While this can be beneficial (e.g., students develop their technology skills), we encourage you to think about ways that Adobe Spark can modify or redefine in-class learning Learning Activitiesĭesign: With all three Adobe Spark tools, students learn the different techniques of designing digital media.

Redefinition: Spark allows enhanced customization and sharing with interested readers.įar too often, technology is used as a direct substitute for other low-tech tools (e.g., pencil and paper).

Modification: Stories made with Adobe Spark can be easily shared digitally online.

Augmentation: Videos, graphics, and multimedia posts enrich storytelling methods.

Substitution: Students use Adobe Spark in place of traditional storytelling techniques.

Here is an example of how Adobe Spark might fit within the SAMR model: As you strive to incorporate online tools into your classroom, we encourage you to use this model as an analytical tool to determine if Adobe Spark’s learning benefits fit your needs. Ruben Puentedura’s SAMR model offers a way to examine how technology has changed learning. Video: With Adobe Spark Video, students are able to easily create videos for social media, that can be customized with text, images, icons, and narration. Page: Adobe Spark Page is a great way for students to format their written work into an online, interactive, and visually appealing manner, as opposed to a plain old story on a document or blog. Post: Adobe Spark Post is a great way for students to create attention-grabbing graphics that can be customized in a variety of ways to fit the needs of the post’s message. Yes (with parental consent for COPPA) FERPA Statement Knowledge Constructor, Creative communicator *Adobe Spark is now called Creative Cloud Express (02/2022). If you are struggling to get students excited about showing their understanding of a topic or presenting information, try Adobe Spark, where they can easily submerge themselves in storytelling! Adobe Spark can be a very useful and interesting learning tool for K-12 teachers. In addition to the Adobe Spark website, each of the three different tools has corresponding mobile apps that make creating and editing projects much easier and able to be altered on the go. When designing in any of the three apps, changes are saved in an online cloud, which ensures users never lose their progress.

Created on May 2016, the tool is comprised of three separate design applications: Post (graphic design), Page (web design), and Video. With the platform, users can create and customize all sorts of visuals to share knowledge in an interactive manner. Adobe Spark* is an online creative application and integrated storytelling platform.

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