Vista High School EdTech Showcase S25
Spring Semester 2025
EdTech Coach & Discrete Math Teacher

by Dane Jacobson

Quick Snapshot of Spring 2025
VHS EdTech Coaching Details
Developed and provided ~9 Professional Development sessions in the areas of Canvas, AI Integration, and Instructional Framework Alignment.

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Optimizing Canvas Modules & Instruction with AI

Presented by Dane JacobsonEdTech Coach, Yuma Union High School DistrictAssisted by Adam Camarena & Katherine LloydDate: Friday, February 14, 2025

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Canvas in Action: Elevating Student Engagement Through Purposeful Design and Practice

Transform your Canvas course with actionable strategies that enhance student engagement and leverage AI support.

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AI & Academic Integrity Workshop

Welcome to this hands-on workshop where you'll be responding to AI in your classroom through intentional design and clear expectations. The goal is to walk away with either assignment redesigns or a simple classroom AI SOP ready to implement.

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Canvas in Action: Elevating Student Engagement Through Purposeful Design and Practice (KHS)

Transform your Canvas course with actionable strategies that enhance student engagement and leverage AI support.

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Canvas Modules: Structuring for Engagement

Presented by Dane Jacobson & Jason Flora EdTech Coaches, Yuma Union High School District March 10, 2025

  • Additional Performance Compensation Series Sessions
Established and delivered 4 tri-weekly VHS EdTech Reports

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The VHS EdTech Report – May 7, 2025, Issue #4

Bringing Canvas, Artificial Intelligence, and Tech Updates to the Pack 📢 Welcome to The VHS EdTech Report! Each edition will highlight Canvas insights, AI developments, EdTech tools, and upcoming PD opportunities to keep you ahead of the curve. 🔍 What's Inside This Report? Canvas Report: Data

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The VHS EdTech Report – April 11, 2025, Issue #3

Bringing Canvas, Artificial Intelligence, and Tech Updates to the Pack 📢 Welcome to The VHS EdTech Report! Each edition will highlight Canvas insights, AI developments, EdTech tools, and upcoming PD opportunities to keep you ahead of the curve. 🔍 What's Inside This Report? Canvas Report: Data

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The VHS EdTech Report – February 18, 2025, Issue #2

Bringing Canvas, Artificial Intelligence, and Tech Updates to the Pack 📢 Welcome to The VHS EdTech Report! Each edition will highlight Canvas insights, AI developments, EdTech tools, and upcoming PD opportunities to keep you ahead of the curve. 🔍 What's Inside This Report? Canvas Report: Data

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Created various tools and automated systems for campus use.
  • CustomGPT for Canvas Instruction/Organization
  • Google Apps Script Automation for YHS Grade Change Process
  • Google Apps Script Automation for YHS Observation Processing/Storage
Spring 2025 Goals Recap

Increase AI Use
AI Skills Workshops, Develop SOP for AI assignments
Refine Canvas Practices
Bi-weekly Canvas check-ins/analysis, Focus on the "Why?"
Enhance Role Visibility
Campus newsletters (Voice/Choice?), VHS EdTech page, More VHS EdTech PD
Spring 2025 Focus: Organization and Feedback
The VHS Canvas Observation Cycle
  • The VHS Canvas Cycle was in addition to the EdTech Team's Canvas Walkthroughs.
  • Special thanks to Katherine Lloyd and David Lewis!
Spring 2025 Canvas Data
Growth of Mean Organization and Feedback Scores Over Time
Organization (μ = 2.47, σ = 1.18)
0.53 (+27%)
Mean Organization Growth
0.35 (+43%)
Organization Deviation Change
Feedback (μ = 1.59, σ = 1.00)
0.59 (+59%)
Mean Feedback Growth
0.30 (+42%)
Feedback Deviation Change
It seems to track with the EdTech Canvas Walkthrough Data
Organization: 88.3% to 94.2%
Feedback: 41.2% to 64.8%
Teacher Successes + Student-Facing Wins
Katherine Lloyd
AI-Powered Learning with Brisk Boost
This teacher used Brisk Boost to create interactive lessons from articles and videos. Students received live feedback from the chatbot as they worked, while the teacher gained insight into student thinking and engagement.
Cathy Jones
Targeted Feedback with Brisk
This teacher used Brisk’s AI-powered feedback feature to provide differentiated, level-appropriate feedback based on student proficiency. This approach not only saved time but also allowed students to receive clear, personalized guidance aligned to their learning goals—supporting growth across varying ability levels.
Russ Garlit
CustomGPT in Practice
This teacher consistently used my CustomGPT tool to transform assignment instructions like this into this. While the process isn’t student-driven, the result supports student learning by improving clarity, structure, and accessibility—helping students better understand expectations and complete tasks independently.
Dane Jacobson
AI-Enhanced Programming Projects
This student (a musician) recorded custom sounds, used “vibe coding” principles via ChatGPT, and hosted the project on GitHub — a platform widely used in the software industry to manage and share code.

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Ear Training

Welcome to Alee's Ear Training! I made this quiz help me recognize different chord types that come from various sounds. Some sounds can make it hard to hear the chord as they have different qualities.

Challenges and Solutions
Increased Standard Deviations in Canvas Focus Areas
Solution: Highly differentiated PD and targeted 1:1s.
AI Perception/Hesitation
Solution: Conduct a needs assessment; Use research-informed messaging; Provide ongoing support.
Inconsistent Digital Feedback
Solution: Model effective feedback practices using tools like SpeedGrader and Brisk; promote consistency through Canvas Rubrics, 1:1s, and PD.
Fall 2025 Goals

Refine Canvas Practices
  • Continue Canvas Cycles System
  • Giving Feedback Another Go
  • Provide Regular Campus PD Influenced by Data Insights
Proactive AI Integration
  • Establish AI SOPs
  • Develop Resources/Training on Student-Facing Integration
  • Report Transparently on Professional Research
Align EdTech Coaching Practices to Instructional Framework
  • IC Collaboration
  • Deeper Systems for Data Tracking and Analysis
  • Communication Reframing
Thank you!
Questions?
Feel free to reach out for any AI, automation, or advanced spreadsheet suggestions if needed.
If you made it to the bottom, check out this new meta-analysis that just dropped. 🔥

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The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis

The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis