It was a delight to be back in front of a group of secondary school students again face-to-face, or should I say face to mask.
The media teacher at Kew High School in Melbourne invited me to kick-start the Media Studies Unit Two program with a conversation about the importance of creativity and how Adobe tools can you help prepare students for a brighter future.
The students had experience with some of Adobe professional tools but we’re not aware of the full range of applications that were available to them as provided by the Victorian Government.
I’m looking forward to staying in touch with this class and seeing what creative work they are able to produce in this subject with Adobe tools.
This was my first face-to-face event with secondary students since March 2020. I’m looking forward to many more.
Here is an article about my visit that made the Kew High School newsletter
Click here if you would like to organise either a face or face or online Adobe adoption related event for your student or colleagues.
In this June edition of the Australasian Adobe in Education Update we celebrate reaching over 40,000 Australian members of the Adobe Education Exchange, nearly 45,500 ANZ members, over 166,000 in the APAC region and just over 981,500 members globally. Thank you for supporting this amazing education resource and please keep sharing it to your colleagues and wider education networks. You will find lots of new updates as well as links to a number of exciting professional learning opportunities for you and your colleagues.
There is still a misconception that Adobe tools are only for high-end users studying or teaching media, arts and design subjects. The following image demonstrates that there are in fact more low-lift apps available within the Creative Cloud.
When you are promoting the use of Adobe tools at your school/university, divide the Creative Cloud set of apps into:
Low-lift & high impact apps for everyone in all curriculum areas, and
Professional & high impact apps
Share this image with your colleagues and encourage them to learn more about the apps via:
Click here to access the recent announcement about Adobe Substance 3D: Tools for the next generation of creativity
2021 APAC Adobe Education Summit – save the date
The 2021 APAC Adobe Education Summit will be held on Wednesday September 29. This will be a virtual all-day event open during the school holidays for any educators in any sector. It will feature presentations from the local and global Adobe in Education team, Adobe Education Leaders, Adobe Creative Educators and other guests – all aimed to inspire teachers to enhance their digital creatively skills.
The Summit will also include a day exclusively for Adobe Education Leaders (Sept 28) as well as a day for Adobe Creative Educators (Sept 30). If you don’t yet have at least your level 1 ACE badge, now is the time to earn it via the Creativity for All course on the Adobe Education Exchange.
Global Adobe Education Summit
Registration is now officially open for the global Adobe for Education Summit, where we’ll celebrate creativity across the curriculum for educators in every subject area and grade level. We’ll discuss how to build skills for digital literacy, empower student learning experiences, and nurture the next generation of lifelong creators.
Note that this event is live within northern hemisphere time zones but there will be some convenient cross over and session will be recorded. Click here to register and discover more.
NSW DoE teachers – stay tuned to the T4L Adobe Resources site for a range of events that will help you to connect with access to Adobe Creative Cloud applications
For all NSW teachers – Adobe and CathWest are running a face to face Adobe 1 min Video Challenge for any stage 4 or 5 students at any school in Sydney’s west – Catholic, Independent or Department schools.
Date – Tuesday August 10, 2021
Time – 9 AM to 3 PM
Venue – CathWest Innovation College – Loyola Campus – 91 North Parade, Mount Druitt
Education QLD teachers – note that Adobe Spark is now available to your schools without the need to request student access on the department’s network. Spark for Education is available through the Adobe Creative Cloud licence. Click here for more information. Also note that Adobe will be involved in i-Educate 2021 on August 26 & 27. Make sure you register for the Adobe Spark workshop and visit the Adobe booth.
All QLD K12 teachers – On Wednesday July 14, The Australian Computer Society and Adobe are running a free all day PL event based on level 1 of the Adobe Creative Educator badge. Click here for more information.
Updates for SA teachers
SA DfE teachers, click here to access information about a series of Adobe in Education webinars we are doing exclusively for you.
Updates for all teachers
Click here to see the range of professional learning opportunities that available to all educators.
If you are keen to host an event for your colleagues and/or students, use this contact form to get in touch with the Adobe Education Team.
New Adobe Spark and Creative Cloud integrations for a range of EdTech platforms
Adobe is excited to announce new integrations with popular educational apps like Canvas, Blackboard, Flipgrid, Wakelet, and more — all designed to make self-expression seamless for both teachers and students. Click here to discover how to use these tools in your classroom.
New Storytelling with Audio course from Adobe and National Geographic
In our newest self-paced online course for educators, you’ll learn how to integrate audio storytelling in your classroom and empower your students to tell compelling stories. Click here to find out more and enroll.
View all six storytelling courses for teachers and young creators
Offered for both educators and youth ages 16–25, these short, free, self-paced online courses are designed to guide learners to visualize and communicate powerful stories that inspire action. Click here to find out more.
