Episode 63 of the Inject Creativity Live show features Adobe Education Leader and recent Global Teacher prize finalist Steven Kolber who shared the role of challenge and competition within teaching.
This episode also features an Adobe Express demo of one of the PDF quick actions and a promotion for the coming APAC Adobe Education Summit.
Stay tuned for Episode 65 with special guest Scott Millar (CEO of BOP Industries) sharing how learning Adobe tools at school helped him. This will be available on the Adobe for Education YouTube Channel next week.
Click here to find out more about the Adobe Creative Educator program.
Episode 62 of the Inject Creativity Live show was recently recorded with special guest presenter Craig Nicholls who is an Adobe Creative Educator and the Director of Digital Learning at Melbourne Girls Grammar. Craig shared the importance of the place of micro-learning in skill acquisition.
This episode also features an Adobe Express demo with the PDF creation quick action and a promotion for the coming APAC Adobe Education Summit.
Stay tuned for Episode 63 with special guest Steven Kolber from Vic DET sharing about the role of challenge and competition within teaching. This will be available on the Adobe for Education YouTube Channel next week.
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.
I was known as OG (Old Gangster – more realistically Old Guy) when the global Adobe Education Team met in San Francisco last week. With a group of outstanding new education experts representing all regions of Nth America, it was a great opportunity to connect with wider global team members for four days of intensive training, fun and lots of avocado.
The first two days involved training with just the Adobe K-12 Education Evangelist and Community team getting to know each other, sharing resources and planning. We were joined in the final two days by the wider Adobe Education Higher Ed, Sales, Marketing, Support and Product teams.
It has been great to see the growth and focus that Adobe has had on Education since I joined the team back in 2013. What was a small team back then has developed into a major force within this international software juggernaut.
The highlight for me was catching up friends and colleagues who I have known for years as well as meeting new team members who have recently joined.
It is a real privilege to be working with these guys and helping to share the value of Adobe’s amazing digital creativity tools with students and teachers around the globe and striving for our mission to inspire and empower the next generation to be lifelong creators.
Register for the APAC Adobe Education Summit where you will hear from the global Adobe Edu team and local teachers who are making a very positive difference with Adobe tools in the classroom.
About 400 students from schools all around Brisbane, visited the University of Queensland earlier today for the first face to face Big Day In events for a long time.
It was a delight to share the importance of creativity as a vital skill to thrive in the future based on research from the World Economic Forum and provide the students with examples of how they can enhance their digital creativity skills with the help from the many Adobe apps available in most schools.
The very innovative River City Labs Precinct (home of the Australian Computer Society in Brisbane) was the venue for a special face to face and online (hybrid) professional learning event for about 12 teachers face to face and about 20 online.
I would like to thank Brisbane based Adobe Education Leader Nalin Naidoo for helping assist the teachers in the room and online throughout this all day event.
I would also like to thank Matthew Jorgensen and Jason Cooper from the Australian Computer Society for helping to organisite and manage this event.
Feedback results were very pleasing with 94% agreeing that the content was relevant and useful and that they would recommend a similar session to their peers.
Key comments
Really well organised and great central location. Thanks so much Tim and the crew!
Excellent opportunity
Loved my first face to face PD in 3 years! Yah!
Easy step by step instruction and friendly facilitator
Keep Wednesday 28th September free in your calendar for the …
The APAC Adobe Education Summit is the pinnacle event in APAC for any teacher interested in the use of Adobe applications and resources in the classroom, with a focus on K-12. Let your colleagues and wider education networks know about this hybrid event with an expected large online audience via Vimeo Livestream. We are delighted to announce that Dr Tim Patston will be the keynote presenter. Dr Patston is Australia’s leading researcher and consultant in the field of Creativity and Innovation in Education.
Registrations for the 2022 re-generation short film competition closed on April 15 however we are accepting registrations of interest up until all films need to be in on May 13 so get in quick and organise your students groups. So far, we have about 30 schools and close to 1,600 students registered.
This film competition is a part of the larger re-generation youth festival 2022, is a celebration and think-fest to empower young Victorians with the inspiration, motivation and tools to be the change they want to see in the world. Discover the school excursion program and as well as the Start-Up Pitch Competition and get your Victorian students involved.
