Welcome everyone,

This is the home of my Learning Project for EDTC 300!

If you’re anything like me, you may struggle heavily with indecision.

Let me tell you how this process all started …

On the second day of class, Dr. Hildebrandt told us we could learn to do ANYTHING we want.

Immediately, my mind went wild with ideas! I thought about … starting a podcast, learning guitar (round 2), learning to teach yoga, speaking a new language, upgrading my cooking skills, taking up photography (seriously this time), I even googled things like “what should I learn to do?”

I then realized that most of my ideas are all things I’ve already tried or am still doing, just not too seriously! That got me thinking, what else could I do that would still be fun, require a bit more commitment, and help me in the future as a teacher?

I got thinking about the article we read for class called; “5 Reasons Why Your Online Presence will Replace Your Resume in 10 years,” I realized that the sooner I learn to use the online tools that will work to my advantage, the better off I will be in the workplace and more confident I will feel in my capabilities for the job. Rather than having a boring old resume, I could learn to create a digital one, while also making my lesson plans a lot more exciting and interactive for the students than a boring old PowerPoint I create from scratch.

This is when I landed on a completely new idea … CANVA. If you are unfamiliar with Canva, it’s an “online design and visual communication platform with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design anything and publish anywhere.” Although I had briefly explored it here and there, I knew it had potential to be an amazing resource for me and therefore, my students in the future.

Once I began diving in a bit deeper,  I realized that in the interest of saving time – it’s sort of like a treasure chest for teachers!

My plan with this project is to gain an understanding of how to access materials specifically designed for educators, how to utilize the tools within the program (fonts, elements, colors, designs, animations) that allow me to customize and be creative with my lessons plans. By the end, I want to learn how to share my knowledge easily with others through YouTube & TikTok videos 🙂 I would also like to be able to create lessons for my students that are available online so they have the ability to refer back to the materials at home or during school on their computers.

This upcoming week, I am going to dive deeper into more design techniques and hacks for teachers that can help me start creating some lesson plans for practice I will be making in other classes!