAVS since Spring 2015 in the English department and then the Science department, experiencing GAVS' varied learning opportunities! She also holds ESL certification and has taught students from all over the world.
Saturday October 19, 2019 1:45pm - 2:10pm PDT
Laurel
O365 MyAnalytics provides users with a new way to manage their work week by transforming their personal productivity. You’ll learn how to use this tool by understanding your current work patterns with data driven suggestions. This tool allows you to customize your work week schedule while focusing on what is most important. MyAnalytics provides actionable insights into these four areas - Focus, Wellbeing, Network, and Collaboration. Users will see examples of MyAnalytics as well as have the opportunity to explore their own dashboard.
Instructional Tech Specialist, Georgia Virtual School
Ruth Brown is a member of the Instructional Technology team. She has been with GAVS since 2014. Her main focus is managing and supporting the Brightspace LMS. She facilitates the effective integration of multiple GAVS platforms to enhance the overall GAVS experience for teachers and... Read More →
Instructional Tech Specialist, Georgia Virtual School
Kelli Robinson has been an Instructional Technologist since 2012. She started her career with GaVS in 2006 first as an adjunct instructor and then as the CTAE/Electives Department Chair prior to joining the IT team. She currently works to provide technical support and solutions to... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 1:45pm - 2:10pm PDT
Training
AP teachers, need strategies to utilize the AP Classroom resources recently released by the College Board? Join us for an introduction to the new instructional resources in the AP Classroom, including the personal progress checks, progress dashboard and AP question bank.
All new agents (GaVS teachers one year or less) report to duty! We need your help to solve some cold cases. Mentors will deliver the profile and then inspectors will use forensics, technology, and clues from the crime scene to make conclusions and a plan for action. Bring your thinking caps so we can solve these cold cases once and for all.
The Mentor Team at GaVS is dedicated to supporting our new teachers-in-training as well as our faculty-at-large. Mentors enjoy sharing resources, guidance and encouragement so that our teachers have the support they need to be exemplary online educators.
Saturday October 19, 2019 1:45pm - 2:10pm PDT
Boardroom
Join in this session to help put pieces of Jigsaw 5 together to make a fluid session. We will begin by checking our settings for our sessions, adding assets to our asset manager, and then working in a session. Take a tour behind the scenes of an interactive session in Jigsaw 5 and see each teacher movement as the attendee too.
Instructional Technologist, Georgia Virtual School
Corinne McKeown is an Instructional Technologist who is a jack of all trades, helping to keep GaVS running smoothly. Before becoming an Instructional Technologist, Corinne spent twelve years as a Mathematics teacher in both traditional and online environments. She has worked with... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 1:45pm - 2:10pm PDT
Ballroom
Looking for an effective assessment tool that makes grading easier and effective? Look no further. This presentation will seek to explore the use of rubrics as an efficient means of assessing student work and customizing feedback. Participants will learn how to construct analytic rubrics that provide detailed assignment expectations/requirements for students, and also allows for consistent grading of student performance. Emphasis will be placed on tailoring rubrics for assignments, including how to use a customized points system, and adding meaningful, individualized feedback. Proposed Topics:1. Basics of creating an analytic rubric using customized points 2. Tailoring the criteria and levels for different types of assignments, emphasizing emphasizing detailed descriptions of expectations. 3. Including specific feedback for each criteria level that can be viewed by the student from the gradebook or dropbox. 4. More options for individualization (adding to feedback, customizing points earned) 5. Examples
I am a 10 year veteran of GAVS, having worked in various areas including instruction, development and formerly as an ILT. I currently teach Personal Fitness and am always looking for tips and tricks to make online teaching both more efficient as well as meaningful for my students... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 1:45pm - 2:10pm PDT
Cypress
Do you want to work more efficiently so that you can maintain a healthy work-life balance? Become an agent of change as we investigate ways that GaVS Instructors can use Microsoft Forms to stay organized and work efficiently. In this session, learn how forms can be used in unique ways to monitor student late work, parent and student communication, student email verification and other processes that are performed repeatedly. Don't forget to bring a mobile device so that you can create a form during the session. Links to sample forms will be shared for future use.
Saturday October 19, 2019 1:45pm - 2:10pm PDT
Redbud
Do your students know where they're headed in your class? Do you know the path to help them excel? One way to answer both of these questions it to look at our course standards and create essential questions and learning targets. Not only will this help student see the big picture and the steps to success, but it will also help you create personalized learning supports for your students!
Becky Cahill has been a member of the Social Studies Team at GAVS for over a decade. She has taught almost all of the course offerings (no thank you Econ) and focuses identifying areas for growth for students and within her classes.
Saturday October 19, 2019 3:05pm - 3:45pm PDT
Laurel
Looking to use Jigsaw for a gaming experience with students? This session will help give you ideas for gaming in Jigsaw as we will play one for demonstration. Also, there will be the opportunity for a take away to use in your sessions that can be used no matter the content area.
