Adobe continues to push the boundaries of how their design software can provide access and nurture the design abilities for the youngest learners. I still remember struggling in 9th grade to master a rather primitive version for Photoshop (shout out to version 4.0!). Today, I watch in amazement as children as young as kindergarten use Adobe Spark to creative powerful visual designs to share their classroom learning.
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Visual Communication skills. Everyone needs them. This isn’t an option for our K-8 students today. Their tomorrow will expect them to have an eye for design just like our yesterday expected us to know Microsoft Office. While short on time is an understatement, we need to find ways to get these skills inculcated into our students one way or another…
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I sat there looking at my Syllabus. Google Docs will black text and bullet points on a white background. The outcome seemed standard. Is that what I wanted for my students? I want my student to get excited about learning new things. I want them to be curious, inspired, and energized in my class…
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Any platform that empowers students to become authors and curators of content gets me excited. When Smore reached out to me to review their platform, I was excited to see two very powerful features.
First, is the "Educator Hive" database of created and shared content, authored by educators for educators. You can check out my vlog review of that here…
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Tis the season to vote for SXSWEdu Sessions. Anytime I hear the word Panelpicker, I start a singing in my head that Peter Piper Picked A Peck of Pickled Panels. Yes. That is lame.
So where do you find the awesome sessions to vote for when the SXSWEdu search field is so bad aka nonfunctional?
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Adobe Spark Teaching Resources
Getting started with FREE Adobe Spark in the classroom? You've come to the right place. Adobe Education Exchange is chock full of great classroom content, and to get you up and running quickly, here are some of our favorites…
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