Click here to access a list of some of the most popular curations created by the Adobe for
Education team for the Adobe Education Exchnage. The curations are generally organized by academic subject or discipline, grade level, project type, or partner.
Over 400 students from 10 Victorian schools registered for a recent Adobe Creativity Challenge.
Adobe Creative Challenges are all about working with a team to design & share a digital solution to a problem. In this case, the problem was that many people tend to rush the important process of good hand hygiene. The solution was to work in a team of between 3 and 5 to produce either a 1 min video, webpage or poster.
The students had less than 1 week to work with their groups and some were not able to meet the deadline but we emphasised that the process is just as important as the outcome and praised their efforts.
Problem solving, collaboration, digital literacy and creativity are vital skills for students to develop and all were on show during this challenge.
Here are some of the submissions that were showcased live last Wednesday with parental/guardian permission to be published…
Video by Coco, Varsha, Jessica & Elysha
Spark Page webpage including videos by Alice, Evie & Elise
Video by Kiara, Ari, Harini & Brodie
Video by Myah, Ivy, Edie, James and Seb
Spark Page webpage including videos by Bhavreen, Aikamjot, Lily & Viv
Video by Raquel, Kai, Ray and Nazier
The Inject Creativity Live show recorded on 17th November featured Adobe Education Leaders Ali Blackwell (WA) and Mark Christie (NT). The app focus for this episode was the making vector art with Adobe Illustrator and using the anchor link feature within Spark Page. Clara Galan from Adobe’s Global Education Team also joined us.
Here is Erin’s summary Spark Page
The next episode will be recorded on Wed 1st Dec 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 to find out more about the Adobe Creative Educator program.
Click here to keep up to date with coming Adobe in Education events.
Join the next Adobe TeachMeet event and encourage your colleagues to get involved via – https://adobe.ly/teachmeets
Welcome to the November 2021 edition of the Australasia Adobe in Education Update Newsletter.
This edition includes:
Free, online and on-demand, Adobe Max was outstanding again this year with so many amazing presenters sharing new Adobe tools and features as well as great ideas on how to use the Adobe Creative. This year, there was a special education track and content can be viewed via – max.adobe.com/sessions/educators/.
Click here for Dr Kitchen’s published summary of Max highlights.
Have a look at this Adobe blog about new features announced during the 2021 Adobe Max Conference.
The first of the new series of Adobe TeachMeets were held live and online on November 10 & 11 with over 100 registrations and 10 different topics all aimed to help develop teachers digital literacy, communication & creativity skills.
83% of participants who completed the feedback strongly agreed and 17% agreed that they would recommend these sessions to others.
Get involved in the next sessions on Nov 24 & 25 and click here to register for the 2022 Adobe TeachMeets.
Over 42,000 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 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.
Share the following URL with your colleagues and wider education networks to help promote a range of coming events from the ANZ Adobe in Education Team – https://adobe.ly/eduevents. Note that teachers outside of ANZ are very welcome to also register for most events.
Throughout 2022, we are running Adobe Creativity Challenges for NSW & Victorian students in years 5-9 with a focus on encouraging students to work with a team to design & share a digital solution to a brief or a problem with your Adobe tools. Get your school involved and share this opportunity.
Have a look at this submission from a recent Adobe Creativity Challenge from Rivercrest College in Victoria …
Victorian and NSW teachers are encouraged to register themselves and their (Year 9-12) students for the April 2022 Holiday Video Challenge. This is a free and online 2.5 day intensive workshop with Adobe Premiere Pro. No prior experience is required other than a interest in taking video production to the next level with this industry standard software.
There are two iPads, Apple Pencils and an DJI Pocket Gimble/Camera up for grabs for the best showcased work.
Share this opportunity with your Vic & NSW teaching colleagues via – adobe.ly/video-workshop22
We’ve recently launched Adobe in a Box with Khan Academy, a project-based series for learners of all ages! In the first module, learners of all ages can practice creative thinking and video editing skills while developing an explainer video. They’ll get help along the way with tips, guidance, and structured activities from experts at Khan Academy and Adobe.
As part of the Adobe in a Box is a project-based series, we are running an international competition titled The explainer video challenge to encourage students to create a 1 to 2 minute video explaining a concept. Open to student 13+, prizes include a mobile video production kit as well as 1:1 coaching with an Adobe content producer. This video explains more:
Teach creativity in Science, Mathematics, Humanities and other curriculum areas with this resources from Adobe and Khan Academy. These unique resources encourage students to apply creative and communication skills across science, humanities, social science, and digital media as they make videos, infographics, websites, presentations, and more.
