#EdTechTeacherChallenge August 2020: Bitmoji Classroom, Day 13

Welcome to Day 13 #EdTechTeacherChallenge August 2020. Today is the last template day. Tomorrow, we begin making all the pieces functional for student use.

Today, though, we have one last area to create. This area should be a little fun. It can be fun in its design. It can be fun in the content it will contain. Whatever you decide, remember the purpose of your virtual classroom. Everything needs to be functional, not clutter and distracting.

To begin, you will need to open a new Google Drawings. Give it a title of "Virtual Classroom Template 3" or "Virtual Classroom Template (Name of Area)". Then choose your background and area elements. After you are finished, add your new area to the last section of your Banner Template. You are now ready to insert your templates into Slides and start making interactive.

Here is my last virtual classroom piece and how it looks on my banner.

Student Bulletin Board Area

I decided to add the Student Bulletin Board Area of my classroom that I talked about on Day 4. When this template is added to Slides, it will house examples of student work as mini images that are then linked to the curriculum section of my website (or my students' portfolios). I plan on adding a representation of my students (not Bitmojis because it is not FERPA compliant) to the beanbags. I teach six classes. So, I will have to add two more beanbags because my intent is to have one student of the week from each class.

Banner Template with Student Bulletin Board Area addition

And with that, we are done with template creation (at least for this challenge). I will need to make several other templates for the different areas I talked about on Day 4. You will too if you have other sections you intend to add. But for the sake of this challenge, we will start putting our templates into Slides tomorrow.

Let me know what you think in the comments below. Share your creations with me @mrsmathmagician on social media. Be sure to use the hashtag #EdTechTeacherChallenge. I look forward to seeing your creations.

Peace, Love and Happiness Always.