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Adobe helps nurture young creative talent with new online courses for UK students
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dobe has announced the rollout of Adobe Generation, an exciting series of online courses designed to help students between the age of 14 and 19 to develop new skills that will put them in a better position if they want to explore career options in the creative industry. The new courses will cover three digital disciplines: Animation, Photo Imaging and Games Design, providing students with a real-world perspective on different creative careers. Each week, students hear what it’s really like to work in the industry from experts including games designer and animator Luke Whittaker.
The courses are designed to give students the technical skills that their future employers will be looking for, as well as to inspire them in their choice of career, whether they fancy working on the next Call of Duty or Hollywood blockbuster. Students are taught a different aspect of their chosen discipline each week, such as plotting a story line of a game or learning how to create a panoramic image, as well as specialist digital skills using Adobe software, including Adobe’s Creative Suite 6. At the end of each session, students are set different tasks related to the skills they learned which allow them to put their new skills into practice. There’s Adobe software up for grabs for the student with the best work. To find out more, visit
www.adobegeneration.com or follow #AdobeGen. The courses kicked off at the beginning of October, but they are all recorded and can be downloaded so there’s time to catch up.
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Steljes launches Elmo student response system
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echnology distributor, Steljes, has announced that it has launched the new Elmo CRV student response system (SRS) specifically for the primary/secondary education market. SRS’s enable educationalists to pose questions to their students whilst the students answer using the handsets provided. Available in 24 or 32 handset sizes, the Elmo CRV range comes complete with a wireless adapter, Image Mate Accent for SRS software and a carrying bag. Unlike other systems on the market, the entire system is managed via a wireless adaptor that inserts into any computer for ‘plug and play’ use. Additional features include: a communication range of approximately 15m; 150 hours of continuous operation; an estimated battery life of one year; reward illustrations for correct answers, countdown graphics for timed quizzes; auto power off after 300 seconds and a maximum handset registration number of 50.
Using the Elmo CRV, student responses can be instantly tabulated and displayed in bar graphs or pie charts, allowing teachers to assess the performance of an entire class. SRS can be used anytime with all types of materials from real objects/ documents to digital contents like PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and it requires no advanced preparation in order to do a SRS questionnaire. Every Elmo CRV student response system will be sold with the award winning Elmo tablet CRA-1 offering educational establishments exceptional value for money. The wireless capability of the Elmo tablet enables teachers to move freely around the classroom, giving them greater flexibility in delivering their lessons and making it possible to interact with the entire class and/or with individual students.
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