Community livestreams, conferences, and free learning events for developing creative and digital skills in all students and subjects. Explore here.
Have a look at the most recent Inject Creativity Live episode …
Here is Dr Kitchen’s post about this episode
This challenge is designed to get you thinking about solutions, both big and small, that could reduce climate change. Use Spark Page or Spark Video to bring your writing to life! Share this with your English, Humanities & Science colleagues.
Self-paced course
Adobe’s creative tools can support digital literacy initiatives and provide all students with life and career skills. In this self-paced course, you’ll learn what digital literacy is, how it enhances students’ lives and careers, and the impact it has on student success. Enroll here.
Curation
Explore a brand-new resource collection designed to help you create an engaged and conscientious classroom; cultivate students’ interest in current events; and explore digital topics like UI/UX design, civic responsibility, and media analysis. Explore here.
Challenge
In this activity sequence, primary and middle school students use Adobe Spark to introduce themselves to their peers, reflect on the qualities that make them who they are, and practice using digital tools to represent themselves online. Find out more here.
In this expanded activity sequence, students in high school and college draft a digital citizenship compact, examine and reflect on their digital footprints, and create a video introducing themselves to their classmates. Find out more here.
Teaching resources
This collection of dynamic, engaging activities is designed to help students practice critical thinking and problem-solving and to provide a bridge between self-regulated learning and digital content-creation practices. Explore here.
Explore lesson plans and projects designed to help students reflect on the relationship between humans and nature and consider ways they can help fight climate change. Explore here.
In this activity sequence, students use an XD template to design a mobile app for reviewing ecology materials. Use as-is or substitute alternative content to fit your syllabus. Explore here.
DigiCon – Call for presentations
DLTV is pleased to invite submissions for the next DigiCon event, to be held from the 21st to 24th February 2022 on a fully online platform. This exciting event will bring together educators and experts from around the country over four afternoons of events. Click here to submit your submission.
Have a look at a recent Adobe Spark webinar with Adobe & DLTV
If you haven’t already, please do join the Australasian Adobe Education Community Facebook group to keep regularly up to date with the world of Adobe in Education for the Australasian region.
Don’t hesitate to contact the Adobe Education team for any support.
Last Wednesday & Thursday, the new Adobe TeachMeets program commenced with over 100 registrations and 10 different topics all aimed to help develop teachers digital literacy, communication & creativity skills.
Here are some of the feedback comments:
Note the next opportunity to be involved in an Adobe TeachMeet:
Click here to find out more and register. Please share this link with you colleagues via https://adobe.ly/teachmeets
Note that we deliberately do not record these session because they are aimed to be live hands-on workshop. So only register if you are able to attend live.
If you prefer on-demand options, click here to see what is currently available via the Adobe Education Exchange and also share these options with your colleagues and wider education networks.
The Inject Creativity Live show recorded on 3rd November featured Adobe Education Leaders Eden Carey (Santa Maria College, Perth) and Steven Kolber (Brunswick Secondary, Melbourne). The app focus for this episode was the making of Cinemographs in Adobe Photoshop. Steven’s thought piece was about competition and challenge networks for leaders. We also shared a special interview about new research from Tacy Trowbridge (Adobe Global Education Programs Lead).
Here is Erin’s summary Spark Page
The next episode will be recorded on Wed 17th Nov 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 to find out more about the Adobe Creative Educator program.
Click here to keep up to date with coming Adobe in Education events.
Join the next Adobe TeachMeet event and encourage your colleagues to get involved via – https://adobe.ly/teachmeets
Adobe Max is the worlds largest creativity conference and the 2021 event is now available to watch free and online via max.adobe.com
This post features some of the highlights from the keynote session that relate to educators and other creatives.
Here is the YouTube link to the keynote …
Following an outstanding opening video, Adobe’s Chairman, President & CEO Shantanu Narayen shared his thoughts on the event, what has been achieved in 2021 and he provided an overview of some of the new Adobe Creative Cloud features to be announced during the rest of the keynote and the conference.
Under the heading of creativity is a catalyst for positive change, Adobe’s partnership with the Khan Academy was visually highlighted
In closing Shantanu said, if the past 18 months have taught us anything, it is that the power of creativity can unite and change the world … Keep telling your stories, learn from each other, inspire each other. The future belongs to those who create. Now let’s create tomorrow together.
