Online Resource Partners
In an effort to assist educators, VDOE partners with a variety of organizations to provide web portals to standards-based content including lesson plans, interactive programs, educational programs and online resources for K-12 students. In addition, many of these partnership portals provide access to a variety of training, professional development and access to resources to improve and enhance teaching and learning.
The websites listed below provide resources covering all four core subject areas – English, mathematics, science and history/social science – for K-12 students. Additional partnering resources that target a specific instructional topic, such as algebra, can be located by visiting the topic and looking under resources.
Chesapeake Bay Program
The Chesapeake 2000 agreement signed by the governors of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, as well as the mayor of the District of Columbia includes the goal of providing all students a "meaningful watershed experience" before graduation from high school. These experiences connect standards-based classroom activities with hands-on field investigations incorporating environmental education into the core subject areas of reading, math, science and social studies.SAS Curriculum Pathways
SAS Curriculum Pathways provides resources and content aligned with state standards in English, history/social science, science, mathematics and Spanish for grades 8-12. School divisions and schools access SAS Curriculum Pathways by setting up an online account.Thinkfinity
A Web portal to standards-based content including lesson plans, interactive programs and online resources covering core-curricular areas from several national and international educational institutions and the Verizon Foundation as well as training for educators.Learning Without Boundaries
With support from the Governor’s Productivity Investment Fund, VDOE is studying the potential benefits of wireless, mobile technology in teaching and learning.Virginia on iTunes U
Virginia on iTunes U is a dedicated area within Apple’s iTunes Store featuring free access to educational content. Through iTunes U for K-12 education, students, teachers and other registered users can “learn on the go” by downloading audio and video content onto a computer or handheld device with podcast capabilities.
(NOTE: You must have iTunes installed on your computer to access the Virginia on iTunes U site. A free download of iTunes is available for PC or Mac.)
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