Adobe Spark is a favorite in schools and classrooms worldwide. Google Classroom is used in lots of those classrooms, so we just updated the web (and Chromebook) version of Spark to support single click share to Google Classroom (this on top of existing support for Google login, Google Photos, and...
Adobe VP Mala Sharma spent her Adobe sabbatical in India volunteering with the nonprofit Teach for India, teaching technology and creativity to seventh- and eighth-graders. Her trip report (linked in the post) is well worth the read.
Just in time for Back-to-School, here are some important enhancements and updates pertaining to using Adobe Spark in the Classroom .
It's Back-To-School time, and teachers all over are prepping for another year in the classroom. Back in prehistoric times, when I was in school, that meant sharpening lots of pencils, trying to get last year's chalk mark remnants off the board, obtaining a stack of clean projector transparencies...
The Tech Rabbi has been experimenting with Adobe Spark and how to use it in the classroom , and shared this wonderful post on Creativity Is About Combining The Unexpected, Not Just Drawing It . This is a fantastic classroom idea suitable for students of all ages.
Last month we announced Adobe Spark for Education , free for all students, both in K-12 and higher education. Today we announced new Creative Cloud pricing for K-12 , $5 per license per year (starting at $2,500 per school per year). These are huge savings, and are part of our commitment to ensuring...
Roanoke County Public Schools (RCPS) in Virginia gave Spark for Education a try this past school year, and the results were beyond what I could have imagined. Their journey started with teachers from the district coming across Spark and trying it themselves. Within minutes of using Spark, teachers...
Today we announced the availability of Adobe Spark for Education , the same Adobe Spark that you know and love (and like Adobe Spark, just as free), but adapted to better suit the needs of our younger users. What is different about Adobe Spark for Education is how it gets deployed and installed. An...
This idea is perfect for younger students, and works particularly well when using Adobe Spark on the iPad. The idea is to encourage students to create their own storybook with not just their own story, but also their own pictures and their own voice telling the tale. First help the students talk...
Lots of teachers encourage students to keep a daily journal, something short, focused, a few minutes of personal expression and communication to start each day. Student journals are usually written, but they need not be, and video journals are cool and lots of fun for kids to create. Here's how it...