Scott Belsky, Adobe’s Chief Product Officer and EVP, Creative Cloud hosted the keynote session and introduced a number of guest presenters.
Early in his opening dialogue, Scott said, it’s amazing how creativity helps us make sense of the world, keeps us inspired and heals us when we need it most. It is fueled by emotion and suffering but it yields healing and hope.
He looked back in history and reflected on how repeatedly, a period of despair spawns a creative rebirth. He said a new renaissance is a upon us,a resurgence of making and artistic collaborations using new technologies (watch from 10 min 38 sec).
Scott said that at Adobe we firmly believe got the coming years will be about renewal and invention for creative careers for broken industries in need of re-imagination and for society at large. He encouraged us all to rise to this occasion together.
Scott said that the Adobe Creative Cloud roadmap was created with three goals in mind, to:
Adobe creative cloud is now as much about collaboration as it is about creativity. It is also now more accessible than ever via a web browser.
Bria Alexander from the CC Design Team shared some new CC Libraries features such as next groups, team libraries all aimed to enhance collaboation. She also proved a sneak peak on versioning within librarian which will be a soon to come feature.
Adobe’s Principal Creative Cloud Evangelist Terry White demonstrated the new share document feature within Photoshop that allows users to share their work via a public web-link and open up live comments & mark-ups that pin directly to elements of the image design.
Terry also introduced the new Photoshop on the Web (Public Beta) that allows users to do a lot of Photoshop techniques on a browser.
This will be great for schools who are working with Chromebooks.
Google’s SVP for Android, Chrome, Chrome OS Play, Comms and Photos, Hiroshi Lockheimer was interviewed by Scott and he shared about the important relationship Adobe has with Google especially in the browser space.
Adobe’s Director of Product Management, Zorana Gee introduced the world to the new Creative Cloud Spaces and Canvas apps to be launched early in 2022.
CC Spaces is a browser based collaborative tool that allows for all project content to be in one web-based location that can be shared and interacted with a team in real-time.
CC Canvas is an infinitive whiteboard that allows for assets to be seen and worked by a team in real-time on in one browser-based location.
Real-time co-editing with Adobe files.
It even has real-time audio & video communication functionality with anyone who is linked to the project.
Shambhavi Kadam, Director, Product Management – Adobe Stock shared some new features within Adobe Stock including a new AI engine that makes it easier to find music for any project, find the right footage shot you are looking for as well as teh right still image.
Terry White returned to the main stage to share some other new features from the Photoshop team. These included:
Adobe Senior Experience Designer Jinjin Sun shared teh laters updates to Adobe Fresco including:
Khoi Vinh, Adobe’s Senior Director of Product Design presented an overview of what’s new within Adobe XD including:
Adobe’s Creative Director Brian Yap shared some new and updated features in Illustartor such as:
Adobe Lightroom Product Manager Katrin Eismann introduced the new Lightroom masking feature via the new select sky button.
Prior to the new release segment for video, it was great to see Adobe Education Leader from California David Dodds featured in a special video postcards sequence along side Hollywood film director David Fincher.
Adobe’s Principal Worldwide Evangelist for Creative Cloud/Video Tools Jason Levine provides an insight into some new features for Premiere Pro & After Effects such as:
Emery Wells, the Head of Frame.io, was interviewed by Scott Belsky about Adobe’s new acquisition. He talked about the origins of the company coming out of the post-production industry and new coming features.
He claimed that the next version of Frame.io will be the future of how video gets made.
Scott indicated that together Frame.io & Adobe will be pioneering the future of video
Find out more about Frame.io via https://www.frame.io/
Technical Evangelist, Meenu Thind shared a presentation about new features in the latest version of Adobe Acrobat including the new liquid mode format of reading PDFs.
Adobe’s recent acquisition of the Substance 3D tools was highlighted by Scott and Wes McDermott (Creative Producer, Art & Development Team, 3D & Immersive at Adobe).
Scott Belsky was very proud to share the progress that has been made with the open source Content Authenticity Initiative during 2021.
This is to ensure that artists get credit for their work and ti help people know what content they can trust.
Scott announced that anyone can now turn on content creditials in Photoshop.
Summary of the new Adobe CC features
Adobe Sneaks is about getting a sneak peek into what’s brewing in Adobe Research. MAX Sneaks is where Adobe engineers give a first look at potential future technologies, which may or may not make it into upcoming versions of Adobe products.
