Media Alert: Adobe Introduces New Applications for Select Chromebooks to Unlock Student Creativity
January 24 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
New Adobe Generation Z study links technology and creativity
as key to students’ future success
In advance of Bett, Europe’s largest exhibition for technology
in education, Adobe today announced the forthcoming release of
updated Android applications optimized for select Chromebooks to
help students harness their creativity. In the coming weeks, Adobe
Creative Cloud apps start rolling out for free download as part of
the beta that Google announced today, giving students using
Chromebooks the tools they need to be more creative. Using the
classroom environment to learn how to problem solve and develop
creative skills by using technology is more important than ever for
the future workforce, per results of a global GEN Z study by Adobe
on student and teacher learning perspectives.
Over the past year, the use of Chromebooks has steadily grown in
education – sales are flourishing in Europe, and they are now a
market leader in North America. School administrators can approve
and push Adobe apps on select managed Chromebooks by using the
Google Admin console. Schools can expect an additional wave of
Adobe apps to be launched later this year.
“The popularity of Chromebooks in the classroom has exploded,
and we’re thrilled to offer students access to Adobe tools on these
devices, allowing them to learn the way they do best – by doing and
creating,” said Mark Rupert, Senior Director of Education at Adobe.
“As a company, our goal is to empower every student to be a
lifelong creator and having our free mobile apps on Chromebooks
will help us reach millions more students who can bring their ideas
to life."
Today’s announcement underscores Adobe’s dedication to enabling
creativity in the classroom and delivering software and solutions
across devices. Students and teachers agree that technology
provides more digital tools and outlets for creativity, according
to the Adobe study “Gen Z in the Classroom: Creating the Future.”1
The research found that 78 percent of students between the ages of
11 and 17 from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and
Germany and 88 percent of their teachers see creativity as
essential to students’ future careers. A staggering 90 percent of
students and 76 percent of teachers view technology as key to their
career preparedness. In addition, 90 percent of Gen Z students say
they are better prepared for the future given how well they
understand technology.
To support the importance of creativity and technology in the
classroom, Adobe is releasing the updated Creative Cloud apps that
capitalize on Chromebook’s strengths – speed and simplicity –
making these devices ideal for students to use in and out of the
classroom. The family of applications launching in the coming weeks
are:
- Photoshop Mix
- Lightroom Mobile
- Illustrator Draw
- Photoshop Sketch
- Adobe Comp CC
- Creative Cloud Mobile
“Having access to free creative tools like Adobe’s on
Chromebooks allows for much more creative freedom for students with
different learning styles or talents to shine,” said Nicole
Dalesio, Teacher and Teacher on Special Assignment (ToSA) for the
Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District, CA. “It gives them
an opportunity to demonstrate their learning in a much more
powerful way. Now all students can get the skills they need to
create and share in a digital world.”
Adobe and Google will showcase the range of products that will
be running on Chromebooks at Bett in the Adobe booth (#C118) and
Google booth (#C230).
The full findings from Adobe’s survey, Gen Z in the
Classroom: Creating the Future, are available for download at
www.adobeeducate.com/genz.
About Adobe
Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. For
more information, visit www.adobe.com.
1 The study was produced by research firm Edelman Intelligence
and conducted as an online survey among n=2,520 Gen Z students in
the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Austria and n=1,015
teachers of Gen Z students (ages 11-17) in the United States,
United Kingdom, Germany and Austria. Interviewing took place from
September 26 – October 6, 2016.
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