Create a Poster For a Famous Celebrity using Canva

Learning Resource Type

Learning Activity

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Grade(s)

5

Overview

This learning activity will teach students how to use the technology tool Canva to create a poster instead of the standard tri-fold board.  During this activity, students will be assigned a famous person.  They will research their person's personal statistics (birthdate, career, hometown, famous quote, picture) and design and create a poster using Canva.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Phase

During/Explore/Explain
Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 5

DLCS18.5.R6

Produce, review, and revise authentic artifacts that include multimedia using appropriate digital tools.

UP:DLCS18.5.R6

Vocabulary

  • multimedia
  • artifacts
  • Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to use a variety of digital tools in which they can create or revise authentic artifacts to share their knowledge.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • design and create authentic artifacts using approved digital tools that meet COPPA standards.
  • review an authentic artifact to revise with new or additional information.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • everyone can be an author, producer, director, etc.
    • using digital tools.

Learning Objectives

I can produce, review, and revise a poster of a famous person using Canva.

 

Activity Details

The learning activity should be used to teach students how to use technology tools to create different poster designs.  The students will be assigned a famous person for their poster.  The students will go to canva.com to create their poster.  They will need to download and save pictures of their famous person.  If they have the pictures saved it will be easier to upload them to their poster.  (Please refer to the Beyoncé poster.)  The students will need to find birthdate, hometown, career, and a famous quote of the famous person they have been assigned.  They should make sure to find a picture that is colorful to display.  After the activity, the students will have the opportunity to share their creations with the teacher and other students.

Assessment Strategies

This activity can assess the mastery of students' ability to use the digital tool, Canva to create posters for presentations.

Background / Preparation

Students will need to create an account.  If your school uses Gmail, then they can use those accounts for setup.  The teacher may choose to do a sample poster and have the students practice creating some before the final product. 

Canva
http://canva.com

Approved Date

Owner (Author)

taneeziacook
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