Check max.adobe.com to view over 400 sessions from hundreds of inspiring presenters.
Take special note of these sessions from Australian presenters
Session S292 – Giving students a voice with Character Animator
S291 – Fostering Digital Literacy in the K–12 Creative Classroom
S807 – Transforming Education with Creative and Digital Skills
The Inject Creativity Live show recorded on October 20 featured Adobe Education Leaders Brett Salakas (HP Adobe Ambassador), Michelle Dennis from Haileybury College and Juliette Bentley (Adobe Master Teacher, APAC). The app focus for this episode was Adobe Spark Video for encouraging creating writing. Michelle’s thought piece was about girls in tech and we had a special interview with Dom Traynor (Adobe Evangelist from Europe) who shared a new Spark Climate Change writing & video challenge.
Here is Erin’s summary Spark Page – https://spark.adobe.com/page/1SmFgOMxIty8r/
Dom’s Spark Climate Change Channege – https://bit.ly/sparkclimate
The next episode will be recorded on Wed rd Nov 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 to find out more about the Adobe Creative Educator program.
Click here to keep up to date with coming Adobe in Education events.
Welcome to the October 2021 edition of the Australasia Adobe in Education Update Newsletter.
This edition includes:
The 2021 APAC Adobe Education Summit took place over three days from September 28-30 with over 1000 teachers from 30+ countries joining in live during the open day on Wed Sept 29. Have a look at this post about the event featuring links to the various recordings.
Over 30 presenters were involved throughout the three days with special contributions from the APAC Adobe Education Leaders community. Take particular note of the Classroom Success Stories and the Creative Catalyst Talks.
We are very excited to announce a new set of free and online professional learning opportunities for teachers who are either beginners or advanced users of Adobe apps in any curriculum area called Adobe TeachMeets. Starting in November 2021, and running through to the end of 2022, click here to find out more and register for a wider range of dates and topics. These are practical hands-on sessions run by Adobe Education Leaders and the Adobe Education team.
Let all of your colleagues know about these opportunities and share this link – https://adobe.ly/teachmeets
Look up (and share) the Adobe in Education Events site for more events like this.
Being held later this month on October 28–29 (APAC dates), the Adobe Max – The Creativity Conference is Adobe’s largest community event.
Join us for an extraordinary virtual experience to find inspiration, connect with creatives from around the world, and learn the best ways to bring your best ideas to life. Open to all, at no cost.
Be inspired by expert speakers in design, photography, illustration, social media, 3D, video, and register for the special education track featuring a session from Tim Kitchen (Adobe Education) and Craig Daalmeijer-Power (TAFE NSW) on student voice with Character Animator so book into session S292 – Giving Students a Voice with Character Animator.
It will also be featuring Australia’s own Juliette Bentley (Adobe Education Leader and Adobe Master Teacher) from Mt St Michael’s College – session S291 – Fostering Digital Literacy in the K–12 Creative Classroom.
Swinburne University Deputy Vice-Chancellor Sarah Maddison will also be presenting – session S807 – Transforming Education with Creative and Digital Skills
Let your colleagues know and get involved.
The Adobe Creative Educator Program is all about creativity in education. You don’t need to be an Adobe export or even a regular Adobe user to get your level 1 (Credly) badge.
If you would like to be supported through level 1, you may like to do the Be a Creative Educator course. Next opportunities are Mon 18th Oct or Tue 16th Nov – 4 PM to 6.30 PM (AEDT).
Look up (and share) the Adobe in Education Events site for more events like this.
About 20 students from Queensland University of Technology took up the opportunity to be involved with a recent Adobe Creativity Challenge. Click here to see a post about the event that features some outstanding examples of what can be possible by students when they have access with Adobe tools and are given the opportunity to collaborate and be creative.
Take special note of the amazing video titled Life Below Water made with Premiere Pro & Adobe Substance and also check the creative large screen data-wall info-graphic made with Adobe XD.
Click here to learn about a new study by Civitas Learning, LinkedIn & Adobe that measures the effects of integrating creative and digital literacy skills across general higher education courses, and the impact of these skills on career trajectory.
We still have some places left for the coming Adobe Creativity Challenge for Victorian students in Years 5 to 9. The kick-off session is Wed Nov 10 so register soon. Registrations close on Nov 5.
Look up (and share) the Adobe in Education Events site for more events like this.
