ACE February Share Out 🎉

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/adobefebchallenge

Using 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 Matters

This challenge represents a meaningful shift in how we support creative learning. Instead of starting with templates that look finished, we’re helping students:

• Build foundational design thinking skills

• Understand how visuals communicate meaning

• Make purposeful choices—not just decorative ones

• Grow confidence as creators, one skill at a time

This approach aligns deeply with Adobe’s mission: everyone can create, especially when students are taught how creativity works.

What Students Practice

• Directing attention using emphasis

• Creating visual flow through movement

• Communicating a single, clear idea

• Thinking critically about design decisions

These are transferable skills students can apply across projects, subjects, and grade levels.

How to Join the Conversation

This thread is your space to share, reflect, and learn together all month long. Not just the guided activity for this month but any ways you are amplifying student voice and empowering the creators in your classrooms.

Jump in by:

• 📎 Sharing a student example or in-progress work
• 💭 Reflecting on what clicked for learners
• 💬 Responding here to celebrate growth and experimentation

Classroom Connection Ideas

One of the strengths of this activity is how easily it fits into what you’re already teaching. Because the focus is on emphasis and movement, students don’t need to create something complex, just intentional. These ideas work across grade levels and content areas with minimal setup.

• ELA: Design a poster that emphasizes a theme or central idea

• Social Studies: Highlight a key movement, event, or cause

• STEM: Communicate a process or concept visually

• Libraries & Makerspaces: A low-lift design thinking station focused on skill-building

We’re excited to see how students begin thinking like designers: experimenting, revising, and discovering that creativity is a skill you can grow! 

With curiosity and intention,
Your Adobe for Education Community Team