#EdTechTeacherChallenge August 2020: Bitmoji Classroom, Day 12

Welcome to Day 12 #EdTechTeacherChallenge August 2020 Bitmoji Classroom. Today, you are going to extend your classroom and recreate a different section. You can use the same background and similar elements you have used so far to maintain consistency and make it seem truly like a classroom. Or, you can do something crazy and make it look completely different. The choice is yours. Just remember that the ultimate goal is to make a functional virtual classroom that you can use with your students. Your virtual classroom should be about substance and content and not about the bells and whistles. 

You will need to open a new Google Drawings. Give it a title of "Virtual Classroom Template 2" or "Virtual Classroom Template (Name of Area)". Then, follow all the steps we have been working on: add background, insert area items, crop, resize, reposition, group. This section will be added to your Banner Template once you are finished. The easiest way to do that is to copy your workspace after you group everything together. Then paste into your Banner Template. It will be huge. Hold shift and click on one of the corners to resize to fit your banner and reposition either to the right or left of your IWB.

(Pro-Tip: You way have to play with the background in your Banner Template again if the seams seem a bit wonky, especially on the floor. If this seems like too much, you can easily put down a rug that spans the entire room.)

I decided to make the "Content Bulletin Board" I talked about on Day 4. Here is what it looks like:

Content Bulletin Board Area of my virtual classroom

This section of my classroom will have the objectives for the week, links to the "Habits of Mathematical Practice" and the standards, and links to the lesson area of my classroom website. This actual content will be added in a couple days when we transfer our Templates to Google Slides.

Banner Template w/ Content Bulletin Board addition

It is my hope that by now you have the technical pieces of creating a virtual classroom down. We have one more day of template creation and then we can start putting all the pieces together.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Show me your creations @mrsmathmagician on social media. Be sure to use the hashtag #EdTechTeacherChallenge.

Peace, Love and Happiness Always.