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In
an attempt to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, schools across the
globe shutdown affecting billions of students, teachers, school staff
and their respective families as lessons either ceased or moved to an
entirely remote environment.
While
online classes were originally targeted towards unique minority
groups such as working adults who want to continue studying, persons
with disabilities (PWDs) who cannot go to school physically or those
with special medical needs who have to stay home, the disruption
brought about by the pandemic has advanced the adoption of online
learning in schools all over the world.
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Now
more than ever, training and equipping teachers with tools for remote
and innovative learning is an essential step educational institutions
and the government need to take to circumvent any future scenarios
that could potentially affect the schooling year.
Canva
for Education,
offers a rich and authentic learning experience tailored to the needs
of a classroom by empowering teachers and students to create and
collaborate online through visuals. Best of all, it is an entirely
free resource of teachers globally.
The
user-friendly intuitive platform also includes add-ons such as
education-specific content, the ability to create captivating videos,
plus every ingredient to bring designs to life with Giphys, over 2
million images, 800k icons and illustrations, 700+ fonts, YouTube
integrations and QR codes.
Yani
Hornilla-Donato, Canva’s Manila Country Manager, explained the
estimated 27 million students, expected to enroll this academic year
in the Philippines, are sure to benefit from Canva
for Education
- as it is a wonderful platform for project-based learning whether in
the classroom or not.
“Our
goal is to help teachers create engaging classroom content, simply.
With a plethora of classroom-friendly templates, relevant to specific
learning goals, teachers can create eBooks and eBook covers,
beautiful presentations for their subjects, class schedules,
worksheets, handouts, online test papers and posters; the options are
only limited by your imagination,” explained Hornilla-Donato.
Canva
for Education
also includes an all-new collaboration space, a review workflow,
access to content from Google Drive, Dropbox, Folders, version
history and SSO with Clever and Google.
“We
have truly tailored this product to ensure it meets the needs and
requirements of schools worldwide, serving as a ‘one-stop-shop’
for creating and collaborating in the classroom,” furthered
Hornilla-Donato.
In
a webinar hosted by Canva, in partnership with the Department of
Education (DepEd), Mark Anthony Sy, DepEd EdTech Coordinator,
highlighted the value of equipping educators with tools to empower
them in the classroom.
“We
have discovered how much Canva
for Education
can help our teachers be more imaginative in designing materials to
engage and motivate their students in the classroom. As a department,
we want to empower our educators with tools that will inspire them
and help them go beyond limits in their respective classes,” said
Sy.
“We
are happy and excited to share the gift of Canva
for Education
to Filipino teachers, showing them how they can easily create
beautiful learning content for their students and even fellow
teachers. Ultimately, the platform aims to help them integrate
visual, digital and design literacy in their classroom experience,”
concluded Hornilla-Donato.
The
webinar also paved the way for Canva and DepEd to launch a Facebook
Community for Filipino Teachers
that serves as a space for professional support and training as
teachers learn and adapt to the modalities of virtual and distance
teaching.
Canva
and DepEd will hold another Canva for Education webinar for Filipino
teachers on June 15, live on DepEd Tech’s Facebook
page.
To
know more about Canva for Education, visit
https://www.canva.com/education/.
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