Greer is a science teacher where she has taught AP Environmental Science, Biology, and Physics over the last 3 years with GAVS. Greer likes to utilize her time, by created useful spreadsheets to produce quality work in half the time. You can expect to learn new ways to stay organized... Read More →
Instructional Technologist, Georgia Virtual School
Corinne McKeown is an Instructional Technologist who is a jack of all trades, helping to keep GaVS running smoothly. Before becoming an Instructional Technologist, Corinne spent twelve years as a Mathematics teacher in both traditional and online environments. She has worked with... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 3:05pm - 3:45pm PDT
Ballroom
My goal is for the participants to learn to use one of these topics to create a dynamic, engaging homepage. Through my data analysis PLC, I saw that the bulk of my students, percentage wise, never paid attention to the news widgets. If I had information to give them, I did so through email. I shifted gears and created engaging infographics and Smores. I had over 1500 views of my Smores. The Smores contain additional resources, videos, practice sheets, etc., for the students. I actually think the students get more out of the Smores than they do the discussions (I hate to say that and won't say that) or live sessions. I have found that when the Smores are updated, or if a student needs it, I am emailed asking when it will be updated. My co-teachers also use them in their classes. Through the Smores and inforgraphics, the students connect with me and feel I am engaged/invested in their learning.
Need to create stamps quickly? Looking for something that will help you with layout, color and font Choices. Check out Adobe Spark. This is a online piece of software that allows you to create Stampe, Presentations and videos. It will also help you with layout and color choices. Please create or revisit your Adobe Spark account before the workshop.
My name is Linda Noss I teach Math and Computer Science completely online I have been teaching online for 8 years in both the High School and College areas. I have run AP workshop for teachers as well as workshops for online tools. Face to Face teacher in Computer Science and Math... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 3:05pm - 3:45pm PDT
Training
Is this for a grade?... How many times have you heard that question? Do you grade every single assignment you give your BAM students? Why grade every single assignment within your online course? Learn how to reduce course assignments in order to make the semester more manageable. I'll share some examples of what I do and then you'll work within your course to decide which assignments you want to reduce in the future. Work collaboratively with your peers to gain that assurance that you are making good decisions about what should be eliminated.
Saturday October 19, 2019 3:05pm - 3:45pm PDT
C111 Upstairs
It's time to infiltrate Sway. You have heard about the tool, you've seen it in your O365 waffle, you've even gotten a lot of great information from Sway newsletters, but you are not sure about how to get started. Join us as we open the dossier on this FREE (for GAVS instructors) program. We will begin with a mission brief on ways that this tool can be used in your classroom. Following our brief, the mission begins. Agent J will guide you as you get started creating your own Sway. If successful in this mission, you will be able to infiltrate the secrets of Sway and will walk away with ready to use resources for your classroom.
Saturday October 19, 2019 3:05pm - 3:45pm PDT
Redbud
Who doesn't love free tools? Come join this workshop to explore Microsoft's top free tools and apps for empowering teachers and students and making learning fun! In this session, teachers will be introduced to many Office 365 tools/apps that are a part of the GAVS Office 365 account including: OneDrive, Microsoft Forms, Sway, PowerPoint recording tools and more. Techniques for saving time, staying organized, and engaging students will be introduced. These Office 365 tools can ignite any classroom or content area! Come to this session if you are ready to make learning exciting, engaging, and inclusive for every student!
Topics that will be covered include: OneDrive as a communication and collaboration tool Forms as an assessment and record keeping tool Sway as a dynamic communication tool that can take the form of: newsletters, blog posts, websites, and animations PowerPoint as a presentation and screen recording tool that can be used in conjunction with Stream (and eliminating the need to pay for costly screen recording software)
Melissa Leonard has been teaching Business & Computer Science Education for sixteen years. She is a graduate of Auburn University with a Specialist degree in Business & Marketing Education. She currently teaches with Georgia Virtual School as an adjunct CTAE instructor. During the... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 3:05pm - 3:45pm PDT
Cypress
Have you wanted to try screencasting, but don't know where to start? Do you want to provide videos for your students but want an alternative to YouTube? This session will be focused on getting started with screencasting. Screencasts are an excellent way to "be there" for your students and walk them through difficult tasks. This session will be focused on learning by doing, so please bring a computer with a screencasting software of your choice (Camtasia, Quicktime, Jigsaw, Screencast-o-matic). I will also introduce you to Stream, a way to host your videos within our network that allows you to easily share and embed videos for students.
Emily is a teacher in the science department, where she teaches AP Environmental Science, Physics, Biology, and Oceanography. She also mentors new teachers and served as summer ILT for her department. Emily has been screencasting since 2013, when she flipped her physics class. She... Read More →
Saturday October 19, 2019 3:05pm - 3:45pm PDT
Camelia
