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Please include:

1) A short summary of your learning. What resources did you look at? Why?

2) Knowledge you gained - what is new? What confirmed what you are already doing? Did anything challenge you?

3) How will what you learned impact student learning? What do you do next? What are your ideas for your creations?

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Add image or link to your creation. Reflect on what you had students make/do. Guiding questions: What did students create? How will it impact student learning? Did you face any challenges?

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I have been using Canva for the last few years and I have yet to use the presentation feature. I watched a lot of videos about presentations using Magic Presentation and also using Magic write within the presentation. I want to be able to make interactive presentations for my students. Currently, my students participate in N2Y canva presentations with our speech teacher weekly. During these presentations my students continue to stay engaged in their learning.

I have been able to use the presentation features within canva that I have not used before. I usually use Canva as a worksheet maker, poster, or task activity maker. I think learning all the tools that canva has to offer using the magic tools will give me an opportunity to make my students learning more engaging. I am hoping that once I learn more about them by using that it will become easier.

I think my students will be more engaged and enjoy presentations and lessons more because of the visuals this program will provide. I want to look at my life skills class and use this to create more engagin lessons.

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1. In addition to the required learning section , I watched the Magic Workshop video as well as the five ways top use Canvas with students video. I chose the Magic Workshop video because I wanted to know how to use and navigate some of the AI tools Canva offers. I also wanted to explore how to use Canva with students as we rarely have in eighth grade science as of yet.

2. Here are some ideas I wrote down in regard to what I've learned about Canva so far. a. You can take a presentation and put it into a Doc summary. b. Magic Write: Can be used to create emails, parent communication, etc... c. There's also a feature one can use called Meet Style I believe and you can click on My Voice and insert a writing piece you did previously...this will make the writing sound more like your style of writing. d. Magic Design: Can use AI to recreate some older presentations. e. Student created digital portfolios as well a student reflections using Canva tools is an option I want to explore more of.

3. Based upon what I listed in #2, professionally speaking I will use Magic Write. I will also try taking an outdated presentation and use the Magic Design feature to make it better. I want to spend the majority of my time though on using Canva regarding student portfolios and reflections. I will explore what Canva has regarding these areas, try to match what is already created to what we teach standard wise in eighth grade, and try to mesh the two together in order to show student learning throughout a unit as well as student reflection within it.

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1. There was so much information for all of the Canva features. I really liked all of them - the photo editor was very interesting because there's so much I can do personally with photos with my family, kids, etc. But as far as school goes, I think I want to start with Magic Write and Magic Design. I know the kids can't use Magic Write, but the design feature will be great for them. For others, they may want to try adding audio with the video editing?

2. I'm still figuring out how to edit current Google presentations, but I think this will be SO helpful moving forward, especially with the HMH Curriculum. I'm great with basic technology, but with things like this, I'm a bit slow on the uptake, and even after watching the videos, I see all this cool stuff but can never quite figure out how to use it to my own advantage-still working on it!

3. Tricia Yarbro, Liz Kowalczyk and myself are going to meet in the next couple of weeks to talk about how our kids could possibly use this....HMH is pretty dry and doesn't offer "projects" like this except in specific places, so we may not be able to use it for a while. In our old curriculum, kids could've used this for their end of year "My Theme Song" project, for their Dystopian Slideshow, their Choice Boards...the options were unlimited. It's all very different now. :~(

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1. I called an audible regarding what I was planning on doing with Canva AI and decided to create a vocabulary template I can use with students in small group Skills Block. I created the template after searching Canva, edited it, and used AI for text as well as images. I noticed some of my students needed more practice with scientific terminology so that is why I focused on this idea.

2. I have never played around with Canva AI before so that was all new to me. I have used templates before so I thought that was a good starting point. I then went off of this and looked for creative, meaningful ways to use AI to make the template more exciting and beneficial for student use. I had a Canva account prior but did not sign up for the Pro version so that was a challenge for me to overcome in order to see all the AI capabilities.

3. I used my AI created Canva template in Skills with 2 students as a test run. I shared the template with them and then they edited added on to it from there. The response I received from the students was, "It is pretty cool." Once we figured out how to go about doing so. I need to play around with the features more in "student mode" as I found it a bit difficult doing so on iPad compared to Macbook. I also have to decide if I want to use this platform or something like Magic School for something like student learning portfolios as this is something I would like to incorporate sometime in the future.

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1). I loved the video on 5 ways to use Canva in your classroom, and the 2 that really stuck out were the Digital Portfolios and Student Reflections. I feel that these would be best for our area to utilize. I also played around with the Magic features and love the ANIMATION tool.

