Producing content for mobile devices raises the issue of testing the content in a situation as close as possible to the reality. Most of the time, you’ll only test the HTML 5 output of Captivate only on the mobile device you own or, even worse, in the desktop version of an HTML 5 web browser. If you are a Mac user, there is an easy way to test the behavior of your Captivate HTML 5 content on iOS devices, without even owning such a device.

Use this interactive PDF to self-assess your comfort level with creativity in the classroom. This resource is designed for use with the Adobe Professional Development Workshop, "Explore Creativity in Today's Classrooms." (Coming soon.)

In this resource I share a form created using Adobe Forms Central for submitting digital images. I use the form to help students think about and reflect on the various elements of style within their image. I grounded these elements in a document from Tarek Bahaa's lesson on composition. This is also a good way to collect student images to share them with the class and discuss their assessment of their image. You can have the students defend why they r...See more

This project is used to enhance the students skills when using the Pen tool.

This project is used as an assessment after the students have been working with the Pen tool for about two weeks.

I have the students also create a black and white copy because when all have been submitted, I assemble a class coloring book in InDesign and give each student a copy.

If you see any errors or have suggestions. Feel free to let me know. :)

I zipped together some of my miscellaneous yearbook files that I have used over the years to keep the book and the staff organized. As anyone who tackles Yearbook knows - it is a daunting task. These are all InDesign files - so modify to suit your needs. I hope these help.

Adobe Muse software enables you to create HTML websites for desktop and mobile devices, without writing code. In this recorded presentation, you will hear from Professor Mark Dubois, to see how design web-standard sites, let you design print layouts. Understand how professors in many disciplines can c...See more

On April 9, I gave a webinar on how Adobe MUSE can be used by educators. I provided an example website. There is also a recording of the session. Links below should take you to the appropriate resources.

I teach Saxon 54 (4th grade). This lesson is part of lesson 3. To try the lesson, go to http://justabitmoore.weebly.com/sequences.html,

I teach Saxon 54 (4th grade). This is one of the topics in lesson 1.

Try the swf version at http://justabitmoore.weebly.com/ssm.html

This presentation on speed, velocity, and acceleration is designed for middle school level students. The presentation is closed captioned and has a search feature to assist students in finding slides with the topic they are looking for. This presentation also includes how to do the math for finding average speed, velocity, and free-fall. The lesson ends with a drag and drop activity for matching units with the type of motion from the presentation.

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This middles school presentation covers the relationship of electricity to the four fundamental forces, the electroscope (complete with animations for conduction and induction), simple electrical circuits (batteries, LED, closed/open circuit, resistors), series and parallel circuits, and magnetism.

Try it at http://justabitmoore.weebly.com/middle-school-level.html

The illustrations in the presentation are avail...See more

These templates can be imported into the photo layer of the Ideas app on the ipad to support pupils with the layout of their sketches.

Upload the images to your Creative Cloud files area and bring them into Ideas from there.

Watch this video to recap how to open the template files in Ideas.

Everyone has a favorite book - whether it is a beloved story read by parents or a gripping novel. Using the idea spawned by the American Library Association some 20 years ago, students create photographs that will reflect the concept of a specific fiction, non-fiction, or children's book.

(Project adopted with permission from Daniel Harris, Poway High School).

This simple file teaches beginners how to scan a photo into Photoshop CS6 step by step.

Students will shoot and post to the internet 2 photos per week related to a theme chosen from a list provided in this assignment. .pdf, .ind, and .idml files provided so that you can customize this assignment for your classroom. This assignment has worked out really well for me. At the end of the semester, the students create an Acrobat Portfolio of their themed work. This project could be used for Art or Graphic Design as well.

Students design a logo for the Fish Factory restaurant. Includes directions, interactive .pdf file with links to resources, rubric. InDesign.idml file included (the assignment instructions etc) so that you can easily customize it for your own classroom.

This is a FormsCentral design template of an exam given to my Beginning Digital Photography students. The questions are very basic. To use the template, open FormsCentral and go to File>Open and select the FCDT file. You can revise it completely to suit your needs. I have also included a .pdf version of the form.

Photoshop is a powerful tool for editing images that you can use for everything from removing red eye from snapshots to creating immersive environments for digital games. Level Up for Photoshop is a game that teaches you Photoshop.

Your Mission: Beat Level Up, learn Photoshop, and share your experience.

1) Open Photoshop

2) Go to Window > Extensions and select “Level Up.” When the game opens, create a username.

3) Play Level Up. Beat as many missions as you c...See more

I provide a short introduction to Adobe Brackets in this weblog post. Brackets is an open source HTML, CSS, and JavaScript editor. Since it is written in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, it is also highly extensible. I cover how to download and install extensions as well (and list those I find most useful).

Here's another version of the silhouette tutorial using Photoshop Touch, which is not also available for iOS or Android phones or other devices. This tutorial is fairly easy, and a fun project for kids of any age.

(See also the Photoshop tutorial to do the same thing.)

Click https://crea...See more

Explanation of Concept Mapping

A Concept Map is a visual representation illustrating how the creator understands relationships between concepts. The concepts can be any combination of things, people, ideas, arguments, solutions, places, etc. Concept mapping moves the learner from simply recalling facts to understanding relationships between ideas. It encourages more complex and meaningful thinking.

Explanation of how I use Concept Mapping

This lesson highlights some of...See more

A one-sheet PDF developed by Clarity Innovations that provides a basic overview of project based learning including some Web resources, books, and other tools.

This video will show you how to implement CSS styling into your HTML file using three different ways. Embedded, Inline and the favorite External Stylesheets. I try to help you understand how they work and how to add them to your HTML tags.

This tutorial will show you how to integrate Flash & FlashBuilder. So when you want to use Flash as a tool to create your library of assets and then FlashBuilder to program your game or application in. This tutorial will be best for you.