Canva for Education is a free creativity resource for K-12 teachers and students. From presentations to posters, and infographics, to worksheets, project-based learning, and lesson plans, the possibilities are endless.
Today I wanted to share some of my exploration of Canva. I've used Adobe Express for quite a few years, so I want to admit up front that I am still learning to love Canva. From what I've read and explored it looks like an awesome resource.
Canva is an online design tool with limitless possbilities. Canva supports the creation of:
- Interactive Whiteboards
- Interactive Presentaitons
- Graphics and Photo Editing
- Videos
- Websites
- and more
With Canva, teachers and students and teachers can create:
- Presentations - make lessons and classroom presentations interactive and engaging.
- Photo Collages - tell a story with a collection of images.
- Infographics - bring technical subjects to life - such as science processes - and showcase facts and figures.
- Lesson plans - build out a lesson plan or calendar of activities in seconds
- Student video- get students to introduce themselves or have older students present their work through video.
- Group work activities - Ffoster project-based learning with these templates across a range of topics.
- Social-emotional learning activities - support student wellbeing.
- Storyboards - empower students to envision and craft the story to a larger project, such as a short film or video project, with storyboards.
- Reports - unleash student creativity with thousands of attractive, professionally designed templates for school reports.
- Storybooks - use our templates and huge array of entertaining elements to craft and tell a unique story.
- Parent and school communication - keep the school community up to date with these eye-catching newsletters. help them manage their emotions.
- Worksheets - from science, to English and math, you can print or complete our worksheets online.
- Classroom decor kits - decorate your in-person or virtual classroom with these high quality, themed kits. From Zoom backgrounds, to posters and more.
I think one of the best ways to get started exploring is to open Canva just search for any topic or idea to see what you can discover.
Additional Resources to Get Started With Canva
- Teacher Resources - Canva Design School
- Student Resource - Canva Templates
- 20 Ways for Students to Use Canva in the Classroom - TheMerrillsEDU
- What is Canva and How Does it Work - Tech & Learning
- 20 Canva templates to use in class tomorrow - Ditch That Textbook
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