2) The info that was new to me was using Canva as a place to write reflections. To me this seems like more of a poster/presentation kind of place, so I liked that fact that there are ways to reflect on artwork and templates for that. The challenge for me is we already spend so much time on the students reflections in their digital portfolio using Google Slides, I don't know if I want to introduce Canva into that and make it more complex.

3). I'm still brainstorming about what I can have the students do in Canva that not only relates to their current portfolios but also doesn't eat up days and days of curriculum time. I want students to create something in Canva that is new/different/ creative but also useful to them. I might do something with the Animation tool from one of their existing drawings, but I'm still thinking about that.

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Sara Hoffmann- Reflection on AI digital animals

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Sara Hoffmann- Reflection on AI digital animals

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So I took your suggestion and had the kids go into Canva to type their animals into Magic Image Creator. Here is Kallie's example. The Hummephant Raptor is what she did in class using PicEDU. The #1 is what AI gave her when she listed her 3 animals. So then I suggested that they use Magic Edit to highlight an area and make it more specific. So she highlighted the head and it DID give her an elephant head. But when we tried hummingbird wings, it kept giving her a full hummingbird. So you can see the 3 tries she had. It was fun for the students to see what AI generated, but MOST of the designs it came up with were not similar to what the student created, so the students seemed to like their animals better!

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1.  I have used canva (limited) previously.  I watched videos on Magic Presentation and Magic write. I want to be able to utilize what I learn in order to apply it to a math group in skills.

2. The part that will be new will be utilizing Magic Write.   Some of the first “learns” are that I can take some presentations or lessons and place into Doc Summary.  I can create communications I have with parents and utilize Magic Write.  Where was this 10 years ago!  Magic Design will potentially help me with AI to make presentations.

3. I would like to be able to take math equations and utilize them to create real math/ world problems.  The end goal is to have students more engaged in recognizing and seeing the correlation between equations and real life experience.  I think students will enjoy using AI to see the benefits of what they are learning and knowing it can be applied or how it can be applied to real world situations. I think Magic Write is the place to start with this.

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1) I read/watched all the links. I was excited to see how easy it can be to create a slideshow in Canva. I'm the kind of person who creates a daily slideshow for my lessons and I think that many of these AI tools can make it way easier to make the changes necessary in my slides without it taking my entire prep period! I am excited to try those features out. That way, I can save time and energy but still have high quality slides that are interesting to my students and hold their attention better without being a rocket scientist.

2) I was not aware that Canva was capable of using AI to basically be photoshop/photo editor! I think that that tool can be exciting when creating a specific visual for any kind of unit. I already knew about being able to layer and use templates! I am challenging myself to try using Canva for daily slides rather than GoogleSlides because of how many new features they have - including how easy it is to add videos, visuals, and movement.

3) I think having more interesting slides will be more exciting for my students. Adding in videos and movement can help enhance what I am teaching on without struggling to maneuver the GoogleSlides videos (my smartboard HATES videos that are embedded into a slideshow). Since I use slides daily, I think this will be an easier way to subtly boost my levels of engagement. I'm planning on making slides for a lesson on Canva and then expanding to a week or month/rest of year if I like it!

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1. I watched the videos on the AI for Canva. I also watched some of the Canva for the classroom videos and skimmed the Canva and classroom seminar. I enjoyed the videos about the magic image. I currently make all of my slides in Canva for my daily teaching in 4th grade. I tried to focus in on the tools that would save me time in making my slides both engaging as well as clear to understand due to having pictures. Sometimes creating or finding those images takes a lot of time so I am excited for the AI assistance.

2. My knowledge gained was around using the magic write to create documents and worksheets. I needed a work sheet on adding same denominator mixed numbers. I searched the templates but could not find what I want. Now I see that I can ask Canva for it and it will create one for me. The largest challenge is trying to think through how my 4th grade students can use Canva. I am excited over several activities I saw, not I have to wait to connect a similar activity to the content I am teching.

3. I believe having my daily slides on canva helps student learning but keeping our classroom focused. I plan for each slide in each time block. I am interested to see if Canva would come up with useful activities if I change the learning target into a sentence for the magic write.

