Now that Adobe has acquired Behance - is it going to replace Acrobat as the tool for student ePortfolios? How are you using Behance? How does it compare to the Acrobat Portfolio?
t has always been a dilemma for me - when a student puts little effort into an assignment. This might sound cruel, but their work really is not worth the expense and environmental waste of paper. Do you print everyone's work? How do you get around it? Do you post the work online?
Should students purchase their own computers and software in order to take a college Adobe class?
If students have to purchase their computer and software what are the advances?
Currently our college supplies the computer and software in the lab for their use.
What does you college do?
Are there any other very inexperienced yearbook advisors out there who have found some valuable resources to help them create a yearbook using the Adobe design suite. I acquired a yearbook program but don't have any graphic design, photography or art background. This task just came along with my business teaching position and I came with a background in Finance. I have spawned a new hobby and area of interest for myself and have enjoyed the process of learning, but until the learning curve is over for me I struggle finding good resources for my kids to have fun and engaging activities in class.
I have been looking into rebuilding my class websites for better ease-of-use and increased interest from my students.
What tips/ tricks - or formats - have worked well for you when running an online classroom? Are some options easier to manage than others?
Do you build from scratch? Use a CMS or LMS? Customize a theme for WP? Host yourself?
Please share a link to your website if possible.
Thanks!
Exemplary CTE Teachers in Video Production, Television, Photography, etc... I need to interview someone about their program/ best practices...
I have been privileged to acquire drawing tablets for my classroom. They are wonderful but I am not sure of a great way to store them. In searching on-line there are many media storage cabinets out there. Does someone have a great and innovative idea about this?
Thanks.
I'm deep into my color unit in my Design & Visual Communications class. We are almost through the color theory piece and I'm about to delve into four color separation, process vs spot colors and custom color organization in Illustrator, InDesign and PS. Does anyone have any ideas for activities or helpful sites I can use to supplement what can be a dull lecture? (My school is in the middle of nowhere so a trip to an offset printer is out of the question.)
California has been building a pretty solid collection of career tech model curriculum, resources, tools and community for all it's career sectors. It's worth a look. I've actually found a few good resources for teaching photography that I plan to use for beginning students. Would love to see more of what is going on in other states!
Here's a few recommendations in the Media Design Arts area...
Hi Folks!
I teach at an extremely small (50 students) public high school career and technical center in north central Vermont. Five years ago, the program was brand new (and so was I, at least to teaching). We were outfitted with iMacs and Adobe CS3 Design Suite. I found the moey to upgrade to CS5 a couple of years ago, but I'm at a point where I need to upgrade my computer equipment to handle CS6. We are running on OS 10.5. I know I can update the operating system without a lot of investment, but the computers are starting to slow down and the writing is on the wall. I need to find funding to upgrade at least 8 of my Macs. Does anyone know of any resources out there that I can apply to?
Thanks!
From Acrobat to Visual Communicator, what Adobe tools and solutions have worked best for you and your students in creating effective ePortfolios?
What kinds of new ways are you using Flash to create content?
In his recent book - The Truth about HTML5, Luke Stevens argues that many of the HTML5 elements (header, footer, nav, section, aside, for example) should not be used nor taught in our classes. He believes that most browser manufacturers will not implement these elements in any future releaseand they are artifacts from discussions of many years ago. What are your thoughts on this matter? Should we be teaching these elements? Why or why not? As far as I know, most of the elements in the above list are not recognized by any modern browser. Luke argues we should be using ARIA roles instead. Yes, these elements are included in Dreamweaver CS 6.
Hey everyone...
This year there are a lot of changes that need to come to my program. I've spent so much time being so technically focused in the last 14 years teaching- but now I need an art focus.
How much time do you guys spend on art concepts vs the technical stuff?
Are you using the entire free Adobe Visual Design curriculum as a year-long course? If not, which parts of the curriculum do you use?