Adobe Express – Page 2 – West Lothian Digital Learning Team

Enhancing Digital Skills at Seafield PS

This afternoon, one of our Digital Pedagogy Officers held a training session with the staff at Seafield Primary, specifically focusing on the Microsoft Learning Accelerators, Microsoft Accessibility Tools, and Adobe Express, to build engagement and support all learners.

Adobe Express offers great opportunities for collaboration, feedback, engagement and creativity. Today, staff explored a number of features, but particularly enjoyed the ‘Animate Your Voice’ function, producing some cute results.

Staff explored how to use or further embed the use of the Microsoft Learning Accelerators and Accessibility tools, to support ALL learners.

The tools we looked at today included:

Reflect
Reading Progress & Reading Coach
Search Progress
Immersive Reader
Dictate
Accessibility within Microsoft Edge

It was great having an in person session. I really liked that it was informative but also informal so we could ask questions specifically relating to our own class or our own level of knowledge. Thanks! 😊Class Teacher

It was great to learn more about Adobe Express and I have now added all pupils in the class with lots of thoughts on how we can use this in the near future.

P6/7 Teacher

We are looking forward to seeing how these tools are used across the school in the near future. Good luck Seafield, and thanks for a great session today.

Unleashing Creativity with Adobe Express

Recently, the Digital Learning Team joined Education Scotland on a visit to find out how schools were integrating Adobe Express into their classrooms. We found some very exciting lessons going on across P5-7 at Bankton Primary School in Livingston.

What made the lessons stand out was the seamless integration of digital tools that enhanced the high quality teaching and learning which was already going on in the classrooms.

Highlights included:

Each lesson featured clear learning intentions and success criteria.
The environment allowed for learners to collaborate, support, and share ideas freely.
The projects had a distinct purpose. Most learners articulated, in their own words, the reasons behind their video or poster creations and their intended audience. This understanding guided their choices of creative elements within Adobe Express, allowing for thoughtful and intentional design.
Learners drew upon their research and discussions from previous lessons, weaving this knowledge into their projects, which showcased not only their creativity but also their depth of understanding.

“I think Adobe Express is great because it helps you to create an image. You can choose what you want it to look like and you learn a lot. It’s fun making things and I like it. There’s still so much to learn on it. It’s easy to delete it if you don’t like parts of it. You use lots of creativity!”
P5B Learner

Adobe Express is accessible through the tile on your school Glow launchpad.

Click here for more information.