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Use of Pen on Canva Slides (Michael Witte)

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Use of Pen on Canva Slides (Michael Witte)

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Is there anyway to use the digital pen to write on canva slides? Currently I save the slides as PDF and move them into notability to get access to the pen feature. This works, but it keeps me from using much of the resources canva brings to the game. It also makes following links and watching videos one extra step. Thoughts? TIA

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I worked with a skills group to utilize Magic Write. We were working on various algebra problems and trying to make sense of how an equation could relate to a real world problem. Students were also able to use AI to see how to solve the problem. Some of the problems to be created and thus solved were a little over their heads because of the complexity of the situation they used. All students were able to use Magic Write and the AI portion without much direction. Some compared the solving solutions against ChatGPT. It was interesting to see the way they solved the problems against each other and then with how the students would solve it.

I think doing this again, I would maybe give them specific algebra problems, rather than have them create one. It was great to see how students could make sense of the "why" behind problems and that algebra is used to solve many problems, complex or not. One of the challenges was just the navigating exponents and to input that.

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Students first used a template with different sub ingredients and calories to create a meal. The spreadsheet had reflection questions and a calorie calculation to have them reflect on if there meal was well rounded and a good use of caloric intake. Then students utilized Canva AI image generator to describe and input there meal and see it create there lunch before their eyes. Student enjoyed the activity and the AI did a decent job. however some of them got to see first hand that AI isn't perfect. some had side dishes stuffed inside of there sandwich. others had incorrect drinks as in the example where the order had a bubblr but ended up with a brew.

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I read the article How to use canva's AI tools to wow your classroom and explored the various links within the article. I chose this resource as I felt it would give me a more direct path to utilizing some of the features canva AI provides.

Within the Magic designs for presentation section of the article I was able to access a quick tutorial on how to best tailor my prompts in AI to get my desired outcomes. I tried having Canva AI create a few presentations for some of our health topics and with some quick tweaking I had a useable presentation to use a teaching tool for a lesson.

My plan is to use some of the tools within Canva AI to have student amp up an activity, that I currently already do. My idea is that they will take a creation they make in a nutrition activity and bring it to life with Canva AI.

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I've been using Canva for personal projects but just started to it for school related projects more recently. I looked at the required reading materials and the articles on how students can use Canva. I was extremely impressed with the variety of AI tools that it has already embedded into the program. I was already familiar with the background remover feature but that is just the tip of the iceberg. Since I do work with elementary students, some of these projects/features would be challenging to use effectively with my littles, but I can definitely see my upper elementary students enjoying using Canva for presentations over Google Slides. From a teaching standpoint, I really like the pre-made templates and themes available. Google Sides can do that as well, but everything would have to be done manually or imported through SlidesCarnival or similar website.

I knew a lot of what the website had to offer...I just haven't created projects on it other than slide show presentations and the various worksheet. The biggest take away was the reminder of limitless capabilities that Canva has to offer. I think my biggest hurdle/challenge with incorporating a Canva project into my lesson would be how to give my students creative freedom, but also set parameters to ensure work completion is done...I could see how students could easily go down a rabbit hole with of all the features because I certainly did! Since I only see the kids for 30 mins at a time, teaching them 'how' to use the app would/could take all of the lesson.

I think there's still some learning on my end that needs to happen before I try a project out with my students. Since I did all trying on my laptop, seeing how things function on my iPad would be the next step. A project that comes to mind is for students to make a poster (maybe about a composer, artist, or instrument). Something where they can at least get the basics down (adding text, images, changing fonts/backgrounds).

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1. I learned how to use a variety of Canva AI tools, I focused on the image creating and video editing/animation features. I used the magic media function to create new images that are content specific and not readily available.

2. I learned the specifics of what was all available on Canva in terms of AI. I use AI and Canva in a variety of ways independently, it was fun to play with the features and discover the possibilities! The main challenge is the prompt and making sure it's exactly what you want and giving it enough details.

3. I learned the possibilities and implemented the use of magic media into a project done in class where they needed to research a career in Large Animal Vet Science and they needed to use magic media of some kind to enhance their projects. I will continue to encourage students to make their projects better.

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Students created an AI image or animation for their Large Animal Vet Science Careers Project. This was an image a student created and turned in. If you look at the horse on the right side it has two heads and the brown horse on the left has no head. So we talked about how you can tell an image is made with AI and to make sure to look at what it creates before turning it in. It brought up good conversations about how to spot fake pictures online and used in social media and the impact of them. At first glance it looks okay, but the harder you look at it the more problems emerge.

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1) I didn't know much about Canva prior to this learning experience, having only used it once or twice in the past. I know our Social Media Marketing kids use it a lot, so it is something that our students are familiar with. I was amazed at the power of the Canva AI tools and found the tutorials to be helpful in exploring its capabilities. These resources that Canva created to help with the website were very well done in my opinion.

