Announcements

Hello ACE Community! ✨We're deep into September now, report cards for the first grading period are on the horizon for some of you, routines have settled, and this month gave us a lot to celebrate. Let's catch up on everything that happened.Our First Global, Combined ACE Community Call 🎉In September, ACE Leaders and ACE Innovators came together for the first time in one shared, global Community Call. Nearly 200 educators from all around and the energy carried straight through both. We shared resources like the ACE Leader Toolkit which has the registration link for our October Community Call listed too: adobe.ly/eduaceleadertoolkitRight after, Student Ambassador Site Leads stuck around for a continuation session. Thank you to everyone for your time and conversation! It’s exciting to see ACE Leaders stepping into official Student Ambassador Site Lead roles, giving their students a clear path to lead, create, and connect before they graduate and find a continued space for them as Higher E

​​The Creative Kick Off is Here 🎉Hello ACE Community! ✨New school year, new energy — and this one comes with a stacked lineup of Guided Activities to help you and your students kick things off in Adobe Express. We're calling it The Creative Kick Off, and it's a whole playlist built for the first weeks of school: icebreakers, "get to know you" projects, and a few playful character-building activities that make a great first impression for your classroom community.  👉 adobe.ly/creativekickoffB2S New & Refreshed Guided Activities: 🎬 Customize an Animated Introduction (New!)Students build a personalized "Meet Me" profile in a layered, scrapbook-style collage — combining text, photos, stickers, and design elements to tell their story, then bring it to life with animation and their own voice. It's personal storytelling with a creative twist, and a fantastic showcase piece for a Classroom Gallery.Design Focus: Personal storytelling through layered, scrapbook-inspired composition.Skills

Now Available: Multi Class Assignment Creation! 🎉 Heavily requested feature for educators using Classrooms and creating assignments, you now can assign the same one to multiple classrooms, at once! ⚡️Special thanks to educators in Broward School District in Florida, many educators in Texas, and Michael House who submitted for upvoting! 🙌 The voice of our Adobe Creative Educator Community is amazing! Why this matters:This streamlines your work, reducing repetitive actions, and gets the same assignment sent to up to 5 classes.At the recent Adobe Education Summit, assignment sharing was discussed with our developers and our team is so happy to make this possible!  How to do this:In the Classrooms section, select create assignment.  Enter the assignment details then select the dropdown and select up to 5 classes:   Select Assign 🎉 OR Open an assignment, activity, or template you have created and select Assign at the top of the page. Edit the title and select the dropdown choosing u

Hello ACE Community! ✨Can you feel it? That first-week-of-school buzz is back. Fresh notebooks, freshly decorated classrooms, name and locker tags that haven't been colored on yet.Last month, we let creativity stretch out into summer mode, carrying our end-of-year reflection activities into slower, sunnier days. This month, the energy flips completely. It's launch time. New rosters, new routines, and a whole lot of "who are you, and what's your story?" So we're kicking off the year with a playlist built for exactly that.The Creative Kick Off is Here 🎉New school year, new energy, and this one comes with a stacked lineup of Guided Activities to help you and your students start strong in Adobe Express. We're calling it The Creative Kick Off: a whole playlist built for the first weeks of school, packed with icebreakers, "get to know you" projects, and a few playful character-building activities that make a great first impression for your classroom community.➡️ Explore the playlist here: a

Welcome to the Adobe Creative Educator (ACE) Leader Community — a space built for educators who believe creativity is more than something we teach. It's part of how we grow, and it's how our students find their voice. Inside this community, you’ll find: Conversations that spark curiosity (and joy) Projects and ideas you can adapt across subjects and grade levels Educators who share freely — what worked, what didn't, and what's next Creative inspiration across all Adobe tools from Express to Photoshop, Premiere, Firefly, and beyond Student Ambassador program resources that help you put students in the driver's seat — amplifying their voice, creativity, and leadership in and beyond your classroom Leadership opportunities that help you grow your impact whether that's presenting, mentoring, or guiding peers…and so much more. ✨Because here's what we believe: when educators feel seen, heard, and valued, they show up even better for the students who are the reason we do all of this. You don’t