Victorian and NSW teachers are encouraged to register themselves and their (Year 9-12) students for the April 2022 Holiday Video Challenge. This is a free and online 2.5 day intensive workshop with Adobe Premiere Pro. No prior experience is required other than a interest in taking video production to the next level with this industry standard software.
There are two iPads, Apple Pencils and an DJI Pocket Gimble/Camera up for grabs for the best showcased work.
Share this opportunity with your Vic & NSW teaching colleagues via – adobe.ly/video-workshop22
Have a look at the Inject Creativity Live episode that was recorded on October 6 with special guests Brett Kent from NSW and Paul McClean from NZ. Brett did a great demo of Adobe Audition for podcasting and other audio editing.
Look back at episode 50 recorded on September 22. It features a great discussion about the future of schools with Peter Hutton from the Future Schools Alliance.
The next show is being recorded on Wed 20th October at 6.30 PM AEDT via the Adobe for Education YouTube Channel. Click here to find out more.
Click here to create alongside expert educators from around the world. Learn new techniques and experiment with Adobe tools to stay inspired.
The Adobe for Education global team have recently launched an Instagram channel. Follow us here as we share tips, tutorials, giveaways, and the best visuals made by our favorite community — educators. #AdobeEduCreative
Adobe is collaborating with DLTV for an after school webinar on October 28 titled – Sparking Creativity in any learning area with Adobe’s free tools. Click here to register and find out more.
Click here to get exposed to the power of Certiport’s Adobe Certified Professional pathway, learn from industry creatives about the future of the industry, and get trained on how to level-up the skills you teach in your classroom.
Help your students tell compelling visual stories
Video is a fantastic medium for telling stories and sharing information. It’s engaging, immediate and fun, and has the potential to enrich your curriculum and help your students engage with any topic.
Have a look at this updated collection of quick, engaging activities includes great ideas to kick-start creating and collaborating in all subjects and grade levels using a variety of Adobe apps.
Create a visual poem about your identity.
In this lesson from expert educator Caitlin Macleod-Bluver, students use Adobe Spark to draft and publish poems about their identities.
Design a mosaic using similar and congruent shapes.
In this lesson from expert educator Max Suechting, a curriculum producer at Adobe, students use Illustrator to create mosaics using similar and congruent shapes.
Produce a TV news segment about a STEM topic.
In this lesson from Professor Stephen Moysey at Clemson University, students use Premiere Rush to explore STEM topics in an engaging “TV show” format.
Create a photography flip-book using video techniques.
In this lesson by expert educator Lisa Gottfried, students use Adobe Spark to create their own photobooks by remixing found photographs into videos.
Create a government communication to share important news.
In this project by expert educator Cristen Magaletti, students use Adobe Spark to mock-up a hypothetical or real government communication.
Create an augmented reality museum exhibit.
In this project by expert educator Greg Kulowiec, students use Adobe Aero to design and present an art gallery in augmented reality.
Create a pitch deck to solve the digital divide.
In this project by Adobe Curriculum Producer Max Suechting, students use Adobe XD to pitch projects addressing aspects of the digital divide.
Annotate an image to demonstrate a visual art concept.
In this lesson from Dr. Kim Beil at Stanford University, students use Adobe Spark to analyze the composition of historical artworks.
Create an engaging and dramatic book trailer.
After reading a book, students use Rush CC and video-enhancing features to create an engaging and dramatic book trailer
Leading up to the coming UN Climate Change Conference in Scotland, take advantage of this Climate Change writing & video challenge as created by Dom Traynor, Adobe’s Education Evangelist for Europe.
Share via – bit.ly/sparkclimate
If you haven’t already, please do join the Australasian Adobe Education Community Facebook group to keep regularly up to date with the world of Adobe in Education for the Australasian region.
Don’t hesitate to contact the Adobe Education team for any support.
The Inject Creativity Live show recorded on October 6 featured Adobe Education Leaders Brett Kent from NSW DoE and Paul McClean from Rare Innovations in NZ. The app focus for this episode was Adobe Audition for podcasting and other audio editing.
Here is Erin’s summary Spark Page – https://spark.adobe.com/page/WWpiD2ZtyKMCY/
Paul’s resources – Digital Mastery 3.0 Article that justifies “Bringing on the Bench”
The next episode will be recorded on Wed 20th October 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 to find out more about the Adobe Creative Educator program.
Click here to keep up to date with coming Adobe in Education events.
Dr Tim Kitchen 