Category Archives: Adobe Express

Scottish Digital Literacy Week

Scottish Digital Literacy Week 2025
Scottish Digital Literacy Week 2025

Educator webinars

Launch and Update on Digital Literacy Guidance: May 7, 2025 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

The aim of this webinar is to provide an overview of Scottish Digital Literacy Week 2025 and provide updates on the development of digital literacy as part of the Curriculum Improvement Cycle that is being undertaken.

Creating ELC family newsletters with Adobe Express in Glow May 12, 2025 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Emma from the Adobe Express for Education Team in this beginners demo session, as she takes us on a guided tour of creating your own interactive and accessible nursery newsletters.

Educator webinar – Digital Schools Award (Scotland) May 12, 2025 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm

The aim is to provide up-to-date and relevant information on the Digital Schools Award Scotland and the latest developments, including other awards for wellbeing, coding and early learning centres. 

Educator Webinar – Digital Citizenship  May 13, 2025 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm

The aim of this session is to set out a data justice approach, in which all young people have a right to information integrity. We are looking to engage teachers in processes of reflection on their own practice, drawing on examples of leading practice across the curriculum from our project so far.

Research Highlights with Dr Kate Cowan and The Froebel Trust May 13, 2025 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

In this 30 minute recording Kate will share insights from research highlight FROEBEL TRUST GUIDANCE FOR PRACTITIONERS ON DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION published in 2020.

Educator Webinar – Scottish Esports May 13, 2025 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The aim is to provide up-to-date and relevant information on Esports in Scotland. It will cover: the Scottish Esports Education landscape, pathways and organisations they can work with locally for engagement and the new HNC ESports being developed.

Research Highlights with Dr Lorna Arnott  May 14, 2025 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

In this 30 minute session Lorna will talk about her experiences and findings from research around what digital and online play looks like in practice.  Drawing on data from a recently completed ESRC funded project, Lorna will share examples of high quality and creative play experiences with babies and toddlers in family homes.  

Digital Learning Through Play Award in ELC May 15, 2025 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

This 30-minute information giving session is for ELC practitioners working across a range of ELC settings in Scotland to find out about the exciting Digital Learning Through Play Award in ELC.

In Person Training – Adobe Express for Education – DigiLearn May 14, 2025 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

During this in person event. you will gain hands-on training with Adobe Express and discover responsible generative AI tools that make teaching & learning experiences more engaging.

Adobe will have refreshments, snacks and more for all teachers to enjoy during the session!

Sharing practice

Sharing Practice Session: Digital Profiling in Aberdeenshire ELC Settings & Primary Schools  May 13, 2025 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Join us in this sharing practice session with Julia Rickard, Education Officer, Aberdeenshire and Nikki Kimbell, Educational Consultant at digital profiling platform Just2Easy, to discover how ELC settings and primary schools in Aberdeenshire are using the j2journal – Just2easy.

LIVE lessons

The Big Listening Quiz  May 12, 2025 9:00 am – 16, 2025 6:00 pm

The Big Listening Quiz is an audio quiz, where you will activate both your sense of sight and your sense of hearing. The quiz will have a variety of sounds (audio recordings) to listen to and a choice of pictorial answers. Once you think you have identified the sound, select the answer and move through each sound until you have reached the end.

Using Podcasts for Learning & Teaching with Adobe Express  May 13, 2025 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Learners will explore the basics of podcasts and will develop an episode on a topic. If learners could have a topic in mind that would hugely beneficial.

Using Podcasts for Teaching & Learning with Adobe  May 13, 2025 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Learners will explore the basics of podcasts and will develop an episode on a topic. If learners could have a topic in mind that would hugely beneficial.

Tech for Everything Assembly 1 with Tech She Can  May 14, 2025 10:00 am – 10:25 am

Tech for Everything Assembly 1 is the first assembly in a brand-new series for P7 and S1 students. This first assembly in the series focuses on the subjects of English, Languages, Music, Art and Drama.

Technology for Everything Assembly 1 with Tech She Can  May 13, 2025 2:00 pm – 2:25 pm

Tech for Everything Assembly 1 is the first assembly in a brand-new series for P7 and S1 students. This first assembly in the series focuses on the subjects of English, Languages, Music, Art and Drama.

CALL Scotland Early/First Level Accessible Read Along ’10 Dogs’.  May 15, 2025 10:00 am – 10:30 am

Join this 30 min accessible Live Read Along with Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Joanna Courtney from CALL Scotland who will take us through an accessible format of ’10 Dogs’ by by Louise Fitzgerald (Author) and Kate Hindley (Illustrator), from the BookBug P1 Family Bag.

Live Lesson – Playing and Making Games  May 16, 2025 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Callum Croughan from North Lanarkshire will deliver this live lesson on making games with MakeCode Arcade.

