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In this episode, Marcus chats with Jenni Balcom, a fifth year teacher at Episcopal Collegiate School, an independent school in Little Rock, Arkansas. She teaches 6th to 10th grade students Spanish, and co-sponsors a Middle School Language Club.  We discuss some ways in which Canvas LMS truly enhances her classes and specifically, the history and culture elements of her curriculum.  Some of the most memorable moments of learning a new language, are in learning about Spanish speaking countries around the World, their history, their culture, their music, and more!  

In this episode, Marcus talks to Aaron Ferguson the Coordinator of Distance Learning and Canvas administrator of Oxnard Online, and Saša Stojić, a dedicated Instructional Designer at Instructure.  These two, and many others at Oxnard Union High School District, have teamed up to create and build some truly impactful new approaches to content restructuring, accessibility best practices, course building, and credit recovery!

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Aaron Ferguson

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In this episode, Marcus talks with a few educators about the “side hustles” and hobbies that are integral to their lives, their mental health, and sometimes even their wallets.  Ultimately, all people are seeking the truest work/life balance possible.  The guests on this episode are all educators with amazing insights and stories about the activities that enrich and enhance both their personal and professional lives.

WFTDA (Women’s Flat Track Derby Association

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Welcome to Episode 50 of The Canvascasters Podcast.  Today, Marcus invites two of his good friends, Carrie Gardner and Lindsey Hallett from Kansas to kick-off the 2022-2023 school year the right way by filling up our Canvas Backpacks with everything educators need to know to thrive during the 2022-2023 school year!

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The purpose of Global Accessibility Awareness Day is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities. GAAD is an annual event that occurs on the third Thursday of May! https://accessibility.day/ 

Our guest will include Amy Everhart (K12) & Matt Jennings (HE). 

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Welcome to Episode 48 of the Canvascasters Podcast! In this episode, we talk with Misty Joaquin, a Digital Learning Facilitator, serving Little Elm ISD, in the great state of Texas! We dive into the importance of Mental Health, from an educator’s perspective.  We discuss strategies and healthy practices for mental health, as well as ways to make life more manageable using Canvas itself.

We also discuss some great resources from "Cultivating Calm in the Classroom" from TCEA including a blog post on mindfulness.

 TCEA Lunch and Learn Cultivating Calm 

https://sites.google.com/tcea.org/21-22lunch-and-learns/223-cultivating-calm

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Welcome to Episode 47 of the Canvascasters Podcast! In this episode, we talk with Glenn Davis, the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and professor of English at Bowling Green State University.  Glenn and others, spear-headed an initiative in 2020 to partner with the Instructional Design Team at Instructure to completely reimagine course design.

We will also discuss how Bowling Green State University placed a priority on course design in order to ensure quality learning within the various learning modalities they have faced throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic and what that initiative looks like today.

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Welcome to Episode 46 of the Canvascasters Podcast today we are "discussing discussions" which is one of the most powerful tools for learning within Canvas LMS! In this episode, we dig into the power of Discussions in K12 and Higher Education, fun ideas to innovate with discussions, and best practices from the experts as we are joined by Melissa Greer & Linda Lee.

Melissa Greer began her career as a high school Latin teacher for the Newton College and Career Academy and STEM Institute in Covington, GA., where she, herself, attended growing up.  This year she moved into a Digital Learning Coach role where she supports teachers at 3 middle schools.  Currently, she is working on getting her Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Instructional Technology from Valdosta State University. In her infinite free time (*jokes*) she likes to hang out with her boyfriend and dog, travel, cross stitch, decorate custom cookies, and just be a nerd (listen to podcasts about and play D&D, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, books by Brandon Sanderson, etc.)

Linda Lee is a folklorist, educator, and instructional designer. She’s the Director of Instructional Design at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she leads instructional design and training efforts for the IDEA Courseware Team. She came to instructional design by way of adjunct teaching. She’s used Canvas as an instructor since 2014 and as an admin since 2015, when she joined Wharton as the school’s first instructional designer. Since then, she’s developed deep expertise in inclusive course design and all things Canvas, including Blueprint courses, discussions, and group assignments. She’s presented widely on these topics, including at InstructureCon 2021 and Educause 2021, where she co-presented sessions on “Change the Prompt, Not the Tool: Developing Effective Discussions” with Penn colleagues Meryl Krieger and Adam Zolkover.

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Follow Linda Lee at @lindajeanlee on Twitter

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Learn more from Linda And Friends:

Change the Prompt, Not the Tool: Developing Effective DiscussionsStructuring Asynchronous Discussions

InstructureCon 2021 Video: https://www.instructure.com/canvas/resources/instructurecon-2021/change-the-prompt-not-the-tool-developing-effective-discussions

Handouts link: http://whr.tn/educause-async-disc

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Welcome to Episode 45 of the Canvascasters Podcast today we are "discussing discussions" which is one of the most powerful tools for learning within Canvas LMS! In this episode, we dig into the power of Discussions in K12 and Higher Education, fun ideas to innovate with discussions, and best practices from the experts as we are joined by Melissa Greer & Linda Lee.

Melissa Greer began her career as a high school Latin teacher for the Newton College and Career Academy and STEM Institute in Covington, GA., where she, herself, attended growing up.  This year she moved into a Digital Learning Coach role where she supports teachers at 3 middle schools.  Currently, she is working on getting her Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Instructional Technology from Valdosta State University. In her infinite free time (*jokes*) she likes to hang out with her boyfriend and dog, travel, cross stitch, decorate custom cookies, and just be a nerd (listen to podcasts about and play D&D, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, books by Brandon Sanderson, etc.)

Linda Lee is a folklorist, educator, and instructional designer. She’s the Director of Instructional Design at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she leads instructional design and training efforts for the IDEA Courseware Team. She came to instructional design by way of adjunct teaching. She’s used Canvas as an instructor since 2014 and as an admin since 2015, when she joined Wharton as the school’s first instructional designer. Since then, she’s developed deep expertise in inclusive course design and all things Canvas, including Blueprint courses, discussions, and group assignments. She’s presented widely on these topics, including at InstructureCon 2021 and Educause 2021, where she co-presented sessions on “Change the Prompt, Not the Tool: Developing Effective Discussions” with Penn colleagues Meryl Krieger and Adam Zolkover.

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Visit bit.ly/CCE_faqs for more information about the Canvas Certified Educator Program.

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Follow Melissa Greer at @greerslatin on Twitter

Follow Linda Lee at @lindajeanlee on Twitter

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Learn more from Linda And Friends:

Change the Prompt, Not the Tool: Developing Effective DiscussionsStructuring Asynchronous Discussions

InstructureCon 2021 Video: https://www.instructure.com/canvas/resources/instructurecon-2021/change-the-prompt-not-the-tool-developing-effective-discussions

Handouts link: http://whr.tn/educause-async-disc

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Music provided by Free Music for Vlogs https://youtu.be/Yh9fk9iLR4s

Welcome to Episode 44 of the Canvascasters Podcast with our #DLDay Recap! The third and final session of Instructure’s #DLDay, brought to you by The Canvascasters!  This session is called “Empowered Teaching And Learning” and we have Ricardo, Gabriel, and Teresa  from Hacienda La Puente USD in California to talk all things ESL and MasteryConnect.

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