Adobe TeachMeets are a unique online professional learning opportunity for teachers at any level, in any curriculum area and with lots or no experience with Adobe. Each session has up to 5 workshop breakout opportunities led by Adobe Education Leaders with small groups so you can have quality and in-depth practical experience with either a low-lift or professional Adobe application.
Adobe is proud to recommend you get involved with the Innovation in Education Festival online or in person in Brisbane or Perth. These events bring together educators, entrepreneurs and industry to explore the future of education.
Adobe is a Gold Sponsor of the 2022 EduTECH Conference which will be held as a face to face event in Melbourne on August 10 & 11. Sign up for the Adobe presentation and workshop and make sure you visit the Adobe stand and say ‘hi’ in person to the Adobe Education Team.
Make sure you view Episode 60 of the Inject Creativity Live Show featuring Adobe Education Leaders Juliette Bentley sharing how CC Express can be used to help document and provide evidence of supporting students with disabilities. Episode 61 is with Mark Woszczalski from TAFE NSW who shared a simple look at Adobe After Effects.
The Adobe and Microsoft Education teams are running a series of professional learning events for Victorian teachers to help share the value of a range of their digital creativity and productivity tools and how they are being used to enhance teaching and learning in any subject area.
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Episode 60 of the Inject Creativity Live show was recorded last night with special guest presenter Juliette Bentley who is the current Adobe Master Teacher for APAC. Juliette shared how Adobe Creative Cloud Express can be used to help archive and present evidence for the NCCD (Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability) to help ensure students with disabilities are able to access and participate in education on the same basis as their peers.
Have a look at Erin’s summary of this episode which features links shared by Juliette.
Stay tuned for Episode 61 with special guest Mark Woszczalski from TAFE NSW sharing some fun with After Effects. This will be available on the Adobe for Education YouTube Channel next Wednesday 13th April.
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.
I was delighted to be invited to present a keynote and two workshops at the 2022 Albert Park College (APC) staff conference that was focused on Creativity in Education.
APC is an inner-Melbourne government school that opened in 2010 with only a handful of staff and students and has grown into one of Victoria’s most well regarded and highest performing schools with close to 1,500 students and three campuses.
Foundation Principal Steven Cook leads a passion team of educators and support staff that really drive the school’s values of Lead, Create, Inspire.
Each year, Steven and his team run special conference event for all teaching and non-teaching staff that involves arriving at the venue (in this case the beautiful RACV County Club & Resort in Healesville) on a Sunday, staying overnight and making the most of a student free day on the Monday.
Some of the teachers who have only worked at APC thought all schools did this for their staff.
Keynote presenters this year included Alex Wadelton(Creativity Evangelist, Co-founder The Right-brain Workout, Co-founder/Creative Director at Silver Lining Agency), Associate Professor Neryl Jeanneret Artistic and Creative Education expert from The University of Melbourne and myself.
I’m looking forward to continuing to work with the staff and students at APC in the near future.
(If you are looking for the March edition of the Australasian Adobe in Edu newsletter, click here)
The Inject Creativity Live show recorded on 23rd March, 2022 is available to watch in two parts.
Part 1 features Adobe Education Leader Adrian Bruch sharing ways Photoshop can be used to colour illustrations and transform graphics with the new Neural filters.
Part 2 features the amazing Peter Hutton from Future Schools who spoke about educational professionals setting themselves as part of a progression rather than employees out a particular school. He also shared about his new book – Turning Around A Troubled School : A journey of school renewal.
Both parts also feature information about a number of key Adobe in Education resources and active use programs including this new short film comp for K-12 schools in ANZ & SEA.
The next episode is planned to be recorded on Thursday 7th April at 6.30 PM AEST. Click here to register for the next episode and other planned Adobe Education events for the APAC region.
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.
Introducing the new re-generation international short film competition with Adobe.
Open to students in Year’s 5 to 12, this new international film competition is a great way for students to work with a team, enhance their video literacy skills and share an important message with an international audience.
