Adobe Design and Film School Connection

Highlights

Designing for Interactive Performance

Rick Toh empowered a group of designer/developer students to exercise their creative powers in developing interactive animations as visual accompaniment for a performance of the Singapore Wind Symphony.

Wayfinding + Rich-Media Mashups: What Art Students are Doing with Flex, ActionScript 3.0 and TouchScreens

Art Institute faculty Jason Diehl embraced the introduction of ActionScript 3.0. He introduced it and Flex in coursework to help Art Institute students create some innovative wayfinding projects accessible both on the Web and via touch-screen kiosks.

Students Long on Talent Make Short Films for Cannes 2009

In his first year with Real Ideas Studio, a nonprofit organization dedicated to training and nurturing emerging filmmakers around the world, Ron Eltanel became the Program director for the 2009 Cannes Filmmaking Program. Read about his experience at the world's premiere film festival and see the film shorts 10 students produced there under tutelage of the Real Ideas Studio mentors.

The Virtual Lecture Hall at Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) is well known throughout the world for using leading-edge technology to further students' education, and the Virtual Lecture Hall is a prime example of SCAD's forward-thinking teaching approach and its use of technology to deliver learning tools to students. Read more in an article by Aaron Pompei, senior media designer for SCAD-eLearning.

INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES

New Adobe eLearning Suite

The new Adobe eLearning Suite software offers a content-authoring solution for educators that enables them to create rich learning experiences that can be delivered via the Web, desktop, mobile devices, and learning management systems.
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Adobe solutions for higher education
Overview

Adobe Creative Suite 4 curricula

Help students take the shortcut to brilliant. Teach them career skills with free Creative Suite 4 curriculums that have already been awarded the ISTE Seal of Alignment. You'll find separate curriculums for design and print production, web design, and video design and production.

Flex in a Week training — for free

A great new resource is now available on Adobe.com. You can learn Flex in a week by going through a series of video training sessions at your own pace. Start with basics, and then move into more advanced techniques. Participate online or download and watch the sessions offline. If you have questions as you're viewing, ask a question on the Flex in a Week forum. To take advantage of this free training, just go to the Flex in a Week page and follow the easy instructions.