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This month’s focus is on Digital Access. Adobe Express is designed with the philosophy that creativity should be accessible to everyone, regardless of physical ability or technical expertise. For educators, this means the platform provides several built-in "guardrails" and tools that ensure student-created content is inclusive from the start.

Key Accessibility Features

  • Alt-Text for Images: Users can add alternative text descriptions to images. This is essential for screen readers, allowing students who are blind or have low vision to understand the visual context of a project.
  • Auto-Captioning for Video: Adobe Express can automatically generate synchronized captions for video projects. This not only supports students who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing but also improves comprehension for English Language Learners (ELL).
  • Accessible PDF Export: When students create documents or flyers, Adobe Express supports exporting to PDF with basic tagging structures. This makes the final file more navigable for assistive technologies.

By integrating these tools into the creative process, teachers can move beyond simply teaching accessibility to making it a standard part of every digital assignment.

Watch this short video for some great tips for keeping your digital projects accessible: https://youtu.be/2jN2zeGtFs4?si=1AKPRSnrY6Z5IUu9 

 

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This month, our Adobe Express spotlight is on becoming an Empathetic Communicator. In an era of digital noise, helping students bridge the gap between their internal feelings and their impact on others is essential. To bring this theme to life, we are highlighting a powerful project from educator Ramona Abraham-Coley: Student Identity Short Videos.

Cover images of three different student short video projects

She shares three easy-to-implement short video projects where students have to practice empathy and communication in a variety of ways.

  1. Students celebrate their voice, heritage, and community with The Sound of My Name video template.
  2. Students explore the locations around the world that influenced their identity with this Global Me storytelling video template.
  3. Students showcase a significant clothing item that reflects their heritage, religion, identity, or family narrative with this Threads of Me video template.

Bridging the Gap with Adobe Express

Empathetic communication begins with self-awareness. When students understand their own "why," they can more effectively share their stories with others. Using the intuitive video tools in Adobe Express, Ramona’s project encourages students to create short, punchy narratives that explore their unique backgrounds, values, and emotions.

How it works in the classroom:

  • Identify the Feeling: Students start by reflecting on an aspect of their identity that is often "invisible" to others.

  • Create the Connection: Using Adobe Express Video, students combine personal clips, icons, and voiceovers. This process forces them to consider how their creative choices—like music and pacing—affect the viewer's emotional response.

  • Measure the Impact: By sharing these videos, students receive immediate feedback on how their peers perceived their message, helping them "close the loop" on communication.

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By practicing vulnerability through video, students learn that their voices have the power to build bridges rather than walls. You can find Ramona Abraham-Coley’s full tutorial and more inspiration here: https://express.adobe.com/learn/tutorial/express%2Fedu%2Fedu-creator-ramona-abraham-coley?source=learn-main-page&playlist=playlist%2Fexpress%2Feducator-collections.

Text on a comic book style background "embrace challenges"

Challenge: Have your students create a 30-second "Identity Short" this week to practice sharing their perspective with empathy and clarity!

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Engage Your Student Citizens with a Media Diet Reflection

This month for our Adobe Update we are excited to share a dynamic new project using Adobe Express: Design a Web Page to Reflect on Your Media Diet perfect for developing Engaged Citizens. 

In this activity, students analyze their own media consumption, reflect on how information shapes their views, and then use Adobe Express to design web pages that visually represent their findings. This creative process builds critical media literacy, helping students understand the sources and impact of their daily information intake.

This project directly supports the Engaged Citizen element in our Portrait of a Graduate. By examining the role of media and sharing their reflections with peers, students learn to be informed, thoughtful participants in their communities. They develop the ability to question, evaluate, and act responsibly in a digital world—essential skills for contributing meaningfully to society now and in the future.

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This month’s resource is a powerful recorded session from Adobe’s Creative Community Week titled, “Prompting for Equity: A Hands-On Look at AI Bias” with Shira Moskovitz. 

This session guides educators through using Adobe Express’s AI image generation to explore the concept of AI bias in a vivid, accessible way. Participants learn how hidden biases can appear in AI-generated images, why this happens, and strategies for designing prompts that promote more inclusive and equitable results. The session also includes a ready-to-use classroom activity!

Regarding our PD focus this month on Digital Equity, this session is a timely resource for helping all students gain equal access to key digital tools and skills. Digital Equity=Ensuring all students can fully benefit from technology, regardless of background. 

By teaching students to recognize and challenge bias in AI, we’re not just building technical know-how—we’re empowering them to be ethical, engaged citizens, as outlined in our Portrait of a Graduate. When students understand the importance of fairness and inclusion in technology, they’re better equipped to participate meaningfully in today’s digital world.