GOALLLLL!!! 🏆 ⚽️ A big YAWL (You Ask, We Listen) win for the Adobe Education Community, especially for students!Comic Creator in Adobe Express for Education was released just months ago and NOW it's available for ALL students and educators K-12!! An ask from educators and students - now available because #AdobeComics was #CreatedWithStudents! 🙌I took a moment thinking of my younger self, that crazy kid wearing half a soccer ball for a hat at 9-10 years old, and what kind of conversation would I have with them. 🤪Empowering our students, even those under 13, to create with Comic Creator gives them a channel to tell some incredible stories, share their dreams for the future, and be creative in so many new ways about their interests, passions, and what they are learning. 💫What kind of story will you and your students make? What kind of positive impact will you encourage your kids and students to have and how they make others feel? ❤️🌟 Make it happen now: https://adobe.ly/comiccreatorW

Hello ACE Community! ✨We made it! The school year is officially behind most of us, and the calendar has finally exhaled.Last month, we closed things out with reflection — yearbook personas, vibe-check posters, story carousels, and audiograms that helped students name how far they'd come. This month, the doors are open! Maybe your students are fully into summer mode, maybe your library is gearing up for summer reading, maybe you're running a camp or a summer program, or maybe you're quietly planning for fall from a hammock (no judgment). Wherever you are, here's the thing: creativity doesn't take a vacation. So we're carrying those same four challenges into June, reframed for the season of long days, open time, and room to wander. June Creative ActivitiesIllustrate Your Yearbook Persona — Students design a personalized page that captures who they are right now: their identity, interests, and the version of themselves they're stepping into this summer. ➡️ Try it here: adobe.ly/creativewr

Building, Creating, and Learning WITH CommunityHey friends! 👋 The Adobe team has been busy hearing from YOU and your ideas to help make building, creating, and learning Adobe with your classrooms easier and more enjoyable! Keep sharing your, “I wish Adobe could…” ideas and feedback because our team takes note. You never know, your idea could be in the next update! Add them to the comments below!June Updates: 1.    Comic Creator2.    Generate Activity3.    Public Galleries#1: Comic Creator is available for educators GLOBALLY! 🌐Martha shared earlier and your feedback helped shape and smash some bugs in the beta. Now, we’re excited that Comic Creator in Adobe Express for Education is now available GLOABLLY!What it does:Adobe Comics is now a clickable tile right on the Adobe Express for Education homepage. Educators and students can jump right into crafting a creative comic.  After entering your topic and some details, select what kind of comic you want to create:Open-ended Problem-solut

The week at ISTE was electric and featured YOU our community through and through!Reflecting on the week, it still brings a big smile to my face seeing the joy, learning, and a-ha moments at the Adobe booth and in ALL the sessions led by ACE Innovators and Leaders! This year was super special with student voice being celebrated and empowered with our Adobe Student Ambassadors ranging from middle school to higher education! Even before the doors opened and thousands of steps walked the conference halls, our team connected with ACE Innovator and University of Central Florida Professor and Limbitless Solutions Creative Director Matt Dobrowski and many other higher education faculty for an Adobe + Limbitless Solutions Higher Education event at the University of Central Florida Limbitless Solutions lab.  Beyond the technology and the curriculum strategies, what stood out most was the profound human connection. I watched faculty members meet face-to-face for the very first time, and witnessed

  Welcome to the Adobe Creative Educator (ACE) Leader Community — a space built for educators who believe creativity is more than something we teach. It's part of how we grow, and it's how our students find their voice. Inside this community, you’ll find: Conversations that spark curiosity (and joy) Projects and ideas you can adapt across subjects and grade levels Educators who share freely — what worked, what didn't, and what's next Creative inspiration across all Adobe tools from Express to Student Spaces, Photoshop, Premiere, Firefly, and beyond Student Ambassador program resources that help you put students in the driver's seat — amplifying their voice, creativity, and leadership in and beyond your classroom Leadership opportunities that help you grow your impact whether that's presenting, mentoring, or guiding peers…and so much more. ✨Because here's what we believe: when educators feel seen, heard, and valued, they show up even better for the students who are the reason we do all

 Join our weekly livestreams on YouTube!❤️ Be sure to 🔔 Subscribe! Organized for ease, all Adobe Live: Education Edition events are available on-demand! Catch the replay of your favorite here: adobe.ly/AdobeEducationEditionPlaylist Design more. Stress less. Teach with Adobe. 