2) I discovered the text-to-image feature, which I found to be an awesome addition to my toolkit. Most of the AI functionalities were new to me, as I had previously only considered AI in the context of ChatGPT or Magic School. I was impressed with the various image AI options available in Canva. However, I realized that integrating AI into my workflow is not my first thought, which presents a challenge I need to overcome.

3) I plan to implement what I've learned in the classroom. I do think when used correctly can help kids with their creativity. The tough part is students still need to know what to input into the AI to have it generate something that is well done.

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I had students us the image generator as an option for a project in Criminal Justice. They had to describe someones journey from being arrested to fulfilling their sentencing requirements. A student created a story about a T-Rex was caught vandalizing. I was really impressed with the pictures that came from AI. He had 14 pictures for the 14 different steps covered in class. The picture that is linked is from the "sentencing" step where the T-Rex was sentenced to seven years in prison and community service. A challenge was getting students to input detailed information. A lot of them thought they could type in vague descriptions and still get detailed pictures.

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In literacy the students reviewed our critical vocabulary from the week. Then they went on canvas and used the AI draw to find a picture of their vocabulary word. They had to know enough about the word to come up with a sentence or two for the AI to make the drawing. TO submit it to me they had to add their sentence describing their image. I liked this for a mid week check in on vocabulary. I only included 4 pictures but have one from each kid in class. I am planning on continuing this as part of our weekly vocabulary work.

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Magic Media AI creation for "Unknown Americans"

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Students were asked to join Canva and create a "comic strip" about their latest HMH Literature story. This related to ELA standard R8.2 = summarize to find the theme or central idea.

Lindsey Schartner created a template for our 8th grade ELA team that included Plot Peak terms (Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution), and students had to use Magic Media (Canva AI) to create images that matched the story "Unknown Americans," then fill in text boxes to describe the part of the plot peak shown in the image.

This impacted student learning because it gave students a more engaging and creative way to show their learning of a standard - rather than answer a question by JUST typing a response, they were able to add a visual representation to show their understanding of the story.

The struggles were:

1) Being able to FIND the AI tools in Canva - still a struggle. Not sure why they're not readily available.

2)The link we had for students to get a Pro Account to USE the AI tools became "full." Luckily, Lindsey was able to swoop in and give us another link!

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My 5th graders are currently exploring different music careers and how they could have a career someday that combines both music and other areas of interest. I created the box template where they had to write down 3 personal interests/passions. From there, I had students use the Magic Media feature to create a picture of what someone with that job could look like. They had a lot of fun generating different pictures. It was also a great lesson in making sure they were specific enough with their wording because AI would generate exactly what they were asking. That did cause some frustration with some kids because AI wasn't generating an image they were thinking of. After the fact, talked about word choice and how reformatting the sentence could get a better result. Next time I would prep them better on making sure their prompts were specific enough so that they get the photo they were thinking of right away.

Overall, they seem to be having a lot of fun "creating" the pictures. I also hoped it got them thinking more about different career options and that they CAN do something with music when they're older other than being a teacher or performer.

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Student's were required to create a jewelry crime scene based on descriptions given by the "officers" prior to entering the "scene" for their Forensic Science class. The real issues we found from the students were the randomness of the creations. The more specific the students would get with their descriptions, the worse the images become in accuracy and realism. Additionally, letters and words were constantly misspelled and skewed.

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After reading through the article and watching the videos and links, I explored portions of Canva I haven't yet. Although being somewhat experienced in Canva, I did find some interesting features with the AI tools. I loved the manipulation of the image using the background remover and altering the emphasis of the coloring within an image. I then focused most of my time using the Dream Lab and the Media Magic. It was interesting to see the differences between the images, graphics and videos. I feel that AI has a long way to go when it comes to creation but I did enjoy the process. I can see students using this even if it is simply to get a jump start on a project. Student using it merely as a brainstorming tool has many benefits that I can see being played out for multiple subjects that they would have a project to work on.

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1. AI is something that I have found very interesting for the past year and a half. As I read the article in the resources...I would fit right into the high percentage of people that were excited or curious about AI but also fell into the very large group of having absolutely no idea where to begin. As I watched some of the video's I became even more in awe but also became a bit overwelmed as if I would be about to pull this off in class and not totally blow the lesson. I am always looking to spice up my lessons and from what I see this would definitely take my lesson to the next level.

