ATLE 2013 - Sue Bell Education Specialists, CBE Adobe Master
Teachers of Alberta & Adobe Education Leader Slide 2 By the end
of todays 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 Total Training, the Adobe Education
Exchange, 2Learn Society, CORE, and more This presentation and more
resources on using Adobe tools are available in CORE at
keywords=Adobe PLhttp://albertacore.cahttp://albertacore.ca This
presentation and more resources on using Adobe tools are available
in CORE at keywords=Adobe
PLhttp://albertacore.cahttp://albertacore.ca Slide 3 Me and why Im
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. Slide 4 Inspiring Educationidentifies 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.
/ministermsg.aspx 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 childs education is a bit different than
when you were in school. From Jeff Johnsons letter to grade 1
parents, September 2013
http://education.alberta.ca/resources/backtoschool/mi
nistermsg.aspx Slide 5 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?
Slide 6 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? Slide 7 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 Slide 8 Adobe Creative Suite
6 Master Collection for 7-12 environments includes a wide range of
applications for creativity and communication including: 8 Adobe
Digital School Collection for K-6 provides simplified interfaces
for video editing and image processing. CS6 Master & Digital
School Collections Slide 9 PL and Training Included Total Training
self-directed online www.totaltraining.com (you need to contact
your district technology lead to get the password to create your
own user account in Total Training.www.totaltraining.com Adobe
Master Teachers of Alberta Provided by the provincial agreement 21
school/district based teacher leaders (Contact me for a list of
members [email protected]@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
http://www.certiport.com/Portal/desktopdefault.aspx?tabid=666&roleid=1
All teaching staff are able to get certification through Certiport
Testing Centres Training materials and test preparation resources
provided Slide 10 More Adobe PL, Training & Support Adobe TV
http://tv.adobe.com http://tv.adobe.com Video tutorials on all
Adobe products Adobe Education Exchange
http://edexchange.adobe.com/ http://edexchange.adobe.com/
Professional Development Opportunities Examples of lessons from
classroom teachers Student work samples Tutorials Adobe for
Academics http://www.adobeforacademics.com/
http://www.adobeforacademics.com/ Learn by doing learning tasks for
your students based on real world products Adobe Youth Voices
http://youthvoices.adobe.com/community/
http://youthvoices.adobe.com/community/ Media for Social Action
projects, contests, examples Adobe Help Each application provides
some GREAT help resources and tutorials from right inside the
application click help menu Slide 11 Adobe Youth Voices
http://youthvoices.adobe.com/community Slide 12 CS6 and Digital
School Collection Learning Slide 13 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. Slide 14 Slide 15
Create a movie poster with Photoshop Task design inspired by :
http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing-tutorials/create-an-
intense-movie-poster-in-photoshop/ Create an Alternative Book
Jacket Using InDesign http://www.bcsc.k12.in.us/Page/9210 Create
movie trailer for a book you are reding using Premiere Elements
http://www.behance.net/gallery/ HOMESICK-Movie-Site/2860309 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. Slide 16 Grade 3-4
Class at Cranston School Students used Photoshop Elements and Touch
on iPad-- it was super easy for taking out the background Slide 17
Software becomes available Build & Test Deployment Packages
Installation at School Sites Training Made Available
Teacher/student uptake New versions released System Software
Roll-Out Slide 18 lessons learned less may be more 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 Photoshop Elements Very
powerful image editor Acrobat Pro ePortfolios feedback 4 learning
accessibility interactive forms Premiere Elements Very powerful
video editor with intuitive interface Slide 19 lessons learned in
implementation Teacher vs Student Use/Need Access to Educational
Examples Technical Operations Training & Professional Learning
Time to Learn with Support Slide 20 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? Slide 21 Thank you for participating in todays session.
