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...
One of the most popular features in Adobe Spark is the ability to search the internet for free Creative Commons images for use in videos, pages, and post. Spark is used extensively by children, and so we utilize safe-search to ensure that only appropriate images are returned. But, no public image...
Last week at BETT in London we announced that Adobe Spark , including Premium Features , would be made available for free to students and teachers. The release is planned for April, so not a lot of details were provided with the announcement. But, there's been huge interest in the upcoming...
Students (and their teachers) love Adobe Spark. But, Spark isn't quite perfect, yet. The two most common concerns are expressed by teachers are the lack of support for minor (under 13) logins, and the lack of integration with existing school logins. Well, both are about to be resolved. At BETT in...
Creative problem solving is the process of redefining problems and opportunities, coming up with new, innovative responses and solutions, and then taking action. Global research shows that tomorrow's jobs will demand creative problem solving skills. Adobe asked 1,600 higher and secondary educators,...