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VOL 1, ISSUE 1 APRIL 1, 2019

Cain’s Corner
Authentic Reflections of Learning & Impact

Adobe Spark Ignites Love of Reading


In Grade 6, literature teacher Maggie Menkus has challenged her students
to share the highlights from a recently read novel with peers, in order to
demonstrate understanding of the book as well as inspire others to read the
book too. Rather than use a traditional book report or slideshow
presentation, Maggie challenged her students to use Adobe Spark, a free
platform that offers users the opportunity to express ideas with a variety of Mary Morgan
“I like that Adobe
audiences, media,
Spark is more
and formats. It’s a customizable than
unique, engaging Google Slides. I can
tool to create and choose how much
share stories. time to give each
slide, or scene.”

Maggie notes that


students look
forward to creating
their trailers,
commenting, “This
is a fun
demonstration of
learning, more than writing about their books. We have video trailer 'parties' Anna Kathryn
once a month. Little do they know they are learning and getting ideas on “My favorite thing
which book they will read next!” about Adobe Spark
is that you can
choose how you
want to format
different things, and
1 2 3 it comes with stock
photos and music.
Plus those photos
SIGN IN GET STARTED CHOOSE A FORMAT already come with
Go to https:// Click the blue + circle Choose from several credits so I can
spark.adobe.com/edu at the top to create a formats, including easily cite my work.”
and sign in (with Google) new project Instagram post, photo
collage, menu, & more.

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Apple Teacher Certification
Free, online self-paced professional learning opportunities re: Macs & iPads

As we expand our iPad program next year from K-3 to K-8, teachers are taking this opportunity to
learn more about Apple devices by becoming Apple Certified teachers. So far, Margaret Gunter, Emily
Edwards, Claire Christerson, and Allyson Campbell have earned Apple Teacher Certification.

“I've been curious to go through the Apple training for quite some
time now and ATC was a quick, practical, and painless way to do
this on my own schedule. Apple really did a great job breaking the
trainings into small, manageable pieces that could easily be
completed in several settings.” - Claire Christerson, Glenn
Campus IT

"I wanted to become Apple Teacher Certified so I could learn more


about the devices that I use daily and that my students will be
working with next year. This has equipped me with the tools to use
new technologies with my students to create, explore, and grow.”
- Emily Edwards, Lower School Teacher

Interested in learning more about the built-in features of your Mac or iPad? The Apple Teacher
website offers resources to learn more about these devices in general, as well as specific programs
such as iMovie, GarageBand, Pages, and more. Earn certification through the Mac track, the iPad
track, or both.

If you are interested in becoming Apple Teacher Certified, navigate to appleteacher.apple.com and
sign in with an Apple ID (an Apple ID tied to a personal email address is recommended). Who will be
next to earn ATC?

TIPS TO TRY / RESOURCES TO REVIEW


Google Drive Tip

• If you often ask students or colleagues to make a copy of a Google doc that you have created, you
can force users to make a copy of a Google doc by adding /copy to the end of the Google doc URL.

Two Awesome Resources to Follow

• Free Tech for Teachers: https://www.freetech4teachers.com/

• Cult of Pedagogy: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/

Next issue:

• Podcasting in the classroom | Faculty favorite apps

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