Presenters
Math Interventionist/STEAM Teacher
Heather is a member of the Teacher Goals family and is writing a spin-off to "The Canva Classroom" by Amanda Fox focusing on mathematics. She is one of the first teacher Canvassadors, chosen for her interactive lessons for Canva and was called one of Illinois' brightest edtech minds by IETC. Heather loves speaking and sharing her edtech and math knowledge and has presented at numerous conferences such as ISTE, IETC, EdTechNext, and FETC.
Session description
Even the littles can create successfully with Canva! Get fun ideas, from app smashing to personalizing your classroom, and brand kits will be thrown in like glitter! In the grand finale, you will receive multiple templates to edit and make your own.
Purpose & objective
Participants will have the opportunity to sign up for and play with Canva. They will be introduced to pieces of Canva that are relevant for primary students such as the brand kit, drawing extension, and ways they can personalize their classroom.
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Outline
Since this is a playground session, there won't be a set timeline. The direction I take will depend on what the people at the playground need. It might be helping people sign up or showing them how to make brand kits. I will also be sharing templates that they can remix.
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Supporting research
Use Canva and Extensions to create differentiated instruction for all learners.Maher, D. (2012). Teaching literacy in primary schools using an interactive whole-class technology: facilitating student-to-student whole-class dialogic interactions. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 21(1), 137-152.
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