Shaping creative expression - Inject Creativity Live 11th August 2021

Another fabulous episode of Inject Creativity Live, hosted by me and Tim Kitchen from Adobe, with our guy in the chair Jerry Wong keeping the show ticking in the background.

In this episode, we shared some information about Adobe's collaboration with artist Billie Eilish, and shared some updates about the APAC Adobe Education Summit, EduTECH 2021, and the new Adobe Education Exchange (EDEX) course offered in partnership with Khan Academy.
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We were joined by Chris Betcher (@betchaboy) and Michelle Dennis (@michelledennis) as our guests for this episode, with wonderful demonstrations from the both of them. 

Michelle's segment (15:42 in the video) was based around the use of 3D creation files placed into Adobe Aero to give students the opportunity to create objects and see them, to scale, in a real world environment. Her virtual perfume bottle was placed on a table in the Aero desktop app, and she even gave a bonus little demo on how you can 'tell' the object to behave when it is dropped in to it's virtual environment.

Next, Chris Betcher (35:42 in the video) shared his 5 minute gem with specific and excellent examples of how constructive attitudes towards failure works to kindle creativity, not smother it. 

I learned some fabulous examples of how to explain the creative process to naysayers who discount the value of creative experimentation and failure, and thoroughly enjoyed the practical ways that students can be encouraged in their artistic expression. Technology provides us with the opportunities to see our creations expressed in reality, and I love hearing from fellow educational and technology professionals about their perspectives - it is always so inspiring!