This week I really enjoyed our class and getting to do some basic photo editing. I did not know that PowerPoint was able to do much in terms of photo editing, and being able to use a familiar program in a new way is incredibly useful, as the initial ‘bump’ that comes along with a new application can take away from the task at hand and lesson that learning experience. It surprised me that creating my image in class only took a few minutes, I always expect things around editing to take a long time (like my video took because I was learning as I was creating my video!) but that exact point reflects the benefits of allowing students to use what platform feels comfortable with.

I thought that I would gain some more experience with creating images, so I made a concert poster for a unit I created for my teachable subject class! This will be something as a music educator, I will be doing often and decided to gain some experience. I used Canva for this because we did a workshop with it before.

I think that graphic design also can give students a way to teach us too, and take a sense of ownership in their learning. It can be a way to re-engage a learner who is completely disconnected. I do look forward to learning more tricks to use PowerPoint, and other tools to create!