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JSchoolTech News February 2022 Edition

Your monthly source for learning opportunities, tech updates and lesson ideas.

On Our Calendar

Remind students they can meet with Heather and labbies via Zoom, in person, through the Virtual JBar and learn with our tutorials! We would love for you to add this info to your course spaces.

Learn online

Resource Center coverage with labbies

  • Sunday 1-5
  • Monday 10-8
  • Tuesday 9-8
  • Wednesday 9-12; 1-8
  • Thursday 9-8
  • Friday 10-2

Make an appointment with Heather https://calendly.com/halawrenz-1

Virtual JBar still open: https://rockcha.lk/VirtualJBar

Adobe events

College + Sonos Creative Jam LIVE with Adobe XD

For students: You’re invited to a College + Sonos Creative Jam, starting February 24. Learn new design skills. Be inspired and challenged, creatively. Work as a team on a fun project for the chance to win prizes. So grab a friend and register for free at https://cjam.in/sonos to make a difference in your career path.

Faculty/Staff Jam

For faculty/staff: You’re invited to a Creative Jam. Learn how to use your competitive advantage in the job market. Network with other professionals. Be inspired to highlight your accomplishments. Challenge yourself and win prizes. Join Adobe and LinkedIn for a presentation challenge beginning on February 10. Sign up to learn and compete at cjam.in/linkedin.

Upcoming - College + Pitch Creative Jam

Read more about this Jam : https://www.creativejam.in/pitchcreativejam

Get ON our calendar

Make sure you email halawrenz@ku.edu to schedule her appearance in your class. Reservations must be made by Feb. 21.

In addition to appearing in class, Heather can create tutorial content for you, curate resources, hold workshops - just reach out.

ON JSchooltech.org

We've added a new content tab to our main page to help you find all the hot new releases, updates and tips.

Moving Illustrator files to Photoshop (with layers)

(and peep our new 2022 intro and outros)

February photo challenge

JSchool Tech presents the February Photography Challenge! The month’s theme is “Love.” Students, faculty and staff can DM their best photos that showcase love to @jschooltech on Instagram by Feb. 28 for a chance to be featured. We look forward to seeing your submissions!

Portfolio content

One of the things I encourage students to do when I meet with them to work on portfolios, is to find their ideal job (or internship) and find out what the job qualifications are. This helps give them a guide to what should be in their portfolio. These are great conversations for you to have with students, as well as spotlighting what content from your class they could add to their portfolio.

If a hub would be helpful for your class, email Heather.

Cool stuff, Apps & Lessons

Lesson Plan Spotlight

I know many of you are looking for ways to incorporate technology in your classes. I thought this lesson is a great way to ask for a proposal in a different medium. In this lesson, students produce a video proposal for a research project - Students use Adobe Premiere Rush to create a video proposal to help them map out their trajectory for a larger research project.

This resource provides even more ideas - just click the begin with what do you want to create today? Button.

And of course I am available for collaboration on teaching, curating resources and ideating technology skills.

Tutorial: using photoshop to give dimension to charts

This is a great tutorial to bring dimension into charts. Remember also that you can view/share Photoshop on the web (see video below) to make this a collaborative project.

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Heather Lawrenz
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Created with an image by autumnsgoddess0 - "balloon heart love"