With only a few days notice, St Paul’s Primary (near Newcastle) heard that I was in the area so they organised some time for me to work with their Year 5 & 6 classes and introduce them to Adobe Express.

Using the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals as the main motivation, the students were encouraged to work with a partner to create a short animated promotion of one of the 17 goals.

It was a delight to meet these creative students and see what they were able to achieve with just a few initial instructions. I would like to thank the Principal of St Pauls’ Greg Cumming and this staff as well as Hailey Bertwistle, form the Catholic Education Network for organising this event.

On Tuesday 30th April, I was invited to run the Adobe Creative Educator (ACE) Level 1 course with Pre-Service teaching students as well as a number of academics at UTS (University of Technology Sydney).

I would like to thank Keith Heggart, Director for the Centre for Research on Education in a Digital Society at UTS for organising this opportunity for his students and colleagues.

It is always a delight to be fostering the value of creativity in education.

Feedback highlights:

• Finishing the assessment and feeling fulfilled as I was learning how to use a new program.
• I loved the use of technology and the practice-based nature of the course
• Seeing the generative AI tool create custom images
• Utilising the diverse tools- but more importantly the focus on creativity and its link to critical thinking.
• Great lesson, very engaging, great presenter
• Clear and concise structure, Tim is a clear and engaging presenter.