Inject Creativity Live 03/02/2021

We're baaacccckkkkkk.... two weeks earlier than we thought!

This week was our opportunity to test out the new format for Inject Creativity Live in 2021, with a longer livestream and non-recorded 'fireside' chat. With so many things going on in the world of creative tech and Adobe, it was bound to happen that we would run a little overtime, with part 2 of my Adobe Spark Post (with video frames in iOS) needing to be rescheduled to a later date.

Tim, Jerry and I were joined by Clara Galan who gave a great update on what is coming up in the world of the Adobe Creative Educator program for Level 1 and 2, as well as collaborative projects and challenges that are available via the social networks used to connect educators and creatives from across the globe. 

I then completed Part 1 of a live demo and Spark Challenge suggestion, showing off the new screen layout of Adobe Spark web and what can be achieved with a theme in mind... my suggestion was 'Expectation vs. Reality'. I had a couple of prior examples, then I:

• walked through how I made one from scratch
• no template required, just the use of design thinking, and
• discussed that by considering what you want to say and where you want to say it. this informs how elements within the image can be used to inspire your design choices from what is on offer in Adobe Spark.

Adobe Spark web is available for all current and future users, so I did this demo first. This meant that I ran out of time to show what is currently available in the iOS version of Spark... the use of frames to embed a video into a Spark Post project. 

This demo I am going to do in a livestream on Thursday 11th February at 6pm AEST/7pm AEDT. It'll be the first in a Create/Share/Learn livestream series I have planned for my YouTube channel, where I spend a bit of time exploring what is possible with different tech, featuring programs like Adobe Spark and Premiere Rush, to other apps and services I enjoy and use to build resources for work and play.

I'll be putting up a new post with the link to the recording then, and will pop a reminder in my socials prior to going live. Hopefully I'll see you there! :)

And about my demo... I was flattered and blown away by the Adobe Spark shares that people submitted at our fireside chat with my suggested theme 'Expectation vs. Reality'. A lot of them had stories to go with them too, from tales of collaborative PD pages, to positive spins on re-purposing laser cutters to make maths fun, to celebrations of the return of our show!

A big thank you to everyone who had a go... including those who decided not to share their link on the night. If you did create something but didn't feel up to sharing it on the night, that is cool - there is always next time, and our group of ed and tech professionals are a wonderful and supportive bunch :)

Here are the wonderful submissions from tonight's fireside chat (thank you for sharing!):
https://spark.adobe.com/post/AYejnNvRi8Kcu/
https://spark.adobe.com/post/rSwYgVngQgyeS/
https://spark.adobe.com/post/t6lZzzyuMQVRS/
https://spark.adobe.com/post/iY57HASkrIgqi/
https://spark.adobe.com/page/t75KcjyyHpHPk/
https://spark.adobe.com/post/r6HqWQjTZD8kN/
https://spark.adobe.com/post/8puHFlGmDtl8f/