Hello ACE Community! ✨Can you believe we're here already? May. The home stretch. The final pages of the school year being written in real time.Last month, we explored alignment and juxtaposition — watching students discover how unexpected pairings can transform meaning and spark surprise. From lemon-balloons to reptile-eye coffee cups, your students proved (yet again) that creative storytelling lives in the connections we make.This month, we're closing out the year with something a little different. Instead of one challenge, we're sharing four End of Year Creative Wrap-Up activities designed to help students reflect on who they've become, what they've learned, and the moments that shaped their year. May Creative Wrap-Up Activities:Illustrate Your Yearbook Persona — Students design a personalized yearbook page that highlights their identity, achievements, and memories from the year. ➡️ Try it here: adobe.ly/creativewrapup1  Design a Vibe Check Poster — Students design a decorative poste

Planning to wrap up a successful ISTE by attending Disney After Hours at Hollywood Studios? If so, the Adobe team is going to be there to celebrate with you! 🎬 ✨Join us for the ISTE Adobe After Party on Wednesday, July 1 from 9:30 PM – 12:30 AM. Come hang with us for food, drinks, and fun! 🌴For details and RSVP click: https://adobe.ly/isteadobeafterparty Who else is planning to be at ISTE this year? Let us know in the comments. 👇Adobe for Education team illustrated at Disney Hollywood Studios. Text on screen,”Greetings from Hollywood Studios ISTE Adobe After Party Wednesday, July 1, 9:30 PM - 12:30 AM. " 

Hello ACE Community!Comic Creator just launched inside Adobe Express for Education, and as ACEs, you're among the first educators in the world to get hands on it. Students will get access at ISTE in June, which gives us a window this month to preview it with classes and bring real student voice back to the team.Comic Creator was shaped by educator feedback from the start, and that input is still actively informing what comes next. Your students bring the thinking — the prompt, the character choice, the visual theme, the dialogue, the sequencing — and Comic Creator helps them get a draft on the page in minutes so they can focus on revising and refining their story.A quick note on timing: Comic Creator is rolling out gradually to EDU accounts and is expected to reach everyone by around May 7th. If you don't see it in Adobe Express yet, give it a few days and check back — it's on its way.Here's the ask: Take about ten minutes this week to preview Comic Creator with a class. Demo it on scr

Good morning,  I am so thrilled to kick-off our ACE Global Book Club.  This week we are diving into the Intro and Chapters 1-4. Did anyone else feel like the author, Tim Needles, totally gets them? I felt myself saying " Yes, this what I needed to hear" The entire time I was reading.  My biggest takeaways: Art is accesible to every single person and every single student. Art doesn't have to be traditional. It's all about letting our students explore and be creative. So many of us focus on all the compenents of STEAM, but forget to incorporate art.  Questions to discuss: How do we as educators build safe spaces to allow our students opportunites to learn from their failures and grow?  No matter what you teach, how do you intentially embed creativity and art into the curriculum and allow students to express themselves?Tim mentions that limitation breed creativity and critical thinking. Why does upcycling really reflect this

Hello fabulous ACEs! Something exciting is happening on April 21st, World Creativity and Innovation Day, and we want YOU to be part of it. We're hosting the ACE Create-a-Thon: Day of Creativity — a 24-hour global celebration where Adobe Creative Educators across the world will be creating, connecting, and answering one big question: What story does your creativity tell the world? For 24 consecutive hours, our community will come together through live Create Along sessions, a global Community Quilt in Adobe Express, Student Ambassador spotlights, and, this is where YOU come in, Classroom Connections. What are Classroom Connections?This is your chance to pair your students with a classroom from another part of the world for a creative exchange on April 21st. Imagine your students in Texas collaborating with a classroom in Tokyo, or your learners in London connecting with peers in Lagos, all creating together in Adobe Express. Whether you connect live via video call or share work asynchro

