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Canva Spotlight - Back to School Toolkit

Canva put together a toolkit for back to school to help you get a head start on the new school year. Explore it to learn ways you can use Canva to prepare for the new school year and to engage your students. It includes suggested activity cards to give you ideas for things you can do to help you have the best school year yet!

Back To School Teacher Toolkit - JSD CopyOpens in a new window by Colby Hawkins

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Meet Your New Digital Learning Specialists!

Kelli CannonKelli has been an educator for ten years, teaching 4th and 5th grade prior to her current role as a JSD Digital Learning Specialist. She has a Bachelor's Degree from BYU in Elementary Education and is pursuing a Master's Degree in Educational Technology from UVU. Kelli has endorsements in ESL, Educational Technology, and Instructional Coaching. She is a Google Trainer and co-leader of the Google Educator Group in Utah, a Utah Teacher Fellow and serves on the UCET (Utah Coalition for Educational Technology) Board. She loves finding new ways to engage students through the use of technology.

 

Kasey ChambersKasey Chambers is a Digital Learning Specialist and Coaching Specialist in Jordan School District.  This is her 12th year in education, all of which have been in Jordan School District. She taught 5th grade at Butterfield Canyon Elementary for 8 years in-person, and 1 year fully virtual. This helped her discover a passion for digital learning, and it became her mission to learn effective ways to teach and engage students virtually. She then became the Digital Instructional Coach at Rocky Peak Virtual Elementary.  She loves to learn new things, and is a total geek about educational technology and blended learning.

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Professional Development Day- August 15th

The DTL team taught some amazing sessions at the JSD Back-to-School Professional Development Day on August 15. Elementary teachers learned about incorporating Digital Tools into Literacy instruction, while Secondary teachers focused on integrating technology into their specific content areas. Our DTL team will be at the following locations:

Herriman High School (Grades K-2)

    • "Technology Tools for Fluency Performance"  by  Deanna Taylor and Larisa Nageli

K-2 Technology Tools For Fluency PerformanceOpens in a new windowby Deanna Taylor

 

Riverton High School (Grades 3-5)

    • "Oral Reading Fluency and Digital Tools" by Kelli Cannon and Kasey Chambers

3-6 Technology Tools For Fluency Performance MasterOpens in a new window by Kasey Chambers

 

Mountain Ridge High School (Secondary Social Studies):

    • "Empowering Secondary Students Through Media Literacy" by Kiera Beddes

JSD: Empowering Secondary Students through Media LiteracyOpens in a new window by Kiera Beddes

 

    • "Bring Your Social Studies Class into the 21st Century" by Colby Hawkins

Bring Your Social Studies Class Into the 21st CenturyOpens in a new window by Colby Hawkins

 

Copper Hills High School (Secondary Science)

  • "Let's Get Digital- Digital Science Tools" by Kiera Beddes, Jared Covili and Traci Rindlisbach

Aug. 15th-Secondary Science 7th/8thOpens in a new window by Kiera Beddes

 

Copper Mountain Middle School (Secondary Math)

    • "How Can You Use the Big 6 in Your Math Class?" by Ross Rogers

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The DTL Team was so excited to help welcome new educators to Jordan District on Friday, August 11 at West Jordan Middle School. Our sessions focused on "Optimizing Your Garden Tools" in the Blue Pod (C100-107). The session included an introduction to Canvas, explained the two Jordan District instances, and reviewed the Canvas dashboard. For more information, reach out to your school's Digital Learning Specialist.

Voice Over Using Canvas in JSDOpens in a new window