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ATLE 2013 - Sue Bell
Education Specialists, CBE
Adobe Master Teachers of Alberta & Adobe Education Leader
By the end of today’s session participants will:
• Be aware of the elements of the provincial Adobe Enterprise
License Agreement
• The software
• The PD supports
• Home Use
• Certification
• Be able to articulate how the tools in the Adobe collections can be
used to personalize instructional content
• Be able to identify the appropriate tool(s) to address various
needs
• Be able to articulate how to access available supports including
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Total Training, the Adobe Education Exchange, 2Learn Society,
more…
CORE, and
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Me and why I’m here
Introduce yourself to your elbow partner
Share your purpose in coming today and
identify one student or specific
learning challenge you would like
to be able to address as a result of
coming this session or one question
you hope to have answered about Adobe software.
“Inspiring Education…identifies the competencies of a successful Albertan: an engaged
thinker who is ethical and entrepreneurial – and lays the groundwork for how to promote
those values in our youth and the learning community.
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The goal is to prepare students so
they not only have the knowledge to
succeed but also the skills and
competencies demanded of their
future world – a world that will have
different types of jobs that require
new skills. To get students ready,
you will probably notice your child’s
education is a bit different than
when you were in school.” From Jeff
Johnson’s letter to grade 1 parents, September
2013
http://education.alberta.ca/resources/backtoschool/mi
nistermsg.aspx
As we go through the session we
will focus on the guiding questions:
• How can tools that enable visual
communication, such as PS,
Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign,
Fireworks, etc., support diverse
learners in expressing their
understanding or sharing
complex messages?
• How can planning and designing
audio and visual communications
become a catalyst for getting
students thinking more deeply
about how they communicate?
As we go through the session think about the following
questions:
• How can tools that enable visual communication, such as PS,
Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign, Fireworks, etc., support diverse
learners in expressing their understanding or sharing complex
messages?
• How can planning and designing audio and visual
communications become a catalyst for getting students thinking
more deeply about how they communicate?
• How can we as a school or district support teachers in taking
advantage of the access we have to these tools?
Overview: Alberta Education and Adobe
Enterprise License
Agreement
•Alberta Ed and Adobe - 3 year
agreement
•Professional learning and train
•Home Use Licenses for educators
•Certification for educators
CS6 Master & Digital School Collections
Adobe Creative Suite 6 – Master
Collection for 7-12 environments
includes a wide range of applications for
creativity and communication including:
Adobe Digital School Collection for K-6
provides simplified interfaces
for video editing and
image processing.
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PL and Training Included
• Total Training – self-directed online
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www.totaltraining.com (you need to contact your district technology lead to
get the password to create your own user account in Total Training.
• Adobe Master Teachers of Alberta
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Provided by the provincial agreement
21 school/district based teacher leaders (Contact me for a list of
members smbell@cbe.ab.ca
Representatives from 4 of the Provincial Professional Development
Consortia
Now expanding to include 20+ additional leaders
Purpose is to support teachers and jurisdictions in taking up the tools in
the classroom
Certiport Certification Training
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http://www.certiport.com/Portal/desktopdefault.aspx?tabid=666&roleid=1
All teaching staff are able to get certification through Certiport Testing
Centres
More Adobe PL, Training & Support
Adobe TV
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http://tv.adobe.com
Video tutorials on all Adobe products
Adobe Education Exchange
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http://edexchange.adobe.com/
Professional Development Opportunities
Examples of lessons from classroom teachers
Student work samples
Tutorials
Adobe for Academics http://www.adobeforacademics.com/
• Learn by doing – learning tasks for your students based on real world products
Adobe Youth Voices
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http://youthvoices.adobe.com/community/
Media for Social Action projects, contests, examples
Adobe Help
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Each application provides some GREAT help resources and tutorials from right
inside the application – click help menu
Adobe Youth Voices
http://youthvoices.adobe.com/community
CS6 and Digital School
Collection Learning
Lifelong
Learning
Skills
Authentic
Learning Tasks
Technology
Infusion
Creativity
Communication
Imagination
In this example, students in a English 30-2 created a
visuals representation of both the externally
projected personae and the private, internal
characteristics of main characters in the
Shakespeare's Othello.
After careful reading, research, and analysis,
students used colour choice, font faces, layering,
custom brushes, and the posterization filters in
Photoshop to create an image that captures the
essence of the character. (can be achieved in both
Elements and CS6 versions)
Students learn the real world publishing and graphic
arts concepts in the process of constructing a
product that reflects what people who work in the
field might do.
Taking on the role of an publisher or advertiser,
students In grades 5-8 choose how to promote a
book they are reading: create a promotional poster,
new book jacket design, or create a mock “trailer.”
Students learn about and practice skills of visual
communication as they use images, colour,
placement, font face, movement and/or word choice
to capture the essence of the mood, communicate
the main aspects of a character, or generate interest
in reading.
Create a movie poster
with Photoshop
Task design inspired by :
http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing-tutorials/create-anintense-movie-poster-in-photoshop/
Create “movie” trailer for
a book you are reding
using Premiere Elements
http://www.behance.net/gallery/
HOMESICK-Movie-Site/2860309
Create an Alternative Book Jacket Using InDesign
http://www.bcsc.k12.in.us/Page/9210
Grade 3-4 Class at Cranston School
System Software Roll-Out
Software
becomes
available
New versions
released
Build & Test
Deployment
Packages
Teacher/student
uptake
Installation at
School Sites
Training Made
Available
lessons learned – “less” may be more
Photoshop
Elements
• Very
powerful
image
editor
Digital School
Collection
• all schools can have it
• simple graphic heavy interface
• can do almost everything CS6
versions can do
• grows with the learner
• takes less processing power
• easy to use
Acrobat Pro
• ePortfolios
• feedback 4 learning
• accessibility
• interactive forms
Premiere
Elements
• Very powerful
video editor
with intuitive
interface
lessons learned in implementation
Training & Professional
Learning
Technical Operations
Teacher vs Student
Use/Need
Time to Learn with
Support
Access to
Educational Examples
Think back to the student or implementation
question you brought to mind at the beginning of
the session:
• Can you see how any of these examples could
meet needs in your own classrooms/schools?
• Is there a specific challenge you need to
address that has not been talked about?
• What other questions remain?
Thank you for participating in today’s
session.