Description Canva is a tool filled with a multitude of creative possibilities. It is a website, and also a mobile app, that allows its users to create beautiful and professional graphics with ease. The tool is free to use unless you want to purchase more backgrounds, fonts, and what not. However, there is already a lot of free material to use! It's interface is easy to use with how different graphics are separated by types, such as: facebook post, invitation, infographic, and much more. With Canva, the user can choose the basic layout, different elements, text possibilities, and the background image graphic. Along with these basic divisions are many other options to change in each piece in order to create a unique design.
Danielson Tie-In Canva can fit into a few domains in Danielson's framework, such domain 1 and 2. I looked at these domains because Canva is a creative tool, whether a teacher uses it to create designs to layout rules or expectations through visuals. Else it could be used to make helpful infographics to place around the classroom for the students to use as a scaffold. Furthermore, it could also be used as a tool for the students to create projects with. It opens the door to creativity not just for the teacher but also the students. A few elements that really compliment this tool 1e to make instructional resources for them to view in the classroom. Else 2b or 2c fits it well for making designs that show expectations or instructions for the classroom.
Reflection I can use this technology in my classroom through livening up various procedure posters or even just slides in a slideshow. Canva is a tool to make the boring aspects more interesting! Any student would prefer looking at a poster or slide that catches their eye and holds their attention, rather than a basic black and white one. I can definitely see myself using Canva for and in my classroom. It is an incredible tool to make a classroom pop and to make the drab more exciting! It's interface is simple to use and there are so many possibilities to make designs beautiful to look at.
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