The Cornerstone fifth graders have been doing a deep study of the historical events and issues surrounding the era of the novel they are reading, A Night Divided. This morning in the AT&T Classroom the students were introduced to the tool Adobe Spark Video to create a project to share what they have learned about the historical era of the novel with regard to the Space Race, the Arms Race, the Berlin Wall, and/or the Cold War.
Video projects are a very useful way of assessing what students have learned about specific topics and/or concepts. They also offer rich opportunities for students to be articulate and accurate by requiring them to use academic vocabulary and tone as they address the topic of their project.
Adobe Spark Video is part of the Adobe Spark platform that offers tools for sharing and creating visual stories in three different media formats. Within the platform, the Adobe Spark Video tool can be used for creating movies/videos by adding text, images, and voice-over to slides. The tool includes access to a library of free music that can be added to the video or added with voice-over narration in the background of the video. In addition to Adobe Spark Video, the Adobe Spark platform includes two other tools - Adobe Spark Post and Adobe Spark Page. Adobe Spark Post can be used for creating graphics for posters, flyers, and social media. Adobe Spark Page can be used for creating digital slide shows, stories and web pages that include pictures, videos, text, and web links. All Adobe Spark tools can be used at no cost in your web browser (including Chromebooks) or via their free mobile iOS app for iPads.