Check out this video
Australian Curriculum Review
The Australian Curriculum is currently under review and feedback is welcome. The new name for ICT Capability in the General Capability section of the Australian Curriculum, is Digital Literacy. This should eventually be reflected in all state based curriculum. As a general capability it is designed to be addressed through the content of all learning areas. It is pleasing to see a continued focus on communication, collaboration and creativity throughout the digital literacy general capability. Click here to find out more and have your say.
Minecraft and Adobe Spark Challenge: Mission Earth!
This global challenge combines STEM with creativity and storytelling to give students the opportunity to design and build worlds in Minecraft and create videos with Adobe Spark. Click here to discover more.
Dive into our free “Teach Creativity with Adobe and Khan Academy” course
Since we launched our partnership with Khan Academy last month, over 10,000 educators have used our partner teaching resources and PD. Join a community of like-minded creative educators and explore our free course and lesson plans for all subjects and grade levels.
Project ideas with Adobe’s Low-lift & High impact tools
The Inject Creativity Live episode recorded on June 16 featured Adobe Education Leader Craig Daalmeijer-Power from TAFE NSW as well Adobe Education Leader Steven Kolber from Bruswick Secondary College in Melbourne. Craig shared some very creative ways he and his students use Adobe XD and Steven shared his reflection from the recent International Labour Organisation where he represented Australia.
We are having a break from Inject Creartivity Live for a few weeks and will return on July 14 where Erin, Tim & Jerry will all be broadcasting from Brisbane, Australia (assuming boarders are open). Guest presenters will be Dr Karen Sutherland from the University of Sunshine Coast and Dan Haesler from Cut Through Coaching & Consultancy.
Topics will be – Adobe Stock in Education and Student Engagement
Click here to find out more about the Adobe Creative Educator program.
Click here to keep up to date with coming Adobe in Education events.
On Tuesday, 8 June we converted what was to be a face-to-face professional learning event at John Paul College in Melbourne to an online event focused on Adobe’s low lift and high impact applications. It was a pleasure to have Adobe Education Leaders Michelle Dennis from Haileybury College and Justin de Lacy from Woodleigh School join me for this event.
Click here to access the recording of the main sessions.
Chapter 1 – Introductions,
Chapter 2 – Adobe in Education overview, the video didn’t record well so click here for access, Hillary’s story, app catergories
Chapter 3 – N/A
Chapter 4 – Key resources, resources video didn’t record so click here for access.
The Inject Creativity Live episode recorded on June 2 featured Clara Galan from Adobe as well Adobe Education Leader Dr Max Schleser from Swinburne University sharing some very creative use of Aero, Photoshop & Premiere Pro.
The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday June 16 and feature AEL Craig Daalmeijer-Power from TAFE NSW and thought leader Steven Kolber from Melbourne. Join us live if you can.
Topics will be – Innovation and creativity in the classroom using Adobe XD & Creating front line education reform
Click here to find out more about the Adobe Creative Educator program.
Click here to keep up to date with coming Adobe in Education events.
All the Year 8 students from Sydney’s Mercy Catholic College took part in an a recent Adobe 1 minute Video Challenge. This challenge was about encouraging students to work with a group to create a 1 minute video with an Adobe video tool to help promote the United Nations Sustainability Development Goal No. 3.
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
The Adobe video application the students needed to use was Premiere Rush.
Following an introduction and a Premiere Rush boot-camp tutorial, the students formed their production groups and had four days to complete their stories. All the video stories had a theme based on good hand hygiene. There were 26 creative entries and here are the top three finalists …
1st Place – Kill the Germs
2nd Place – Washing Hands The Difference It Makes
3rd place – Stay healthy
Other great entries included …
Germbusters- Adventures of Soaper Woman
Dora the Explorer
Germalcious
Hand Wash
Congratulations to all the students and teachers involved in this challenge. Keep developing your video literacy skills and use them to help you communicate in all sorts of curriculum and non-school areas in the future.
Chapter 1 – Introduction & Adobe in Edi video Chapter 2 – Adobe XD workshop/demo by Steve Nichols Chapter 3 – Premiere Rush workshop/demo by Tim Kitchen Chapter 4 – InDesign workshop/demo by Adrian Bruch Chapter 5 – Key resources
The Inject Creativity Live episode recorded on May 19 featured Adobe Education Leader Steve Nichols from Perth sharing about the use of Adobe Audition in his multimedia classes. The thought leader for this episode was Dan Haesler, Director of Cut Through Coaching and Consulting talking about authentic student engagement.
The next episode will be recorded live on Wednesday June 2 and feature AEL Dr Max Schleser from Swinburne University and thought leader Paul McClean from New Zealand. Join us live if you can.
Click here to find out more about the Adobe Creative Educator program.
Click here to keep up to date with coming Adobe in Education events.
