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This month, instead of focusing on an ISTE standard, we are hosting the 12 days of Digimas, celebrating different ways we can use the Jordan Big 6 tech tools. To celebrate all things Adobe, here are 12 creative ways to use Adobe in your classroom:

12: 20 Minimalist Movie Poster Ideas (Blog Post) - Learn how to visualize and create your own minimalist movie poster with this guide, then get started on yours with hundreds of free customizable templates from Adobe Express.

11: Guide to AI text effects from Adobe Express (Tutorial) - Check out this tutorial for how to use generative AI to add cool special effects to text in any design!

10:  Templates (Video) - Don't start from scratch! Save time this school year by using one of 1000s of templates in Adobe Express.

9: Your Year in Review (Express Challenge) - In this challenge, students and educators look back and reflect on this year's challenges and successes, then share their thoughts in Adobe Express.

8: Become an AI Whisperer (Blog Post) - With just a few simple words, you can harness the power of AI image generators and bring your wildest visual ideas to life.

7: How to spruce up your PDF in Adobe Express (Tutorial) - Just because PDFs are useful doesn’t mean they have to be boring. You can take all the features described in this post and apply them to creative efforts as well, further cracking open the wild world of PDFs.

6: Breakout EDU and Adobe Express: Integrating to Unlock Student Creativity (Video) - Breakout EDU now features an integration with Adobe Express. Students can now create slick game clues using Adobe Express collages and templates to increase end-user engagement on their games.

5: Quick Check-In (Express Challenge) - In this challenge, educators and students create a poster with Adobe Express to help build their growth mindset and check-in on their successes.

4: Getting Started with video editing in Adobe Express (Blog Post) - Tell your story with video.

3: Understanding the Basic Principles of Graphic Design (Tutorial) - Here we’ve compiled a guide to principles that we think will strengthen your compositions in Adobe Express.

2: Everything All At Once in Adobe Express (Video) - Find any element, media or template in Adobe Express all at once!

1: Animate from Audio (Express Challenge) - In this challenge, students bring their projects to life using the Animate from Audio feature in Adobe Express.

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The latest edition of Navigating Nearpod focuses on how to use the Nearpod Google Add-on to create an interactive Nearpod lesson for a Virtual Learning (Snow) Day.  You will find template links to a Google Slide presentation ready for you to add your content for a virtual learning experience.  The video on the first page walks you through how to use the add-on as well as how you could use the presentation slides to create your own Nearpod lesson in Nearpod.

Navigating Nearpod - December by Deanna Taylor

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With the winter months upon us it is now time to think about being prepared for the possibility of virtual learning days. This slide deck introduces Canva's library of Ready-to-Teach lessons and how they could be utilized for virtual learning days. You will also find instructions for how to use Canvas to distribute Canva Learning materials and have students submit assignments. Not a Canvas user? Learn how you can assign students work and have them submit it back to you directly in Canva. Lastly, this slide deck highlights two example lessons that you could utilize as is or make edit to fit your needs.

Canva for Virtual Learning Day by Colby Hawkins

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To go along with this resource, Larisa Nageli created a wonderful template for student Canvas Cards and also a presentation on how to use the Canva Bulk Create feature to create these cards.  Go through the presentation below to find out how to easily create your Canvas Home Access cards for your students using Bulk Create. Click on the Card image below to access the Canva template.

Canvas Take Home Card w/skyward by Larisa Nageli

Canvas Student Cards