Tuesday Tech Tidbit

Canva for Education has recently teamed up with OpenAI to introduce Magic Write , a writing assistant that uses artificial intelligence to help you generate ideas.  Magic Write is similar to ChatGPT in the sense that you can type a request and receive answers.   For example, you could type: " Write me a lesson plan about the Normandy invasion for 10th graders that aligns with Ohio's Learning Standards for Social Studies and includes a video project " OR " Compose a parent email that informs everyone that permission forms for the field trip to the McKinley Museum are due by May 20th. Discuss what students will learn at the McKinley Museum. " Follow the links above to see the results!  Pretty impressive. 🤓  You can easily tweak the text to customize it further.  But look at the time you saved because you didn't have to start completely from scratch. Magic Write is only available to teachers in the Canva for Education platform.  Don't worry; your stude...

I attended the Canva information session at last Friday's PD morning, and my mind was blown!  Dan Niessen from NEONet presented a taste of what can be created in Canva.  The sky is the limit!  Canva is an online platform for creating just about any kind of graphic.  It creates stunning presentations, infographics, videos, whiteboards, websites, and on and on.  If you haven't tried Canva, I highly recommend you check it out.  I love how easy and intuitive it is.  Because our school district has been verified by Canva, staff and students all have free access to all of Canva's premium features. To get started, visit Canva's education website:  https://www.canva.com/education .  If it's your first time using Canva, select the Teachers button and Get verified .  From that point you simply sign in with Google. Canva offers a design school with heaps of amazing tutorials for teachers.  It is very user-friendly.  You'd be impressed b...