Teachers are looking for ways to bring creativity and creative problem solving into the classroom. Employers today are seeking creative people. Adobe’s creativity tools are the gold standard for creative professionals across the globe. Adobe Spark Page, Spark Video, and Spark Post are powerful, user-friendly tools that can be used by students in their academic journey, moving them from content consumption to content creation, giving them voice.

In this session, participants will be introduced to the three features of Adobe Spark - graphic design with Spark Post, web content with Spark Page, and video production with Spark Video. While this is a demonstration session, participants will be encouraged to share ideas using these tools. (note: to create, participants should create an Adobe Spark account, free for educators and students: https://spark.adobe.com/sp/)

Book Creator is a free, open-ended digital creation tool that allows students and teachers to create and publish digital books. This user-friendly and intuitive tool lets you make interactive pages with voice, text, video, images, maps, and more. Students of all ages will find this tool easy to use whether with a browser, iPad or tablet. Teachers can create libraries for students, and students can work collaboratively. This versatile platform can be used to create books, comics, reports, portfolios, journals, step-by-step guides - your imagination is the only limit. Teachers can be creators of their own original content to share with the world. We will also discuss connections to curriculum goals and school initiatives. Premium features of Book Creator will also be highlighted. Worldwide, 1.5 million books are created each month. Participants will be entered into a draw for one of two 1-year premium accounts. (full access to all features, including student collaboration) View a sample book here: https://read.bookcreator.com/mW6vCCuzqJVWsitLF7VZsNnLwI62/3GnhxvucQbyZstxIQvrhig

Those who pre-register will receive access to a digital book to work on collaboratively during the session. For those interested, a short breakout session will be held to explain how you can grow your professional learning network by becoming a Book Creator Certified Author.

University studies have compared WordEngine’s patented vocabulary centered approach to other study methods. In every case, equal time on WordEngine significantly outperformed the other methods in controlled pre and post testing with standard proficiency tests such as TOEFL and TOEIC. This presentation will explain how WordEngine works and why test scores go up faster than other self study methods. WordEngine is premium software for professional teachers seeking a faster and better way to help their students improve their English proficiency. WordEngine costs about $25 per year and it comes with 24/7 teacher and student support.

Vocabulary Words & Monsters is a free mobile game that helps students ages 9 to 90 improve their English ability and score higher on major tests such as TOEFL, IELTS, TOEIC, EIKEN, and Japan's Kyotsu Shiken. Words & Monsters provides each player with personalized word tasks that are managed by a spaced repetition system to ensure long-term memory retention. There is a free LMS progress monitor for teachers. You can assign goals and easily track study progress. We will talk with some teachers and students who are using Words & Monsters. Let's hear from them in their own words. Visit the free.wordsandmonsters.com webpage to download Words & Monsters, and please join this presentation to learn more about the game.

Workplace English, Career English, or Business English. No matter the name, the communicative content is the same and most General English professionals are ill-prepared to take on this new challenge. This aspect of English teaching requires additional skills that, although attainable, are seldom taught in traditional EFL/ELT training. This talk will demystify the differences, offer guidance to obtaining training and help professionals onboard to the world of business English communications.