LibGuides: Techie Tools for Teachers: Adobe Spark

Creating Flyers, Collages, and Posts with Adobe Spark

Adobe Spark Posts are collaborative tools for creating:

Ideas for Adobe Spark Application:

Create a slogan or inspirational quote.
Create a visual "Who Am I" poem.
Map out goals for the future that can be referred back to throughout the year.
Design a poster for a song or movie that inspires you.
Design a promotional poster for a historical event or an event that you would like to host or attend.
Respond visually to a teacher prompt, such as "What are the things that motivate you to work hard?"

Creating a Vision Board with Adobe Spark

Setting Goals: Create a Vision Board to Inspire Student Growth

Whether we are all together in a classroom setting or getting to know one another via remote learning, giving students a forum to tell their stories is a powerful way to encourage discourse, empower students, and set goals for the future. A vision board allows students to tell their teachers and classmates the stories of their lives and aspirations. A vision board is a valuable tools for holding oneself accountable, tracking progress of one's goals, organizing one's ideas, or simply putting one's dreams into concrete form. Teachers can use vision boards as a way to connect to students, get to know the students in their classroom, inspire, and motivate students to reach their goals. Vision boards have strong social emotional learning benefits and serve as cathartic and inspiring tools to help students set goals and identify obstacles.

Ideas for Application:

Create a slogan or inspirational quote.
Create a visual "Who Am I" poem.
Map out goals for the future that can be referred back to throughout the year.
Design a poster for a song or movie that inspires you.
Create a brain dump vision board that represents obstacles you hope to overcome in your life.
Design a promotional poster for an event that you would like to host or attend.
Respond visually to a teacher prompt, such as "What are the things that motivate you to work hard?"

Click Here for a Sample Vision Board Project

Creating Videos with Adobe Spark

Adobe Spark allows users to easily create stylish videos by uploading:

Images
Narration
Text
Online Videos (YouTube, Vimeo)
Icons and Graphics

Adobe Spark videos are collaborative, downloadable, and shareable.

Creating Web Pages with Adobe Spark

Spark Page is Adobe's web page (website) creation tool. Pages allows users to embed:

Text
Images
Video
Links
Slideshows and photo grids

With easy formatting settings and Adobe hosts your pages.

Spark pages can be used in the classroom to create:

Student portfolios
Visual narratives
Visual timelines of events or biographies
Explanation videos for scientific processes
Virtual tours
Presentations

You can find more ideas for classroom integration in this article "16 Ways to Motivate Students in the Classroom Using Adobe Spark"