crhyland

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I started my career in Education in 2001 as a 1st grade teacher in Lufkin Texas. From day one I would look for ways to incorporate technology into my classroom. At that time it was with an overhead projector and a few computers. The closest I got to 1:1 in my classroom was 5:1 with AlphaSmart keyboards I had for students to write stories on. In 2007 I moved to New Braunfels and taught 3rd and 4th grade in Comal. It was that year that my love for technology in the classroom grew even more. I was given a laptop and iPad to use, and the following year I was able to checkout laptop carts and iPod touches for my students in my classroom. I was finally able to be 1:1 in my classroom as long as I planned ahead and checked out the laptop cart before the other teachers on my campus. Technology allowed my students the ability to do things they never could before. They were able to create videos of themselves teaching a topic, create digital books filled with their writing from the year, and make podcasts about math vocabulary words so other students could learn from them. They had knowledge at their finger tips and were able to research outside the scoop of the books available to them in the library. I loved it and my students loved it! In 2013, the opportunity arose for me to join the Technology Department of NBISD and for me to have a part in the 1:1 iPad initiative. I had seen first hand how technology impacted my students in the classroom and wanted that for others. By putting technology in the hands of each student, and by directing and guiding them we are empowering them and helping them develop collaboration, creativity, communication, and critical thinking skills necessary for this changing world. I love supporting the teachers of NBISD and helping them learn and grow in the world of technology. So in return they can empower their students to be self-reliant learners and build skills that will carry them outside of the classroom walls and into their future.

Joined: 2019-07-24

Posts: 21

Solutions Authored: 1

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Re: Compatibility Issues between Canvas LMS & Internet Filtering for Schools

07-26-2023 K-12 Users

We have been using Canvas since 2019 on iPads with Website filtering and have not had these issues. I am assuming you have already looked at this doc

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Re: Celebrating Teachers: A Heartfelt Tribute to Educators During Teacher Appreciation Week

05-08-2023 Community Blog

This is awesome! I can't wait to see the banners tomorrow! Thank you!

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Re: iPad iOS 15 - Speak Selection

01-24-2023 Archived Questions

We have noticed the same thing in the iPad Canvas app and have found these two work arounds that will allow the students to use speak selection. It wa

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Re: StemScopes (Accelerated Learning Inc) Integration?

08-04-2021 Archived Questions

I just installed this LTI in our Canvas Instance. We are rostering STEMscopes through Classlink. I had to contact STEMscopes support to get direction

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Re: It's Due! - A Self-Paced Course

02-11-2021 Canvas Mobile Blog

@KristinL I LOVE this course! I would love to use this for our teachers in my district. Would you be willing to share the Canvas Course export? I w

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Re: "Message OBSERVERS of Students Who..." in Grade books!

10-15-2020 Canvas Ideas

I love this idea and it would be helpful for K-12 institutions!

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Re: Breaking Observer Link

10-02-2020 Idea Conversations

@jackson_misty Yes, I have done that for our admin but didn't do that for our intervention/aides/SPED teams. It is something that I have thought abou

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Re: Breaking Observer Link

10-02-2020 Idea Conversations

I completely agree with this!! Just this year we had a parent that was paired to the wrong student and was able to access the wrong students informat

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Re: Notability and canvas submissions issues?

10-30-2019 Archived Questions

Yikes! I hope you put in a support ticket for that.

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Re: Notability and canvas submissions issues?

10-24-2019 Archived Questions

Here is the link to the idea. https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/15273-shorten-ios-assignment-list-when-submitting-work

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