ITSE Standard for Educators, Designer 5a, use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that
foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.
Applications:
1.
Canvas
Canvas is a learning management software
that allows the teacher to create learning modules for the curriculum. It
allows for the upload of documents, notes, assignments. A useful feature in
this digital world, is the teacher can upload web links, can check all work for
plagiarism through a feature called “Turnitin.com”. All assignments and tests
can be graded through this software giving students immediate access for
viewing grades.
The cost of the cloud-based software is $5
per learner per month or $30 per learner per year. Through a chat session with
a Canvas adviser, I learned that this software is adaptable to K-12 and higher
education students. I chose this site as a credible sited because of it
validated each reviewer, allowed for positive and negative comments, and had a
customer service agent call me within minutes to further validate its
credibility. This cloud-based software is Windows and MAC compatible.
This learning management software is
intended for K-12 students. The users, in this case teachers, will be able to
create folders for specific learning activities, be able to track students’ work
and the amount of time spent on each assignment, as well as, help students by
creating video lessons to keep learning assignments interesting. Because this
software is a G2 Crowd product, it has some of the same pricing agreements as
others in the group.
This is a cloud-based software priced as $5
per learner per month or $30 per learner per year. This software is Windows and
MAC compatible. I chose this review site due to its ability to verify the
reviewers through multiple methods like email addresses, telephone numbers, and
various social media sites. This software through its reviewers achieved five
out of five stars.
3.
Classe365
This software has multiple modules that
come together as a tool to prepare teachers and students for learning, customer
management, and supports over 100 languages. This software integrates well with
multiple other applications such as Canvas, MS Office, and QuickBooks as a
complement. I chose this software because it can bring entire school districts
together to manage administrative and learning activities.
Classe365 is a cloud-based application that
is compatible to both Windows and MAC platforms. This software is meant for
school districts of K-12 graders and higher education students. Because this is
a larger application with multiple modules, the costs vary between $22 per
license per month per student to $30 per month per student. A yearly license
can be purchased based on the number of modules requested. This site has been properly copyrighted with
contact information listed. I made a telephone call to the site contact and was
quickly greeted and provided with requested information.
The one application that I feel is the best
choice for me and my students is the Compass Learning software. I chose this
one because of its ability to track students’ time spent on assignments and its
ability to create video lessons for students. It is a cloud-based application
which means that the students and I can access it from anywhere as long as we
have internet capability.
Charles, I am familiar with Compass Learn. We have used this system for several years at our school as a resource for credit recovery because you customize the content so that students work on the standards that they need to and eliminate the ones that that don't need. Unfortunately, Compass does not update their content so students have created Quizlets for the majority of quizzes and tests. I am not familiar with Canvas or Class365 but am interested in exploring both. I believe that providing students with immediate feedback is essential in today's world because kids are used to instantaneous response in their day to day world so I believe Canvas would be a great addition to teacher’s resources.
ReplyDeleteMy school utilizes Canvas in the upper grades (4th-6th grade). The lower grades tend to use Google Classroom, although the entire school has access to Canvas. I will have to do more research in using it in lower grades! One thing that is interesting is that the administration, literacy and math coaches, and tech coordinator has added all classroom teachers to their Canvas. That way, we have all admin items, important math or ELA documents, and quizzes or trainings we needed to complete. This past summer, I completed an online professional development book study on Canvas (we were the first to pilot online PD) and it was very user-friendly and fun! I liked that we were able to do the assignments in our own time and not sit through an 8 hour session.
ReplyDeleteCharles have you by chance used Canvas in conjunction with a proprietary piece of software? My district uses Blackboard primarily for our individual digital classrooms. But we are slowly moving over to Google Classroom. We are moving in that direction because we heavily use Khan Academy. The ease of integration between Google Classroom and Khan has been the primary driving force. Do you have any experience working with Canvas on a Mac OS platform or iOS platform? We get a break because Mr. Khan of Khan Academy is from the town that I live in here in Louisiana.
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