2. I chose to focus on the Magic design portion of the article. It showed showed me quick and pretty easy ways to make a lesson in my health class best work for my health class. I did enjoy messing around with it...pretty impressive. Actually got me excited to try to create my own presentation for my lesson.

3. My colleagues and I work very close and share all of our ideas to benefit our students. Andy W and I used CANVA AI to make an already fun and interesting assignment go to the next level. In our nutrition unit the students were asked to build their favorite sub, side, and drink. They now were going to use their words and bring it to life using CANVA AI.

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So for the past several years during our Nutrition Unit, I would have the students design their favorite sandwich, side, dessert, and drink so that it tasted good but was not to bad for you nutritionally. They would punch in the ingredients and it would spit out the amount of calories in each of their choices. They would mess around with this until they ultimate came up with their best tasting/healthy sandwich meal.

Now I had them do the same assignment but then they went to CANVA AI and punched in their final menu and it displayed an AI generated photo of their sandwich meal. They definitely brought this assignment to life and the next level. Kids had a lot of fun with this. What we ultimately did at the end of class was had a gallery walk with everyone looking at everyone's sandwich creation. Probably not the best assignment to do just before lunch. Definitely will continue doing this assignment this way with the addition of CANVA AI.

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1. After watching the video and reading through the required materials for this class, I learned a lot about Canva that I previously did not know. I do not use Canva that often, so learning how to use Canva and the AI resources that go along with it was really helpful and eye opening. The articles and videos provided numerous AI tools that can help engage students such as transitions, themes, designs, AI imagery, and others. These are all great resources to help engage students in their learning.

2. I was able to experiment with all of the resources that Canva has to offer related to AI. One that I found particularly interesting was the image generator and how it can produce images simply based on a prompt. These images were very interesting because sometimes they were not that accurate. For example, some of the images that I generated had writing on it, but some of the smaller text was not anything that made sense, misspelled words or oddly drawn letters.

3. I am able to take my learning from this course and teach students some of the AI features that Canva has to offer. The AI tools that I learned about will provide students with opportunities to be more creative (text to image generation) and to use AI to help with their writing. One thing that I would like to warn students about regarding AI is that it is not always the most accurate, so having them double check the work that AI does is an important part of using the AI tools.

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During an opportunity to use AI to aid them in image development, students used the text to image generator to help them in drawing and enhancing their final products as part of a US History activity. I allowed students to use images generated to help them base their own creations on. Students then had to take the image from AI and hand draw it, correcting anything that was not already correct in the image. One student’s AI generated image and drawing are above. This student in particular used AI to generate a picture to help illustrate a monopoly. This impacts student learning because it allows students to interact with AI to aid them with assignments designed for them to be creative. It also gives them an opportunity to interact with AI tools that may help them into their college careers or future jobs. This will also help those students who are not artistically inclined as these tools will generate images to start with and add their own creative touch as they are tracing/drawing the image for an assignment such as this. AI text to image also provides them with ideas they may not have come up with themselves to base their drawing off of.

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Trish Challe

1) After reading the article, I looked primarily at the videos from canva detailing how to use the different tools, and how to use them most effectively. I was mostly interested in how to make a presentation more engaging for students and more tailored to whatever subject I am teaching, which I will definitely be able to do with the magic media and animate features.

2) I am MUCH more comfortable with using the canva suite now, particularly the AI features. I had never created anything (such as background images) by giving AI directions, and discovered you have to be very clear or you are going to get some wacky pictures....so figuring out how to word things correctly was challenging. I also haven't quite figured out in what context I will use magic write yet, however I now understand how to use it.

3) Now that I am more comfortable using the tools, I hope to go further into the different ways in which to utilize them. One of the videos discussed creating a reflection tool for the students, and that is something I would definitely like to utilize as an exit ticket. I also would like to use the platform to create quick worksheets as warm ups.

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I created a Canva presentation for students using the tools I wanted them to use, and then had one slide detailing all of the things they needed to include in their own presentation. Our new ELA unit is all about being in Harmony with nature, so I walked students through how to use the various tools, specifically how to interact with the AI image creator, and all background images had to be created using that tool, focusing on adding as many sensory details as possible that would be reflected in their pictures. The above picture is a student submission. They also had to add animation to all slides. The only challenge was getting them all to be able to find the magic media option, it was in different places for different kids for some reason. I think it was impactful for students to see how important specific and focused directions are, even just when interacting with AI.

