#Project canvas primary high professional
We need to work within our professional learning communities to define what online learning is and is not. Third, I had the epiphany that embracing Canvas didn’t mean compromising any of my beliefs about teaching and learning. Kelly also showed me how an LMS and a digital portfolio tool can be best buddies, not frenemies. Her large fonts and colorful images dispelled any notions I had about Canvas lacking elementary appeal. I was able to see how she relied on Canvas to establish classroom scaffolds and procedures. Kelly, now a K-5 Instructional Coach, kindly added me a Designer to her kindergarten course from the previous school year.
I got in touch with teachers who I knew had been using Canvas in the primary years. Second, I sought out examples of Canvas in the elementary classroom. Though everyone can’t have their own Christy, her guidance is testament to power of having an expert Canvas user empower others to visualize the possibilities. Christy, my professional counterpart at the secondary level and who I call my Canvas sensei, was willing to sit with me shoulder to shoulder to demonstrate the flexibility of Canvas. I thought that I had seen what Canvas could do through my work as an online instructor, but it turned out that I was barely scratching the surface. The truth was that I didn’t know what I didn’t know about Canvas.
Reflecting over the last six months, I attribute this radical shift in thinking to several events: First, I found my Canvas sensei. Today I have a radically different perspective. I got the job and began to shift my thinking on the topic of Canvas in the elementary classroom. I continued to explain that I had Canvas experience as an online instructor with graduate students at a nearby university but had hesitations about its use with our youngest learners. I remember boldly telling the interview panel that I was incredulous about using the Canvas learning management system (LMS) at the elementary level. In July 2017 I interviewed for the position I hold now, Technology Integration Coach.
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