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Canva Tips and Tricks You May Not Know About!

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Colorado Convention Center, 201

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Educational Technologist
Kathy Schrock has been a school district Director of Technology, an instructional technology specialist, and a middle school, academic, museum, and public library librarian. She is currently an online adjunct graduate-level professor for Wilkes University (PA) and an independent educational technologist. She has been involved with technology to support teaching and learning since the early 1990's, and is an Adobe Education Leader, a Google Certified Innovator, an Amazon Teacher Innovator, an Apple Teacher 2016, an Alpha Squirrel, a ThingLink Certified Educator, a MakerBot Curriculum Creator, and a Discovery Education Guru. URL: https://kathyschrock.net Twitter:@kathyschrock

Session description

In this half-hour Snapshot session, you will be introduced to some very cool tools found in Canva and Canva Pro. You will leave the session with methods to save time when designing and tips and tricks to enhance your Canva projects!

Purpose & objective

Participants will be able to better utilize an online graphic design tool to enhance their creation projects.

This presentation will be a 30-minute snapshot session and will provide links to all of the tips and tricks covered for the attendees.

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Outline

30 minute Snapshot presentation

5 minute introduction to the session and the pedagogical aspects of visuals.
20 minutes of tips, tricks, and timesavers in designing graphics
5 minute "share with your neighbor" when attendees will share what they learned and/or another tip they have with someone sitting near them.

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Supporting research

Burmark,, Lynell. Visual Literacy: Learn to see, see to learn https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Literacy-Learn-See/dp/0871206404

University of Birmingham. Why visual literacy is important. https://libguides.bham.ac.uk/asc/visualliteracy#:~:text=A%20definition%20of%20visual%20literacy,create%20images%20and%20visual%20media

Duke University. Learning Innovation. Educational graphics: 5 considerations
https://learninginnovation.duke.edu/blog/2017/03/educational-graphics-five-considerations/#:~:text=To%20be%20useful%2C%20a%20graphic,impairment%2C%20such%20as%20color%20blindness

Malamed, Connie. How to use graphics to improve learning. https://theelearningcoach.com/media/graphics/using-graphics-to-improve-learning/

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Session specifications

Topic:
Online tools, apps & resources
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Intermediate
Audience:
Coaches, Library media specialists, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices not needed
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
Educators (in the US) can apply for a free Canva account if they have not done so already. Having Canva downloaded to a device would be helpful after the session so the educator can review all the items discussed.

Information here about Canva for Education: https://www.canva.com/education/

ISTE Standards:
For Coaches:
Learning Designer
  • Model the use of instructional design principles with educators to create effective digital learning environments.
For Educators:
Designer
  • Explore and apply instructional design principles to create innovative digital learning environments that engage and support learning.
Related exhibitors:
Canva for Education