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I have video + slide show + instructions + form + rubric. In other words, I have a bunch of materials that I am developing. How best to package them for distribution to students and other teachers?

Do I create an InDesign interactive document, embed all of the pieces and publish it? DPS?

Do I create a self-contained website using Dreamweaver or Muse containing embeds and links to the information (forms central=essay responses & quizzes, captivate=quizzes, software demos, slide shows)?

Do I create an Acrobat portfolio with the individual components?

Which is the best solution? All can be accessed from any device, right?

I think this is the most perplexing thing I face when I first embark on a large learning unit that I want to present digitally.

Please - feedback. Hope I made my confusion clear.

The prolific and accessible creation and sharing of digital information allows for building your brand online. How have you, as an educator, built your brand? Why and what difference has it made?

While doing eLearning there always isn't the quick access to a local library and most research is done online. What are some ways of preforming research? Meaning, what are some ways of keeping track of research that was collected (aside from taken hand written notes), to quickly access when it is needed? And are there any other sites that have found to be useful when preforming research aside from the regular Bing, Google, or Yahoo?

At what age do you think keyboarding skills should be taught or what age are they taught for your children? With today's new tech standards I think that kids are going to need these skills at a much younger age.

Need ideas to make learning fun for your students then try playing games and involving homework activities. Such as, spelling, reading or download documents at Education.com, etc. this will make learning fun for students.

What do you feel the "standard" should be in teaching through technology in Kinder, 1st, and 2nd? Do you favor more test-taking via computer, or find value in children testing paper and pencil?

Hi Folks!

This year, I'm required to provide my students with the opportunity to earn an IRC in design and visual communications. Our program chose the ACE certification for Photoshop CS5. I've registered the kids and bought the practice test access and I plan to knuckle down and get this done next semester. These students have been on PS (as well as the rest of the Creative Suite) for the past 2 school years, but I taught them techniques as I know them, not as they are presented in the test. Needless to say, there are a bunch of gaps in their knowledge and even the stuff they know how to do is done in a different way using different language in the test. Needless to say, most of them bombed miserably.

So.....I need some help. I gotta teach to the test here but I want to make it meaningful to them. Does anyone have any advice or resources that will help me make them successful?

Thank you!!

-Marcia

The knee jerk reaction to do you buy books or not is simple. Throw out the books and use a flipped classroom setting. Well I've been trying that and here is what I have discovered, My freshman need individual instruction. I have also discovered that I can't even get them to complete the work in class with a Teachers Aid present. I'm introducing them to the MAC OS, a Wacom Tablet, and Adobe all at the same time .On one hand you have book with great projects and it is aligned to standares for Adobe Certification. On the other you create more class time for working on projects. I can tell I need something concrete for my beginners. I would love to hear what you think about this.

In several online courses at Utah State University, we have developed writeable, printable and savable PDF study guides that work in Adobe Reader. Anybody else doing something similar? Would this work in your context?

These forms are developed in LiveCycle Designer, and feature dynamic elements such as:

• expandable text fields
• "collapsable" sections for hiding sections not currently in use (e.g.- instructions after they have been read)
• validation of text or number fields

I've started working with small groups (5-6 at a time) of children ages 10-16 who have significant emotional and behavioral issues. These children have limited attention spans, communication skills and minimal computer exposures. I have provided cameras and field trips to take pictures. To date, I have done the "processing" of the pictures through Photoshop BUT would like the kids themselves to have the experience of working with Photoshop either through iPad apps or one-one or small groups. Looking for some best practices, resources or groups to link up with in Los Angeles area.

For those already doing some work in the classroom around Flash Stage3D game or simulation frameworks like Away3D, Alternativa, Proscenium, and the like... what tooling is being used to create models and such for use within this environment. Looking for first-hand implementations rather than simple possibilities.

Does anyone have a sample of a photo, video, work release (or not release) they use for their students they are willing to share?

How do we inspire educators to design curricula that will encourage creativity? Is it possible to change from a test based evaluation of students to a project based student evaluation system? What will it take to make the case that student can and will learn with a suite of creative tools?

Anyone willing to share their experiences with using Adobe Proto for Education?

I've had a few opportunities to use this wireframing/prototyping app on iPad with a few customers. It's a very different experience using a tablet up close with a client verses have a laptop with a keyboard getting in the way. The tablet brings the client and I closer together on collaborating which I like. Also, drawing gestures to create objects on the screen while we discuss things brings a wow factor into our conversations which is really kind of fun. People are generally in awe with Adobe Proto. I like its ability to quickly create wireframes that I can later add interactivity (links) to and send to the Creative Cloud for clients to later preview. I'm liking the experience!

Abobe mobile does not support flash based content, something we easily forget and now needs to be taken into account. In the visual design curriculum it is centred around digital portfolios (and the curriculae are also presented as PDF portfolios to download). On the Ipad these will have limited viewing. Most portfolios will work in flie list mode, but not all The Visual Design CS6 ie will not work on my iPad, the Digital Video CS6 I got to work just fine (in file list mode).

I am nt sure if this should affect how we present our courses, I just wanted to give a heads up (and an explanation why it may not look on iPad as on a desktop)