In Module 6, I read an article that was titled "Effective Communication via a Classroom Newsletter," by Janelle Cox. It suggested that newsletters need to be eye catching, few words as possible, announce only new content, and to use graphics to share a story. I decided to create my own newsletter for PE that I could share with parents either as a paper newsletter or send home electronically. I have always struggled with what would be the best way to communicate with parents when I have over 600 students that I teach. I decided to create a new newsletter that will highlight our new Tower Garden that we received as a grant that I applied for. I think the images really capture the person's eye and hopefully inspire them to read the short paragraph explaining what it is. I used the website, Canva, to create this newsletter and found it to be very simple to use. I learned on the go and was able to find a large assortment of newsletter templates to get started with. It was a lot of fun playing around with different ones trying to find which one would be best for two images side by side. I can see using this website a lot more in the future when making posters or flyers for school events. It was very easy to save to my computer and also to share as an attachment in an email if need be. This particular module was interesting because it was all about telling a story and what are some strategies and tools to best share that story. I will be sharing some of the other tools with some colleagues of mine so that they can also understand why graphic design matters when creating your own content.
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