Adobe TeachMeets are a unique online professional learning opportunity for teachers at any level, in any curriculum area and with lots or no experience with Adobe. Each session has up to 5 workshop breakout opportunities led by Adobe Education Leaders with small groups so you can have quality and in-depth practical experience with either a low-lift or professional Adobe application.
Special hybrid event with Adobe & the Australian Computer Society
What was to be a face to face event in Brisbane based teachers, is now a hybrid event for anyone. On Wednesday April 20, Dr Tim Kitchen is running a special all day professional learning event designed for English, Humanities, Maths, Science, Language, Primary and any educator interested in enhancing their digital literacy and creativity skills. Digital Technologies teachers will develop an understanding of prototyping and content creation tools used in the tech industry. The focus will be on the way creativity can be enhanced and developed with Adobe’s low-lift and high impactapplications such as the new Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education as well as popular apps like Adobe XD.
Join us at the MAKE IT event to hear all the new and exciting collaboration ideas, modern tools and creative processes. Come see the latest for design, UX, video and so much more. Discover new, efficient workflows to help you bring your big ideas to life, and connect with creative leaders just like you to reimagine creativity.
Melbourne
Tuesday, 5 April, 2022 9.30am – 1.00pm Telstra Customer Insight Centre, Level 1 242 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Sydney
Wednesday, 6 April, 2022 9.30am – 1.00pm Telstra Customer Insight Centre, Level 2 400 George Street, Sydney
Holiday Premiere Pro video intensive workshop for Vic & NSW students and any teacher
Have you ever wanted to take video editing to the next level with Premier Pro? If so, join this free 2.5-day online intensive workshop by Adobe during the April 2022 school holidays for Victorian & NSW students (Year 9 – 12) and any teacher.
Adobe is a Gold Sponsor of the 2022 EduTECH Conference which will be held as a face to face event in Melbourne on August 10 & 11. Sign up for the Adobe presentation and workshop and make sure you visit the Adobe stand and say ‘hi’ in person to the Adobe Education Team.
Over 47,000 teachers have enrolled in at least level 1 of the Adobe Creative Education program. Click here to find out more and share with your colleagues. This program is not just about Adobe, it’s about creativity in education. If you prefer to be guided through level 1, register for the next Be a Creative Educator live course.
Have a look at this episode of the Inject Creativity Live show recorded on 9th March, 2022 featuring Adobe Education Leader Emma Wise sharing ways Photoshop can be used to create a range of animations. The thought leader was AEL Brett Salakas from HP who introduced us to an interesting deep-fake creation app. And Adobe Master Teacher Juliette Bentley updated us on the recent floods in South East QLD & NSW.
The next episode is planned to be recorded on Wed 23rd March at 6.30 PM AEDT. Click here to register for the next episode and other planned Adobe Education events for the APAC region.
Click here for Adobe Teacher Professional Learning events for NSW Department of Education teachers in 2022
Click here for Adobe Teacher Professional Learning events for Victorian Department of Education & Training teachers in 2022
Digi Skills events in Victorian schools
The Victorian Government have provided extensive access to a wide range of Adobe and Microsoft applications to help engage students in all areas of the curriculum. Education experts Dr Tim Kitchen (Adobe) and Troy Waller (Microsoft) are leading a team of Adobe Education Leaders and Microsoft Innovative Educators to help share the value of these digital creativity and productivity tools and demonstrate what is available and how they are being used to enhance teaching and learning in any subject.
Dates & venues
Thurs May 12, 4 PM – Vermont Secondary College
Tue May 17, 4 PM – Parkdale Secondary College
Tue June 14, 4 PM – Somerville Secondary College
more schools to come
Click here if you are keen to host a session later this year
Individualised reading formats can significantly improve reading proficiency. The Readability Consortium will bring together for-profit and non-profit companies, educators and researchers, and government to advance personalized reading formats for all digital devices. Together, we’ll make digital reading and reading comprehension more equitable for all by investing in research, open-source tools, and user testing. The Readability Consortium founding partners are Adobe, University of Central Florida, Readability Matters, and Google.
Dr Tim Kitchen 