Hello fabulous ACE community!If you're joining a Create Along session during the Day of Creativity, this is YOUR space to share what you make.Drop your creation below — finished piece, work in progress, beautiful creative chaos, all welcome. Tell us:Which session inspired it What story your creativity tellsWe can't wait to see what comes out of this 24 hours together. Because really, what do we create when we create together? ❤️ Your Adobe for Education Community Team

Hello ACE Community! ✨ April takes us deeper into our Design Skills Series, and this month's concept is one of those "once you see it, you can't unsee it" moments. Last month, we explored balance in design, how designers use visual weight, symmetry, and asymmetry to create harmony and clarity. This month's challenge focuses on alignment and juxtaposition helping students discover how placing unexpected elements together can create meaning, surprise, and powerful visual storytelling. ➡️ April Guided Activity: Learn Alignment and Juxtaposition Try it here: adobe.ly/aprilchallenge26In this activity, students create their own composite from two different images, learning how alignment and juxtaposition work together to transform composition. Think lemon meets balloon. Reptile eye meets coffee cup. The magic is in the unexpected pairing and suddenly students are seeing connections everywhere they look. The results? Striking, surprising, and wildly fun to share. Like the rest of this series,

Hello ACE Community! ✨March brings us to the second activity in our Design Skills Series, where students continue building the foundational skills that help them think like designers. Last month, we explored emphasis and movement, how designers guide the viewer’s eye to what matters most. This month’s challenge focuses on balance in design, helping students experiment with how visual elements work together to create harmony, clarity, and strong communication. ➡️ March Guided Activity: Learn Balance in DesignTry it here: https://adobe.ly/adobemarchchallenge In this activity, students experiment with different t-shirt designs while exploring how designers balance images, color, and composition. Instead of simply placing elements randomly, they begin thinking intentionally about visual weight, symmetry, asymmetry, and how designs feel to the viewer. Like the rest of this series, the goal isn’t just creating something that “looks good.”It’s helping students understand why certain design ch

Hello ACE Community! ✨This month, we’re introducing a brand-new direction for our Guided Activities!February kicks off our Design Skills Series, a monthly focus on the building blocks of strong visual communication.Rather than focusing on a polished final product, this series helps students learn how to think like designers making intentional choices that guide the viewer’s eye and communicate one clear idea.Students will explore the why behind good design, beginning with emphasis and movement!February Guided Activity: Learn Emphasis & Movement➡️ Try it here: https://adobe.ly/adobefebchallengeUsing Adobe Express, students create a simple poster that communicates one clear message by intentionally using contrast, scale, placement, and movement. It’s less about “making it pretty” and more about understanding why certain design choices work.Why This MattersThis challenge represents a meaningful shift in how we support creative learning. Instead of starting with templates that look fin

Hi ACE friends, One of my favorite parts of this community is how much we learn just by listening to one another. After our January meetup with Lauren and Rachael, and hearing how they use podcasting with their students to elevate voice and confidence, I kept thinking about how powerful audio can be for connection. I also know how full your days are! So this month, we’re sharing Creative Pulse, a short audio check-in designed to help you stay connected to the ACE Leader community in under two minutes. It’s a quick January recap, a few community shout-outs, a YAWL moment you helped make happen, and what’s coming up next. I’ve added a short audiogram to this post (created with Adobe Podcast) so you can listen right here. ⬇️ If you give it a listen, I’d love to know what you think! Grateful to be learning alongside you,❤️ Martha

Hello ACE Community!! ❤️   November always feels like that perfect in-between moment: routines are flowing, creative projects are taking shape, and there’s still a little breathing room before the winter rush. This space is our monthly gathering spot to connect, swap ideas, and celebrate what’s happening in your classrooms, libraries, and maker spaces.   How to Join In Drop a link to your social post, video, or blog from November. Add a quick reflection: What was your favorite moment or biggest takeaway? Use the Reply button so everything stays in one thread (easier for us all to scroll and celebrate together!).   Not sure what to share? Try out this month's creative challenge: design a plush pal! Use generative AI to design a playful plush pal for someone special: https://adobe.ly/plushpal    Idea Sparks: Have students design plush pals that represent kindness, curiosity, or creativity. Create a “Plush Pal Parade” wall where ea