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Ability to provide access to consistent instruction across various geographic boundaries; Leveraging technology tools in order provide opportunities for learners to collaborate, communicate, and create; Providing a system for tracking and recording learners' progress

Challenges include:
Canvas is another offering for me. I have switched from D2L to Blackboard to Canvas. Each one has its idiosyncrasies and procedures. I find myself missing many of my D2L tools in Canvas.

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More flexability of time and pace.One stop shop for resources and for contacting others as well. Saving time and energy and stress having to look for things in many different ways.
Challenges:  It is hard to remember where things are. Some topics are in many different places. Not to mention the extreme LACK OF TIME during the work day to navigate through a web (literally and figuratively).

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One-stop shop where you can find, create, and/or provide resources and lessons for students. You can also communicate directly with students and parents (Inbox, announcements, discussions, etc.)
Challenge:
Different teachers might set up their course pages differently, so parents and students can't always figure out where to look. My elementary students and parents needed some help during distance learning to figure out where certain tasks were. I put links to all lessons directly on the home page, but some other teachers put them in Modules or Assignments.

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1) Place for students, teachers, and parents to communicate about grades, assignments, and lessons.
2) Students can turn in and teachers can grade assignments.
3) One is able to use multiple ways (diverse media) to reach students.

Challenge:
Not everyone knew how to use the system. I was constantly teaching students and parents how to use different things.

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I feel like Canvas is used more at the secondary level as opposed to the elementary level. Canvas was a HUGE wake-up call for staff during COL.

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Benefits: streamlined communication, a portal to all learning resources and activities, transparency,
organization, paperless, efficient, rapid feedback

Challenges: making sure all staff, students, and parents have proper training on using it to it's fullest potential.

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Easier for a teacher to be organized; not searching for materials constantly
Less need for materials on paper!

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1. an easy way to offer students multiple ways  to show what they learned
2.  supports UDL design of lessons to make content accessible to all
3.  effective organizer of lesson content and guidance

Challenges
1.  complexity of Canvas  sometimes resulted in the need for numerous small steps to perform certain tasks
2. because it is so transparent frequent changes can be confusing and frustrating for users

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one location for lots of info, you can create your own lessons, you can work with others to create content

Challenges- learning how to use LMS for all the things it can do

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Central location for information.
Blended learning platform
Central place for information and updates
Application web based: Desktop and Mobile
Easy monitoring of progress
Reporting tools
Challenges:
Learning curve for end user can be steep
Insufficient training
Unreliable network
Not intuitive.

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1. Accessibility
2. Social learning can be increased
3. Engaged learning also increases

Challenges:
Students and teachers have to be familiar with utilizing LMS for learning.

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Benefits - first of all be positive and have a "can-do" attitude about the young ones being able to use Canvas.  2.Give them the foundational tools that are appropriate for their level. 3. Just allowing them the opportunity to try...  4.  idea of using the media recorder is a "game-changer," so we must remember to check that out
Challenges  - 1.Just taking time to learn how to find the child(ren)'s appropriate learning levels for using Canvas
2. Finding assistants/paras who can work alongside you to implement this process

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benefits:
sign into one application, create personalized lessons, automate routine tasks, use on many devices, offer digital tools
challenges:
not necessarily intuitive;
needing to find your own way to navigate to places; needing trainings to solidify learning

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Challenges:  learning  how to use LMS  and make its an interactive learning tool .... Another challenge is simply mastering the tech associated with developing a student friendly module page or video instruction, etc... (see jamboard for benefits)

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Benefits: No paper. Efficient Record keeping. Time stamps.

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Benefits: No paper. Efficient Record keeping. Time stamps.

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Challenges: Insufficient student training. Unreliable networks.

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Benefits: 1. Able to send announcements to families about what is going on. 2. Able to use inbox to communicate with students over COL (had never used this feature before). 3. One-stop shop for all of my grade levels taught (K-5). 

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Benefits: 1. Able to send announcements to families about what is going on. 2. Able to use inbox to communicate with students over COL (had never used this feature before). 3. One-stop shop for all of my grade levels taught (K-5). 

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One resource in Commons that is useful to my position: NBCT Community group that I am working with.

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Benefits:
- Organizes information into one place  great for SPED students (if they know how to use it)
- Great to collaborate with others because of Commons or shared drives
- Allows for students to move at own pace. My goal is to offer more choice via activities within Canvas by learning how to group students and how to add more external tools.
Challenges:
- not all teachers use it the same way - make it hard to organize for function
- If parents have no familiarity with LMS its hard to explain how it all works.
- Trying to plan student friendly actvities/ adjusting what I did in the classroom to online learning was hard. Challenging with a LMS and County requirements - hopefully external tools will help :)
- Stephanie Duley, LEMS 8th Grade US