 Welcome to the John A. Dutton E. Education Institute's speed-dating with technology presentation. I'm Adobe Spark. My idea of the perfect date is an evening by the fireplace with a glass of wine in hand as we explore a variety of visual layouts. You've probably heard of my favorite saying, a picture is worth a thousand words. Actually, it may be more valuable than that. Research tells us the use of visuals not only supports the learning of content, it also increases the long-term retention of information. Surprising, isn't it? With this in mind, you may be asking the question, how can I create high-quality visuals to engage and support student learning in my course? That's easy by working with me, Adobe Spark, and my suite of resources, which includes post, pages, and video. Post lets you create a variety of items that can be used in your classroom, regardless of whether you teach resident or online. Create announcements and social media posts to connect with your students online. Help them focus on key points by using layouts that point them directly to the end goal. Make learning fun and interesting by providing your students with printed or digital handouts, worksheets, and more. Let your students' creative sides show by including assignments and activities in the course, which allow them to use post. One example is to have them summarize the course readings by submitting an infographic to communicate their understanding of the material. This type of activity will more actively engage your students in the learning process by causing them to analyze, reflect, and synthesize what they've read. This provides you with a better representation of what they actually learned in the lesson, instead of having them take a quiz, in which they can just guess at the answers. Pages allows you to create amazing websites. But you and your students can also use it to create photo journals, class projects, e-portfolios, or really anything you might want to share in an online format. Do you want your students to create a presentation which they can easily share with the rest of the class? Have them use pages. Pages is also very easy to use, which means you and your students can be creating amazing work in no time. Video allows you to create pre-recorded presentations, vlog posts for class projects, step-by-step demonstrations, and more. Do you have that one activity which students always seem to struggle with? Why not create a dynamic step-by-step video to walk them through the process? Video makes this easy with the ability to edit every single slide and audio snippet without the labor-intensive production process. It allows you to add pictures, videos, and record audio in small snippets for easy editing. Like other Spark applications, posts, and pages, video is easy to use with a number of tutorials available through LinkedIn. It's important to know that Penn State has a license with Adobe Creative Cloud, which means Spark is available to you for free. If you're interested in a second date with me, Adobe Spark, contact the John A. Dutton E. Education Institute for more information.