On Wednesday 18th June 2025, I was invited to run an Adobe Day at the new Findon Technical College in Adelaide.

Opened in January 2024 and co-located with Findon High School, Findon Technical College is South Australia’s first purpose-built government technical college. Offering a unique blend of SACE completion and vocational education, it serves students in Years 10 to 12 who are looking for a fast track to industry or university within modern, industry-style facilities. This is the first of five similar colleges across the state and part of a $208.8 million investment aimed at bridging education and workforce needs.

This Adobe Day began with many of the teachers completing the Adobe Creative Educator Level 1 micro-credential. The plan was then to work with groups of students on podcasting with Adobe Podcast, introducing Adobe Express and then running a video editing masterclass on Premiere Pro. However, once the teachers saw the value of Adobe Express, that then became the focus for most of the other sessions with a number of classes taking coming in at the last minute to take advantage of my visit.

I would like to thank Eric Drew (former colleague of mine who now workers with the SA Department for Education) as well as Luke Northcote (Head of Findon Technical College) for organnising this day.