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1. So I have never used Canva. My team was working on a writing project and we were thinking about using Canva and that is why I signed up for the course. We didn't end up using it as a team but I learned a ton. I love all of the the different presentation features and templates. The AI was very amazing. Magic Write seems very nice as a teacher. The videos were very easy to watch. For this project I choose Magic Media Text to Image.

2. I have never used anything like this before so it was all very new. I did run into a few problems because I couldn't get the elements button to come up on the side bar. My LMS was a super hero and explained how I had to be in the working space on the page the tab to appear. Then the students and I had fun trying it in class.

3. I think the Text to image will be very exciting for my class to use. I am planning to use it for an end of unit assignment for our reading group book Hatchet. The students usually make a paper Missing Poster. I think it will be fun to make on Canva and then use AI to make the Picture of the main charter Brian.

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1.So my students usually make a paper missing poster for Brain the main character in Hatchet. For this project I had the students make the poster on Canva and then use the AI text to image feature to make their picture of Brian on the poster.

2. The students were very engaged with making the poster because they wanted to see the images AI would make. Many students liked using Canva and the many features. Some students tried other AI features and some students wanted to make the poster on PIC EDU because they are more comfortable with it.

3. I had one student that could not get the AI to make a picture from his text. It just kept loading and loading. We delated the Canva app and redownloaded the app and then it worked.

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In writing, we are finish up our imaginative/narrative writing unit. My student were really struggling to find a main character or storyline that they could creatively write about. Many of the students were struggling to make a shift from writing a procedural text style where they very bluntly explain the steps, or shifting away from writing an opinion. I noticed a lot of my students were writing about things they had an opinion about or a true story. Even those that wrote about an imaginary concept were having a hard time making something up - not copying a movie, character, show, etc..

To remedy this, I used a photoshop-like app that is in canva called DALL-E. This app was simple to use and I could easily mirror my iPad to the smartboard to show the step by step process. First, I had students come up and pick one place or activity from one bucket of prompt and pick an animal from another. Together it created the prompt they would type into DALL-E. Examples would be: a moose on a surfboard, a snake in the library, a chinchilla doing ballet, etc. .After students typed in their prompt, DALL-E pushed out an AI created image. They then added it to a Canva document and sent it to me like they would any other assignment on Canva. It was so simple and my kids LOVED the pictures. DALL-E pushed out 2 images for each prompt and they got to pick their favorites. I later compiled them into one document for easier printing. Here is the link to view those:

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGgHmHQ_Xg/Oyi77QVIUyZuLo2N0PyFmA/view?utm_content=DAGgHmHQ_Xg&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h38803f0957

Once I printed those out, I asked students to use their image to practice their imaginative writing skills during their small group writing time. ALL of my students - even the ones who notoriously hate writing- were so excited to write about their picture. I had kids asking to come in from recess to work on their writing. Honestly, their writing still needs work. They still struggle to make a cohesive plot and resolve conflict in their writing but I didn't expect this activity to fix that. I was so excited that my class (who normally dislike writing) were eager to write. The majority of my students wrote not just the bare minimum, but multiple PAGES of writing.

Later next week, during library, we are going to read some of our amazing AI inspired creations to our Librarian/Media Specialist since she helped me create the canva classroom they put their AI images into. My entire class is excited to share the stories they wrote and even more excited to share the pictures that were created!

I did not face many challenges - the biggest was just how to get the Canva classroom set up for easy submissions from my students. Our library media specialist was a huge help in guiding me through that. Overall, I plan to use this again during the year and my students ask to use it for writing time. I'm glad to have tried it!

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1. I have been an avid Canva user for years, so I was interested in taking this class to help me expand how I can use it in the classroom. The most interesting resource for me was Magic Design for Presentations. I primarily make my presentations in Canva anyway, but I was interested in the AI component. I also looked at Magic Media because I had an interest in creating graphics in my ELA class, and I figured this would be helpful.

2. I was shocked how fast Canva could generate a presentation! However, I think I would only find myself using this feature for more general ELA topics such as grammar or figuartive language. Using the HMH curriculum, sometimes out content is very specific, so it would require a lot of editing. However, I would enjoy generating unique and engaging themes for students! I also tried out generating settings and characters in Magic Media.

3. I could see myself using the Magic Media in my class a lot, specifically with fictional texts. I like how students can create visuals for characters, settings, etc. through this. I remember doing an activity like this when I was a kid, but we had to hand draw everything. I think it would be awesome for them to compare their ideas and how their images turn out.

