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Joe Merrill
Educator
The Merrills EDU, LLC

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Website: http://www.themerrillsedu.com

Kristin and Joe Merrill share a passion for infusing EdTech into their classrooms. Together, they have a combined 20+ years of teaching experience, where they collaborate to create engaging lessons that turn into memories for their students. Even though they teach different grades, they share one common goal: learning needs to be interactive. This mindset drove them to write the books: The InterACTIVE Class and Flipgrid in the InterACTIVE Class (Elevate Books EDU), and put a new spin on traditional strategies to help implement technology that meets the needs of all students.

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Click. Create. Inspire: Classroom Lessons Built with Canva Features


Explore Canva’s most powerful features and see how each can inspire creative, standards-aligned lessons. This interactive poster lets educators click through features like image generation, Magic Write, video, and whiteboards to discover ready-to-use classroom ideas. Leave with practical ways to transform design tools into dynamic learning experiences.
From Sketch to Tech: Visual Thinking Meets Digital Creation


Discover how drawing can spark deeper thinking and creativity. In this interactive session, illustrator Manuel Herrera introduces sketching as a visual thinking strategy, then Joe Merrill demonstrates how to translate ideas into digital projects. Walk away with strategies that connect analog creativity to powerful, tech-driven learning experiences.
Multiple Paths to Learning: Book Creator Through the Lens of UDL


Not all screen time is created equal. In a world saturated with screens, many educators are asking an important question: Is technology truly helping students learn? This session examines how Book Creator can move students from passive consumption to active creation through the principles of UDL. Attendees will explore how creative, multimodal learning experiences support engagement, accessibility, and meaningful expression while honoring the different ways students think and learn.
Creation Over Consumption: Reimagining How Students Engage with Content in the Classroom


Rethink traditional methods and empower students to create and innovate in the classroom! Learn ideas to harness the power of creation over consumption and how to promote a highly engaging classroom environment.

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