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Tech Tribe Badge Challenges allow teachers the opportunity to learn and integrate tech tools in their classrooms. Completing the challenge for a tech tool makes teachers eligible for a "Tech Tribe" badge for their work. Badges can be proudly displayed by their classroom door to let everyone know how fabulous they are at integrating technology! Teachers work hard at their own pace to complete Challenges such as Google Classroom, Google Drive, Poll Everywhere, Nearpod, Pear Deck, Plickers, Digital Citizenship, and many more. Once you have completed the challenge, complete a Badge Form to receive a Tech Tribe Badge as a reward and recognition for your commitment to moving our students toward college and career readiness.

Use Canva to add pizzazz and/or create graphics to enhance lessons, websites, newsletters, social media accounts, etc. Hundreds of backgrounds, images, and font styles for free; others are available for a very low cost.

The educator will use Canva to create one or more graphics.

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2. Canva Design School

3. Canva Graphic Design Tutorials

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1. Create a login at canva.com and decide what type of graphic you will create. This might be a banner for your website, a graphic for a class newsletter, a header for a social media account, or other option.
   
2. After you create your Canva file, download it. The upload it to the intended resource. (i.e. your class website).
3. If you teach 8th grade or above, you can have your students create projects in Canva as part of an assignment. Canva's privacy policy states that "Any use or access to the Service by anyone under 13 is strictly prohibited."

1. Attach your completed Canva image to your badge verification form.
2. Describe how and where you used it.
3. Reflect on the process of using this design tool and how it enhanced your teaching and/or your presentation.
   
   

Click here to access the badge verification form.