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Showing posts with label Canva. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canva. Show all posts

Thursday, January 11, 2024

You Flip'n Forgot about Me... ✌🏽Really Great Ways to Engage Students with Flip

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You Flip'n Forgot about Me... ✌🏽Really Great Ways to Engage Students with Flip


Remember that time we did the Flip (Formally Flipgrid) tech incentive? It was the hottest tool, and really cool and everyone signed up for it and we all, students and teachers, got burned out by it?? 

I bet that might be the last time you used it. Since then, they have rebranded, increased functionality, and are still offering a Flip'n (see what I did there?) cool platform that you can use to ignite engagement. 

I recently watched a Ditch Summit Episode with the Merrills EDU - If you have never heard of them they are fantastic. They love Flip! Granted they work in a more primary setting, but two of the interACTIVE activities they presented I saw great value in and wanted to share! 

#1 Let the Dice Decide

- Student Agency and choice = engagement. Using discussion questions in Flip and a simple die create a platform where students are responding to prompts, analyzing text, reflecting on learning, or reteaching a concept based off the number they roll on the die. 

-If they roll a number twice, they can respond to a response within that question. 

-Simple... Yet super effective




#2 Flip Stickers

Flip stickers are images with transparent backgrounds that can be added to your videos in Flip. Flip has fun stickers and emoji's built in, but to really make connections, sometimes you need to make your own. You can create these in any graphic platform like Canva or Adobe Express. If you are trying to use a photo and remove pieces and create spots of transparency Adobe Express was easier. If you are trying to use cute elements to make a character, Canva would be best. I'll show it in both.

Log into Adobe Express with your @ga.hiltoncsd.net account. Do not use the "Sign in with Google button". Manually sign up/in with email and then select "Company or School Account" 

Create a new design I made one 8.5"x8.5"

Creating a sticker in Adobe Express. 

Creating a sticker in Canva. You can use my file template here


Ideas for using Flip Stickers: Perspective, character emotion, setting, details, events and more! 


Monday, September 26, 2022

Rockstar Alert! Custom "post-it" style notes for feedback

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Rockstar Alert! Custom "post-it" style notes for feedback

A note of positive encouragement and recognition goes a long way! That is why I created  custom "post it" style notes for feedback!


I'm using these to send little notes of acknowledgement, encouragment and recognition to help build communitiy and value around instructional technology at the HS! 

Think about how you can use these with your students...

  • Recognize hard work or focus
  • Draw attention to a detail in their work
  • Help students manage progress toward learning goals
  • Acknowledge an extracurricular strength
  • Praise a character trait
You get the idea... 

I used Canva to make a sweet graphic and voila... now I have custom notes. I printed the notes and had them made into a custom note pad. If you are interested in this... let's talk. We are currently going to raffle away a stack of custom notes to two people who completed the first column of the PD choice board so make sure you go and do that! 


Thursday, February 3, 2022

Graphics, Presentations and More... Upgraded Access with Canva EDU!

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Graphics, Presentations and More... Upgraded Access with Canva EDU!


We have upgraded to district access with Canva! You get access to Edu designs and graphics, create and share templates and designs with your team, and Google Classroom assignments and integration with students. 

It's super easy to sign up for the HCSD Canva! Here is our district join link

Here is a quick walk through of signing into the HCSD Canva account. Wevideo is on the struggle bus with their Chromakey so enjoy the green screen behind me 😜

Creating design templates and assigning them to students is super easy too! 

You can design and assign directly to Google Classroom 

Students can easily sign up using the same district join link and steps as you did. Once students have signed up you can assign them templates and have them turn into you via google classroom. Use the Google Classroom option to post blank template assignments and provide a streamlined turn in process for students. 

The student turn in process is super streamlined. Here is how students can turn in Canva assignments