Live Lesson – Search for AI: Close reading not required?  May 16, 2025 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

The aim of the session is to foster critical information literacy, offering several examples of how search engines might not give you the most relevant information, with some suggested strategies for navigating digital spaces overloaded with information.

Adobe Express Latest News!

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Live Lessons – click below to book in your class!

Lesson Packs – click below and get the lesson plans in the video descriptions.

And finally, don’t forget to do an Express School Challenge in order to get free swag and a pizza party for your school!

Adobe Express

Here’s the monthly update for March. We’ve updated our teacher training to focus more specifically on different aspects of Express – Video / AI / Animation / Portfolios so even if you’ve done an ACE Level 1 before, the new sessions will deepen your skills and understanding.

  1. Sign up to the new Adobe Express live lessons (English & Cymraeg)

And don’t forget our Express School Challenge – swag prizes + pizza!

  1. Adobe Creative Educator – Teacher Training (English & Cymraeg)

Click below to join one of the live online Adobe Express training sessions coming up and get certified as an Adobe Creative Educator.

  1. Lesson Plans

 We’re busy building new lessons plans for the following list below. They’ll all be released here over the next 4 weeks. You can subscribe to get all the new lesson plans as they arrive.

  • Titanic – a second project
  • Earth Day
  • Space Day
  • VE Day

In the meantime, check out the current list:

Adobe Express @Dom_Traynor

Check out the latest offering from the Adobe Team below:

Sign up to the new Adobe Express live lessons (English & Cymraeg)

 And don’t forget our Express School Challenge – swag prizes + pizza!

  1. Beginner Lesson Plans for World Book Day

Please share this Book Villain activity with your KS1 or infant teaching colleagues – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbqbOMaQccw – it’s good for older pupils too but it’s a nice simple one for beginners.

For older or more experienced users, sign up to the World Book Day Live Lesson on 5/6th March.

  1. Adobe Creative Educator – Teacher Training (English & Cymraeg)

Click below to join one of the live online Adobe Express training sessions coming up and get certified as an Adobe Creative Educator.

  1. Lesson Plans

·       Teach Computing With Express – Spreadsheets/ Desktop publishing / Stop frame animation / Photo editing / Audio production / Vector graphics / Video production / Webpage creation

Adobe Express Latest News! @dom_traynor

Check out the latest CLPL opportunities from Adobe Express!
  1. Sign up to the new Adobe Express live lessons (English & Cymraeg)
  1. Adobe Creative Educator – Teacher Training (English & Cymraeg)

Click below to join one of the live online Adobe Express training sessions coming up.

  1. BETT 2025

Adobe will be at BETT UK 2025 from January 22-24 at the ExCeL London. Visit the Adobe booth #SR40 and sign up for sessions covering design tools, generative AI, building engagement and the collaboration features in Adobe Express. Meredudd & I, Emma & Nicole will be there!

  1. UK Teacher Facebook Group

Join our new UK Teacher Facebook Group where you will get all the latest updates, lesson plans, make requests and ask questions about using Adobe Express.

  1. Teach COMPUTING using Express

The Year 6 Spreadsheets module has just been released making 8 fully planned and resourced units of work tackling the NCCE Teach Computing curriculum.

Adobe Express Update @Dom_Traynor

Here is the latest offering for teaching Adobe Express with your class. Can you believe we’re talking about Christmas already?! Yes… you probably can…

Sign up to the new Adobe Express live lessons below.

Adobe Creative Educator – Teacher Training (English & Cymraeg)

Click below to join one of the live online Adobe Express training sessions coming up. Please share these with other teachers in your school.

Lesson Plans

There are 8 fully planned units of work for the NCCE Teach Computing curriculum.

Don’t forget this trusty list of lesson plans and video tutorials. These are popular ones this month.

Express School Challenges

If you’d like to become an Adobe Express Digital Lead School, take part in the Express School Challenges. Creativity, swag, awards and PIZZA in one big hit!

Adobe Express Update @Dom_Traynor

The Express School Challenges are here! Thanks for being patient with us – the Halloween and Recycling Week challenges are all ready to go.

Here is the latest offering for November (+end of October)

Sign up to the new Adobe Express live lessons below.

Adobe Creative Educator – Teacher Training (English & Cymraeg)

Click below to join a live online Adobe Express training session.

Teach COMPUTING using Express

All 8 NCCE Teach Computing units of work are now complete for Y3-6/P4-7.

Express School Challenges

  • Step 1 – Complete at least 1 project from the Express School Challenges with 100+ pupils or 4 year groups depending on school size
  • Step 2 – Teachers submit evidence of work via our form. On completion of a challenge, Adobe sends swag prizes to your school.
  • Step 3 – If your school completes 3 challenges in an academic year, you receive a pizza party, a Digital Leaders School Award + swag prizes. The organising teacher achieves Adobe Creative Educator School Leader status.