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I plan to implement Canva into my classroom, specifically an AI component by having students generate images of characters in the short story we are reading, "The Ravine." This story really focuses on the characters, their development, and how they interact with each other, so I thought it would be both fun and enlightening to see how students picture characters in their minds and how it compares with others.

For this assignment, students will need to pick 1 of 4 characters and generate images of them based on the descriptions the author provides. I am hoping the description of their actions and feelings will help generate a more acurate image. Depending on how that goes, I might have them generate the setting as well. I did the setting as an example up above.

While we haven't done this yet, the activity will be completed next week as we discuss character development.

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I looked at each of the Magic Tools. I spent most of my time on the presentation tool, as I felt that it could be the most beneficial in my classroom.

There were neat features, but it seemed that the only added benefit at this point would be for aesthetic purposes. The AI create math content was iffy, and the formatting needed a lot of edits. I am sure that it would be better with better inputs from me. I knew that Canva would add to my presentations aesthetically. I am challenged in seeing ways to use this to truly improve lessons in a high school math classroom at this point.

I need to do more learning and become more comfortable to see any direct application into the classroom beyond having the students creating some kind of review visual. I am not sure how I will use this in my classroom.

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1. I explored areas in Canva that I thought would help to make student portfolios more engaging. I looked at how to incorporate Magic Design and Magic Animate. I also used Dream Lab as a tool to help brainstorm project ideas.

2. Canva is new to me. I have never created a presentation before using it. Interacting with it has a learning curve, like any new tool.

3. Students can use Canva to create and edit their Google Slide portfolios. Canva can help them write better reflections wile making their portfolios more engaging.

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1. I learned about Canva AI's new features I read the article, watched 30 minutes of learning videos, and went through the Canva AI guidebook. I explored how the tools work and how students can use them effectively. The new features include AI tools for generating text, designing presentations, editing images, and more—making it easier and faster to create high-quality content. I am excited to use these tools for upcoming presentations for the kiddos.

2. Being able to use AI to help come up with presentation information will be a helpful tool. I also like that you can record your voice and enhance the audio to take out background noise, this will be helpful for students doing their fluency, they can remove the background distortion and hear how their passages sound without background distortion. I am excited about all the new features and creating new ways to engage students!

3. Canva and its AI features has the potential to greatly enhance student learning and success. These tools make it easier for students to express ideas visually and creatively, even if they don’t have advanced design skills. With AI features like automatic text generation, presentation design, and smart editing, students can save time, stay organized, and focus more on their content and critical thinking rather than struggling with formatting or layout.

I notice that when students have an opportunity to get creative with their writing projects it adds another level of engagement. I would also like to use canva so that students can create a way to showcase their work.

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I have been using Canva for a few years now and really didn’t explore many of the additional features it offered to enhance my work. I explored many new features to use in my creation of content. Things like using different apps embedded in the slides, utilizing AI to help streamline the development and design process in my slides, and using AI to help create voiceover in my slides to increase understanding and engagement.

In the short time I have been using these new features I have been able to improve work that I already have done. In addition, I am thinking about how I will be applying this to the slides and instruction I am developing as I move forward.

Right away I think this will benefit my students two fold. The first is by improving my current creations it will increase engagement and understanding of my lessons. Second, the resources and knowledge I learned I will be able to pass on to them as well and they will be able to create more engaging and well developed products.

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1. I looked at the Article and the Guides for AI tools, because it did not have sound and I wanted to stay quiet without headphones. I attempted to create a presentation about Pickleball Rules. It originally created an 8 page presentation with a couple formats to choose from. After that I tried adding some animations, I searched for graphics, I moved text and things, but I did not have enough time to complete a full presentation to my satisfaction. I was searching more for the tools than using them efficiently. Obviously given more time getting accustomed to Canva I will be able to create things quickly.

2. It was easy to get started, but I am definitely not well versed in creating presentations and using AI to assist. It's much more creative and eye catching than Google slides. It was challenging to find all the of AI tools and locate the one I wanted to use when I was looking for it.

3. PE9 students research and create presenations. We have encouraged them to use platforms other than Google Slides. It's difficult to help them create or answer questions when I haven't used the platforms myself. I like the versatility of Canva with creating presentations or posters. I could also have my other students create Rules/Guides to games in other classes to demonstrate their knowledge rather than quizzes.

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This is a beginning presentation on the rules of pickleball that I could use as an example for class. PE9 students create and share projects, but I don't use it in other classes. It is something I could have students create and teach other students about games/sports.

It was challenging and I spent most of my time on the first 2 slides. They others were untouched. I'm not proficient in Canva and it would take a lot of time to become a Pro to make time managements better.

