TechBytes
March 31, 2026
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ITS & EdTech Updates
Canva Poetry Month Challenge
⭐️ All grade levels welcome
Design a magazine cover or curate a digital gallery – choose based on your students’ age, interest, or Canva proficiency.
💫Reviewed by experts
All entries will be evaluated by a panel from the Canva team based on originality, clarity, relevance, and design quality.
✨ Win fun prizes
Up to 10 winners can get a Canva swag pack and have their work showcased for the world to see.
Hapara: Guide Browsing
Guide Browsing helps your students stay on track and makes managing digital learning easy. You can start a Focus Session to guide them to the right websites or a Filter Session to block distractions.
Want to plan ahead? Scheduled Browsing lets you set things up before class begins. You can schedule sessions for later in the day, next week or even further out. It’s great for prepping lessons or having sub plans ready to go.
Need something consistent? Recurring Sessions are perfect for daily warm-ups, exit tickets or regularly blocked websites. Just set it once and it runs automatically.
For even more time-saving, create Templates for sessions you use often. With just a few clicks, create templates for guided math sessions, literature circles, brain breaks, digital science labs or anything you can think of.
Guide Browsing gives you more control, helps your students stay focused and saves you time every day