About ORVSD

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An Online Resource for Teachers

Learning can’t be bound by borders like the walls of a classroom or the boundaries of a school district. The Oregon Virtual School District is an online library of tools for teachers. But it’s much more. It allows teachers, students, and parents to extend their capabilities beyond what was imaginable even just a few years ago.

Students can use the ORVSD to supplement their classes. Parents can track a student’s progress online. Teachers can hand out assignments, grade tests, and share innovative teaching strategies with colleagues throughout the state. Interactive instruction, web videos, and podcasts deliver time-tested lessons in cutting edge ways.

The need for the ORVSD couldn’t be greater. Oregon’s new diploma requirements mean extra classes for students. The skills a student needs in the future are not those of the last century. At the same time, the high tech tools available for today’s classroom go beyond those of yesterday. The Oregon Virtual School District is here to get students ready for work, college, and a life of learning without limits.

Welcome. The future is here.

The Oregon Virtual School District is a program led by the Oregon Department of Education that, in cooperation with a consortium of virtual learning providers throughout the state, seeks to increase access and availability of online learning and teaching resources free of charge to the people of Oregon. Oregon State University is providing hosting and development resources through a partnership with the OSU Open Source Lab and the OSU Business Solutions Group.

Tools

Each student can create page with a personal education plan and profile as they work toward their diploma. Teachers can use ePortfolios to quickly post materials on the web for their students.

Content Library

Download ready-made curricula, complete with reading assignments, multi-media presentations, quizzes and tests, as well as class presentation notes.

Download a podcast of a speaker, a play, an audio book, a radio or television broadcast. Play it in class or assign students to listen to it as homework.

Watch video podcasts from NROC courses:

Web Conferencing

You can access professional development resources via web-conferencing and communicate with other educators throughout the state who are using ORVSD resources.

Resources

Create a Course

Put together a course for your students from ready-made materials, or create a test that you can give your students online.

ORVSD Community Forum

A forum for supporting and discussing the various uses of ORVSD in educational settings

HippoCampus is a project provided free of charge to Oregon schools by ORVSD and the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge

Oregon State Library Student and Teacher Resources

Resources from the Oregon State Library designed for K-12 students and educators integrating information literacy with access to licensed databases.

Google Tools - Coming Soon!

Stay informed about updates in the field of education, professional development opportunities and new tools to help teach students.

DrupalEd - Coming Soon!

Using this software, you can organize classes with high-tech learning tools like social networking and blogging. Students can post comments, take part in forums, work on collaborative projects, communicate among themselves and get assignments and tests from you.

About the Oregon virtual School District

A Message from Superintendent Susan Castillo:

Our vision is to deliver real-world readiness so Oregon students graduate prepared to succeed in today's global, knowledge-based economy. The Oregon Virtual School District provides teachers with the tools they need to get our students ready for college, work and life in the 21st century.

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