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I looked at Canva for presentation purposes and the information was easy to find and Canva is very user friendly. I found the short videos to be very helpful as I am a visual learner. I gained knowledge of new Canva tools that can save time while creating more exciting presentations. I plan to build a presentation on confidence and positive self talk for our baseball team.

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The layouts and themes are lifesavers. I am not a creative guy when it comes to mostly anything and this makes a lot of decisions for me while still allowing me to control the general look. This will not be the last time I use Canva.

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I used the element bank to find anchor charts and nets for geometric figures. Students can compare the different visuals and utilize some of the AI features to help build connections. Students can extend this by utilizing some of the AI tools to create their own nets and anchor charts.

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This is a link to the Mod 9 Literacy Unit for 4th grade. We used many different tools to enhance our presentation and make it more visually appealing and engaging for our students. We will continue enhance this presentation as we work through three week unit. For our students, we will have them creating Canva presentations on an endangered animals applying the skills we presented in this presentation.

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This is an excerpt from a students portfolio. Using the Magic Write tool I was able to rewrite some of their reflection to include more elements of art vocabulary terms. (The magic tool re-write is posted below the students example) I will be able to show this tool to my students to help show more evidence of understanding in their written reflections

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Watched the webinars, I have used canva in the past and was looking for a way to incorporate more intelligence into the presentations. I looked up how to Canva write on absolute and comparative advantage. It produced a document that stated about the different advantages.

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There is a lot to summarize from the videos but what I've learned is that the functionality is nearly endless. I look forward to being able to make engaging and high quality slides for students to be engaged in. I lloked deeper into Magic Write which I found to be very intriguing. I wrote several prompts in which reflect my social studies curriculum and it easily and effortlessly responded with a narrative of the event that I included.

The knowledge that I gained was that this is has powerful applications for engaging students in their learning. Their accountability for creating relevant products activates their learning by demonstrating their knowledge at a higher level.

The impact that this will have on student learning is that students will have an interactive and engaging tool to represent their learning, engaging higher DOK level of thinking, and provide them with creative possibilities that allow them to express their thinking and their perspective of a variety of topics, academic and creative. My idea at this point is to have students create a visual representation for a station along the Trail of Tears. Each of 7 stations has a specific focus, questions and a small reading. Synthesizing all of this, students would create a visual representation of that particular step in the trail, including perhaps maps, photographs, hardships, pain, rejection, etc.

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I looked at canva presentations, as that is what I do most with canva. The new tools are intriguing and I look forward to diving in and learning and working with them

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Students can us AI-Canva to perform a magic-switch. The students will be able to switch Digital Posters into usable documents. Using AI with Canva for creation is unreal... Using the digital poster to create a slide presentation and then a summary document. The students will appreciate the poignant use of AI to enhance learning

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I did not know that Canva had integrated AI tools so just finding out about these tools was cool. In the future we will almost certainly use these tools to either help produce presentations or have the AI summarize items so students can have a shorthand of content.

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One of the the things our students will be working on in U.S. history is reading about the 1980s rise of conservatism. Many students will need to develop images to help demonstrate their understanding of each section that they read. We will give canvas as an option for students to produce images for their notes that will look something like the one displayed above.

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produce an image that represents trickle down economics (1)

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I learned how Canva has added AI to their platform options. These includeMagic Animate: Adds motion effects and transitions to presentations and videos Magic Grab: Selects and separates the subject of a photo, and can redirect teaching materials and update text in photos Magic Media Text to Image/Video: Turns text into images or videosMagic Design for Presentation: Creates presentations with prompts Magic Edit: Adds, replaces, or edits images Magic Morph: Transforms words and shapes Magic Expand: Extends images in any direction Resize & Magic Switch: Reformats teaching materials, class projects, and assignments, and can instantly resize designs into many different sizes Image Upscaler: Sharpens blurry or old photos using AI. Students can use their definitions to create Magic Visuals.

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Students create canva slide using AI information in economics

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Students can use Canva to generate images based on the definitions they create for vocabulary terms.

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I can use this next year for my math class I teach to introduce the new units. I can also have my students create images or videos.

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I used Canva to create station posters along the Trail of Tears. The posters have information of this era broken into 7 sections where students will travel to read and respond to different reflection questions. Ideally, being able to travel along the trail in our school forest would help to visual the "journey". When they are finished with the trail, students will create a timeline of relevant information using a Canva template incorporating the most important aspects of the journey they, as well as the Native Americans made.