Adobe Spark is the fun free content creation tool from the creative geniuses who brought you Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and more. Adobe Spark is creativity for everyone, and is easily used in any web browser, and on Chromebooks and mobile devices. Using Spark anyone can create stunning videos, magazine quality web pages, professional looking graphics, and millions are indeed doing just that.
Adobe built Spark for all users, especially the youngest of users. In fact, there's a special Adobe Spark for Education which offers greater student privacy, safe search, and more. Which is why millions of students worldwide are already benefiting from Spark powered creativity in their classrooms.
Spark is really easy to learn, and students given Spark quick create video book reports, modern responsive web page papers, video journals, science posters and videos, web newsletters, and much more. In the hands of creative educators, Adobe Spark provides students of all ages with a fun way to embrace critical communication and creativity skills.
But while Adobe Spark itself is easy to learn, many educators are looking for guidance as to how to best incorporate this fun free tool into their classrooms in a way that is both meaningful and relevant. And this is where this book comes in. Ben Fortaand Monica Burns have decades of classroom experience between them, and have long been inspiring educators in how to inject creativity into their classrooms. This book presents 40 fun and practical suggestions, focused on a variety of ages and subjects, and all with tips, suggestions, and encouragement you need to inject creativity into your own classroom.
Ben Forta is an author and Senior Technical Evangelist for Adobe Systems, particularly ColdFusion and Flex, and the owner of EmTek Systems. He previously worked in a similar capacity for Macromedia and Allaire Corporation, the two previous owners of ColdFusion.
In addition to writing numerous technical books on ColdFusion, SQL, and Regular Expressions, Forta co-authored Adobe's official ColdFusion training materials and certification tests and lectures on application development around the world. Many of his books have been translated into over a dozen languages worldwide.
Before working for Allaire, he founded the website Car.com, which was later purchased by Auto-By-Tel. Born in London, England, Forta lives in Oak Park, Michigan with his wife and their children.
Forta and Burns ways of using Adobe Spark in the classroom are beneficial for your everyday classroom teacher. The projects they suggested are simple and easy to implement across various grade levels. They outline the educational outcomes for students, along with assistance that might be needed for students and leave you with ways to extend the lessons. Burns and Forta leave you wanting more ways to use Adobe Spark in the Classroom.