Artifact #1: Canvas Studio PD

During the 2020-2021 school year, I become the Canvas Coach for both Crescent Valley High School and College Hill High School. As a Canvas Coach, we conducted one-on-one training, virtual and in-person drop-in support, email support, and professional development planning. For example, the Canvas Coaches, along with the Teaching and Learning Department developed an Asynchronous Professional Development Training for the beginning of the school year. Within this training, I created a playlist of videos on how to use Canvas Studio.

The Canvas Studio Playlist represents ISTE 2a by providing professional development on utilizing a built-in screencasting tool to improve student interactivity during distance learning.

Artifact #2: OER Repository

In Internet for Educators, I curated a Wiki of Open Education Resources (OERs) focusing on social studies, AVID, and mindfulness. The assignment evolved to have a dual purpose as both the Social Studies Department and the AVID team had an ongoing communications chat throughout the 2020 summer to prepare for the school year. Part of this communication acted as a gathering of communications going into the school year. With this in mind, I curated resources that would benefit both groups of teachers. The sharing of this resource reflects advocating and modeling for OER resources.

This OER Wiki represents meeting ISTE 2c by providing a curated list of OER resources for my colleagues. This process included the identification, exploration, and evaluation of these resources as well.

Artifact #3: US History Political Cartoons

In Internet for Educators, my final project was an OER repository for US History editorial (political) cartoons. Please note, this is NOT a finished resource. As of right now, the site has an overview of what primary sources are, what editorial cartoons are, and an example section of editorial cartoons. All resources on the website are either in the public domain or licensed under Creative Commons. The site is meant to act as a model for the correct way to curate, caption, and cite reusable materials in an educational context. The intention of this site is to act as a central location for US History political cartoons, as well as acting as a resource to demonstrate the ethical reuse of materials on the internet.

This Google Site meets ISTE 2c as it models the successful implementation of Creative Commons and public domain resources, including the successful curation of public domain imagery.

Podcasting Artifacts

In Web 2.0 Tools, I created a professional development training unit centered on podcasting using free, web-based resources. The training was created in Canvas, which was going to be the learning management system (LMS) our district would utilize to drive distance learning. At the time, I created this resource as a means to model the various components of creating a Canvas course (i.e., pages, assignments, discussions, etc.). I also recorded webcam videos using Canvas Studio.

As for the podcasting components, I wanted to ensure all Web 2.0 tools utilized were easily accessible for all CSD students (i.e., all students would have access to Chromebooks). I also introduced components of Copyright and Creative Commons.

Furthermore, the CSD leadership requested teachers utilize project-based learning as a pedagogical model to guide distance learning. With this, district mentors requested teachers to provide PBL exemplars to share with their colleagues. Due to this need and shared vision towards PBL, I modified a rudimentary podcasting project I conducted in the previous school year to reflect the PBL guidance visible in the linked document. Although I utilized podcasting in my social studies course, I tried to approach writing this PBL example broadly to showcase the versatility of using podcasting to drive PBL.

Please contact me directly if you would like a copy of the PBL document.

The Podcasting professional training represents ISTE 2b as it utilizes free, Web 2.0 tools so all staff and students have equitable access. This is based on the premise that every student and staff member, in the least, has access to a Chromebook.

The PBL Example on Podcasting represents all three ISTE 2 substandards. It bolsters the shared vision of using project-based learning for distance learning. The PBL example supports equitable access to technology, given its connection to the podcasting training. Finally, it represents modeling a podcasting process while using curated resources.