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TeacherGoal #35: Canva in the Math Classroom with Heather Brown

TeacherGoal #35: Canva in the Math Classroom with Heather Brown

FromTeacherGoals Podcast


TeacherGoal #35: Canva in the Math Classroom with Heather Brown

FromTeacherGoals Podcast

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Mar 28, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How can we use Canva to increase creativity in the Math classroom? In this episode, our guest is Heather Brown, author of The Field Guide to the Canva Math Classroom: Transforming Anxiety into Excitement. Drawing on her experience as a math teacher and interventionist, she provides you with actionable strategies to increase student engagement by letting the creativity shine through the use of Canva in the classroom. Don’t miss this valuable conversation!Heather Brown is an innovative and passionate teacher who loves engaging both students and educators. She lives in Dixon, Illinois with her four-year-old son, her husband, and their animals in their own “neck of the woods.” Heather has been teaching since 2009 and is currently a K-5 math interventionist and STEAM teacher at East Coloma-Nelson Elementary School in Rock Falls where she specializes in leveraging new technology to engage students and differentiate learning. Heather is an ambitious author and presenter- her upcoming work is The Field Guide to the Canva Math Classroom: Transforming Anxiety into Excitement, co-authored with Amanda Fox and published by TeacherGoals. In this book, Heather focuses on increasing engagement and critical thinking skills in the math classroom and features more than 42 templates that can be used to teach math for grades K-12. In addition to being an author, Heather is also cohost of TechTalk Tuesdays, a copy editor and consultant for TeacherGoals. She has presented locally and nationally, including at conferences such as IDEAcon, ISTE and FETC. Heather is also a Teacher Canvassador for Canva.Heather believes in the power of technology to help educators foster collaboration, critical thinking and creativity in the classroom. She is committed to helping teachers increase engagement and find innovative approaches to teaching.Let’s Connect!Want to connect with Heather? Follow her on Instagram or Twitter.You can connect with our host Erica Terry on Instagram and LinkedIn. Be sure to check out her website https://www.ericanterry.comYou can connect with the TeacherGoals community on Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube, Instagram, and Twitter.If you'd like to engage in Q&A with our guests during the live interview or interact with a rockstar community of educators, then you definitely want to join the TeacherGoals Facebook group.
Released:
Mar 28, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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The TeacherGoals Podcast is designed to equip educators with best practices & actionable strategies to achieve success and foster a more connected & empowered school community. Here we learn by engaging in honest discussions with innovative teachers, administrators and educational leaders. Our goal is to provide you with weekly inspiration that highlights what's funny, frustrating, & fantastic about teaching so that you can be your best for students!