CREATIVITY COUNTS: BACK TO SCHOOL EDITION SEVEN VIRTUAL SESSIONS EMPOWERING YOU TO EASILY BUILD DIGITAL LITERACY AND CREATIVITY INTO YOUR CLASSROOM

Come join your Adobe team for this virtual learning series!

It's time to level up your classroom creativity and win some cool Adobe swag along the way!

SERIES OVERVIEW

40 minute sessions, 20 min optional Q & A | 2 time slots

Please note: All workshops are taught at an introductory level in Adobe Express and are not sequential. Sign up for as many sessions as you'd like!

  • Week 1 - Harness the Power of Generative AI: How does it fit into your classroom? Recording
  • Week 2 - FEATURE FOCUS – The new Classrooms and how to manage assignment workflows in Express with your students. Recording
  • Week 3 - Creativity Builds Community: How can creativity support student well-being? Recording
  • Week 4 - Designing Data & Infographics: How can students represent data creatively? Recording
  • Week 5 - Capitalize on Student Interest with Video: How can you use video to both deepen engagement and meet standards? Sept. 26
  • Week 6 - Portfolios Made Easy: How can your students use Adobe Express to create powerful learning artifacts they can share? Oct. 10
  • Week 7 - Breaking Down Perfectionism: How can the creative process allow students to embrace imperfection and gain confidence in their work? Oct. 24

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15

Harness the Power of Generative AI

How does it fit into your classroom?

Discover actionable ways to put Generative AI to work in your classroom. You'll emerge from this session with templates and specific lesson ideas to get students creating while thinking critically about content and honing their prompt engineering skills.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 22

FEATURE FOCUS – Classrooms & Assignments

Learn how workflows can make you and your students more effective and efficient through the new Classroom and Assignment features in Adobe Express!

  • 2pm PT | 3pm MT | 4pm CT

THURSDAY, AUGUST 29

Creativity Builds Community

How can creativity support student well-being?

Explore how you can support student social-emotional development while building a strong culture of creativity in your classroom. Collect resources to learn more about your students and empower them to express themselves as they share their thinking in class.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

Designing Data & Infographics

How can students represent data creatively?

During registration, choose the time slot that works best for you:

  • 2pm PT | 3pm MT | 4pm CT
  • 4pm PT | 5pm MT | 6pm CT

Let's dive into data! Get ready to guide your students into becoming data masters. You'll walk away from this session with a firm understanding of how your students can use Adobe Express to represent data in many ways for diverse audiences, including charts, graphs, and infographics.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

Capitalize on Student Interest with Video

How can you use video to both deepen engagement and meet standards?

During registration, choose the time slot that works best for you:

  • 2pm PT | 3pm MT | 4pm CT
  • 4pm PT | 5pm MT | 6pm CT

Lights, camera, action! In this session, we'll explore how you can harness the power of video and animation to engage learners, leading them to connect deeply to their learning. After our time together, you'll have strategies and templates you and your students can use right away as they embark upon their journey of creativity.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10

Portfolios Made Easy

How can your students use Adobe Express to create powerful, shareable learning artifacts?

During registration, choose the time slot that works best for you:

  • 2pm PT | 3pm MT | 4pm CT
  • 4pm PT | 5pm MT | 6pm CT

Imagine a world where your students can compile learning artifacts in one location, easily accessible by parents and guardians and easily created by students. Like the sound of that? Join us as we take a deep dive into the web page functionality (and all the new updates!) within Adobe Express. You'll be ready to support your students as they see the evidence of their learning grow right before their very eyes.

Week 7

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24

Breaking Down Perfectionism

How can the creative process allow students to embrace imperfection and gain confidence in their work?

During registration, choose the time slot that works best for you:

  • 2pm PT | 3pm MT | 4pm CT
  • 4pm PT | 5pm MT | 6pm CT

Raise your hand if you've ever had a student who is too hard on themselves! Everyone? In this session, take the leap into becoming a creative yourself and practice iterating your work multiple times. The key is to not be precious with your creations until you are ready to really dive in with your chosen work. Learn how to implement the creative process in your classroom culture, allowing students to embrace imperfection and celebrate their unique strengths.

Classroom Resources

Free templates and lesson plans curated for specific subjects and grade levels.

Thousands of free lesson plans, templates, and resources you can look through, including our monthly challenge.

Enjoying Adobe Express? Want to learn more?

Get involved with our Adobe Creative Educator (ACE) community!

We invite you to apply for our ACE District Leader program- teachers of all levels (classroom, instructional coordinator, leadership, coach, edtech, etc.) are welcome!

We also welcome anyone to join our ACE Community Facebook Group- we share ideas, curate resources, and foster collaboration with creative educators worldwide!

Connect with your Adobe support team!

Matt Linford

Engagement Manager

Point of contact for districts, PD scheduling, or anything else you may need.

Contact: linford@adobe.com

Shel McConville

Education Evangelist

Former teacher and point of contact for educators. Runs educator community programs, curates resources, runs trainings and livestreams, and loves collaborating with teachers.

Contact: shel@adobe.com

Eben Flournoy

Activation Consultant

IT point of contact. Oversees integrations, consoles, and any issues with district rollout of Adobe Express.

Contact: eflournoy@adobe.com