Collaboratory Faculty Showcase
The SJSU + Adobe Collaboratory 2023 Showcase event highlighted authentic assessment activities implemented by faculty using Adobe Creative Cloud applications in the classroom. This event has concluded. Please see below for session recordings and check back for future programs.
In the sessions, faculty shared their ideas and experiences with using Adobe Creative Cloud tools for engaging students. In addition, inspirational lunch-time presentations explored creativity with Adobe. The event concluded with a hands-on workshop on designing an infographic using Adobe applications.
Presentations
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Fangjun Xiao
Fangjun Xiao, Department of Accounting and Finance
Title: Examine a Fraud in Details
In this project, students assume the role of independent consultants, select a recent real-life financial fraud case related to a corporation, analyze the case using the fraud triangle and the internal control frameworks, identify any control deficiencies, and recommend changes to the company’s board of directors. They can either create a video with Adobe Express, Zoom, or other tools, or they can create a website using Adobe Express.
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Shawn Vecellio
Shawn Vecellio, Department of Teacher Education
Title: Problems of Practice in Secondary Math Classrooms: Exemplars for Student Teachers and Supervisors
Students in Phase 1 of Student Teaching identify a problem of practice in their placement setting and seek to address the problem in multiple iterations of inquiry that includes a 5-step process: posing, exploring, planning, enacting, and reflecting. The instructor developed a template as a means for students to record their process, which was then used to generate their story using any Adobe tool. The students and instructor collaboratively developed the “container” for those accounts also using an Adobe tool with the intent to create exemplars for future students and instructors to help them envision the process.
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Aubrey Uresti
Aubrey Uresti, Department of Counselor Education
Title: The Digital Researcher Notebook: Engaging Student Voice and Increasing Digital Literacy
As students begin to develop as researchers, skills in effective organization, detailed notetaking, and clear communication are vital. Combining traditional tenets of qualitative research with a modern platform like Adobe Express can not only increase digital literacy but also support authentic expression. This presentation highlights the digital researcher notebooks (i.e., Adobe Learning Journal) used by pre-service school counselors to record their ethnographic observation notes in writing, photos, and videos.
11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Sherri Harvey
Sherri Harvey, Department of English and Comparative Literature
Title: Collaborative Research Projects Using Adobe Express
This presentation focuses on the power of critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, citizenship, character, and communication to empower students to develop a voice for their future endeavors and for the world around them. As our world becomes more global, more digitized, and more complex, we are building students who can meet, and tackle the challenges facing our world today.
11:30 a.m. - Noon Marjan Khatibi
Marjan Khatibi, Department of Design
Title: Multimodal Visual Storytelling on Identity, Belonging, and Community Beyond Borders
This project empowers students to navigate the realms of self-identity, belongingness, and community creation by crafting compelling visual narratives. Leveraging the creative potential of Adobe applications integrates self-expression with symbolic elements that vividly represent a unique sense of belonging.
Noon - 12:30 p.m. Raymond Lam
Raymond Lam, University Library
Title: Visualizing Data with Infographics
Helping audiences visualize data with Adobe Illustrator.