It has been lovely to meet face to face with various teachers and students around Australia this month as we gradually expand our adoption programs wider than just online. This update features some recent announcements from the global Adobe Education team, a range of face to face and online professional learning opportunities and more.
If you would like a member of the Adobe in Education Team to virtually beam in to, or potentially visit, your students or colleagues to help enhance their use of your Adobe applications, click here to contact the team.
Dr Tim Kitchen (Senior Education Specialist, Adobe – APAC)
Adobe is partnering with the Khan Academy
We are excited to announce the launch of a major partnership between Adobe and Khan Academy that increases access to creative and digital skills for teachers and students across the globe. Our goal with this partnership is to support the development of new, free online learning resources that foster creative and critical thinking skills, helping all students reach their potential and ultimately, be better prepared for the future.
Click here to see a blog post by Mala Sharma, Adobe’s Vice President & General Manager Creative Cloud Product, Marketing and Community at Adobe.
New Adobe Education Exchange Course to help teach Creativity with Adobe and Khan Academy
Watch your students’ creativity soar with these FREE Adobe, Khan Academy, and Pixar in a Box lessons, activities, and projects.
In this self-paced course, educators and school leaders learn strategies to support their students’ creativity, communication, critical thinking, and collaboration skills. You’ll learn from expert teachers and access over 100 FREE lesson plans, activities, and projects that combine Khan Academy content and engaging Adobe tools.
2021 APAC Adobe Education Summit – save the date
The 2021 APAC Adobe Education Summit will be held on Wednesday September 29. This will be a virtual all-day event open during the school holidays for any educators in any sector. It will feature presentations from the local and global Adobe in Education team, Adobe Education Leaders, Adobe Creative Educators and other guests – all aimed to inspire teachers to enhance their digital creatively skills.
The Summit will also include a day exclusively for Adobe Education Leaders (Sept 28) as well as a day for Adobe Creative Educators (Sept 30). If you don’t yet have at least your level 1 ACE badge, now is the time to earn it via the Creativity for All course on the Adobe Education Exchange.
Another great new EdEx Course – Preparing Students for the Future with Essential Creative Skills
In this self-paced course, you’ll learn about essential creative skills like problem solving, communication, critical thinking, and collaboration — and how you can use Adobe apps to cultivate these skills in your students and prepare them for the future.
You’ll hear from expert educators who teach creative skills, dive into how to assess these skills, and access hundreds of FREE lesson plans and projects that combine educational content (in any subject area) with powerful and engaging Adobe tools.
Another Adobe Creative Jam opportunity for Uni students
On Friday June 11, encourage university students to Join Ring, Adobe, and hundreds of other uni/college students from the US, Canada, Australia & New Zealand to showcase their talent in front of the global creative community. Students will be encouraged to solve a challenge as issued by Ring, expand their skill-set, and win prizes and opportunities like a coaching session with a Ring design team member. No prior Adobe experience is required. Click here for more information.
Tacy Trowbridge – Podcast series
Join your curator Tacy Trowbridge and expert guests to discuss the power of creativity in education — from the practical to the abstract, inside and outside the classroom. The most recent episode features Mala Sharma, Adobe’s Vice President & General Manager Creative Cloud Product, Marketing and Community at Adobe. Other episodes feature
For Victorian educators – a Melbourne based face to face PL opportunity
John Paul College in Frankston will be hosting the first official Adobe in Education face to face event in Australia for over 12 months. It will be on Tuesday June 8 from 4.15 PM to 6.30 PM and will feature hands on workshops from Adobe Education Leaders. Click here to find out more and register your interest.
DATTA Victoria members are welcome to join a special webinar series titled Adobe Digital Tools for Teaching D&Ton June 10 (focusing on Adobe Dimension), June 17 (focusing on Premiere Rush) and June 23 focusing on (Adobe XD)
For K12 Educators in Sydney’s West
Adobe and CathWest are running a face to face Adobe 1 min Video Challenge for any stage 4 or 5 students at any school in Sydney’s west – Catholic, Independent or Department schools.
Date – Tuesday August 10, 2021
Time – 9 AM to 3 PM
Venue – CathWest Innovation College – Loyola Campus – 91 North Parade, Mount Druitt
Adobe is pleased to be involved in the on-demand STEM 2021 conference. This is being run by the NSW Department of Education but open to all educators and available throughout 2021.
The Get to know your Adobe apps webinar series live sessions are almost over with just Session 3 of the Higher Ed version to be recorded on May 25. Make sure to check the great set of recordings that have come from this program featuring short demos of a wide range of Adobe applications in education from Adobe Education Leaders and other Adobe experts.
On Monday May 17 we recorded session 3 of the Get to know your Adobe apps webinar series for senior secondary teachers. This webinar was a deep-dive into Adobe Illustrator, Character Animator and Audition.
