Use the new Adobe Digital School Collection to engage students in learning and teach them the 21st century literacy, problem-solving, and communication skills they need. Available through flexible Adobe CLP or TLP volume licensing, the collection includes Adobe Photoshop Elements 7, Adobe Premiere Elements 7, Adobe Contribute CS4, Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, and Adobe Soundbooth CS4 software. The collection—designed for use with a wide range of grade levels and abilities—also comes with a Teacher Resource DVD that includes ready-to-use lesson plans, tutorials, and tips and tricks.

New tools for digital storytelling
Easy-to-use tools for photo-, video-, and audio-editing empower students to confidently express what they’ve learned in language arts, history, and the sciences.

• Using Adobe Photoshop Elements 7, students can make ordinary photos extraordinary, and they can share their work in personalized creations for print and web.
• Adobe Premiere Elements 7 makes it easy for students to create high-quality videos with dazzling special effects, professional quality transitions and titles, and synchronized narration and music.
• Task-based tools in Adobe Soundbooth CS4 help students create, clean up, and polish sound for their presentations or create podcasts. They can personalize soundtracks, remove unwanted sounds, add audio effects, and much more—in just a few clicks.
• The software makes it easy to share the finished product on school servers, personal websites, DVDs, Blu-ray Disc, and mobile devices.

Web publishing made easy for teachers and students
Using Adobe Contribute CS4, teachers, students, staff members, and administrators can post and  publish content to district, school, or classroom websites and blogs—in a few simple steps. Contribute CS4 provides an ideal way to provide immediate access to assignments, schedules, parental notification and permission forms, school announcements, and other information. Additionally, teachers can easily enrich classroom material through podcasts and by hosting topic-specific blogs.

Enhanced communication and collaboration
Students can use the software to prepare multimedia reports in PDF form, and they can use Acrobat to prepare a PDF Portfolio that displays a wide body of work to a prospective college or employer. Teachers can use Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro to easily create and distribute curriculum, media-rich lesson plans, project materials, and homework assignments, and Acrobat can help them simplify processes such as grading, record keeping, and more.

Curriculum resources for project-based learning
Integrate the latest technology into the classroom by using the Teacher Resource DVD, developed with the help of educators. Packed with lesson plans, tutorials, tips and tricks, and more, the Teacher Resource DVD helps jump-start media-rich, project-based activities that encourage active learning and motivate student participation in class assignments.

Top reasons to buy the Adobe Digital School Collection

Integrate the latest digital technology into the classroom: Brand-new versions of Adobe creative and technical software, as well as ready-to-use lessons, help K-12 educators make 21^st century skills an integral part of teaching and learning in all academic subjects.

Engage and inspire students: Multimedia options give students the means to visually express what they’ve learned and observed, allowing them to go well beyond the restraints of a text-only presentation. Their digital storytelling projects can include photos, video, audio, web presentations, and media-rich documents.

Take advantage of teaching resources: The Adobe Digital School Collection comes with a Teacher Resource DVD full of project-based activities that encourage active learning and motivate student participation in class assignments. Educators get lessons, tutorials, tips and tricks, video lesson examples, and more.

Prepare students for academic and career success: The software and teaching resources provide a unique toolset for preparing students to succeed in their next level of education and to eventually compete in the competitive global workforce.

Present professional-caliber audio podcasts: New features make it easy to export audio to the web for podcasts that can be heard on personal computers and mobile devices.

Present student work on the web: Post student reports, artwork, media-rich PDF Portfolios, and projects that use Adobe Flash® technology to the web for parents and others in the school community to view.

Make it easy to start blogging: Start blogging in the same familiar environment you use to update website content. Work offline and publish student work and parent communications when you’re ready.

Improve workflows and enhance communication: Use Acrobat to streamline the review process for classroom assignments and expedite document collaboration. Evaluate student assignments and reports. Let students review one another’s work and collaborate on projects electronically using the free Adobe Reader® software, which lets users mark up Adobe PDF files with familiar commenting tools like sticky notes, pen, and strikethrough.

Maximize your software budget: The Adobe Digital School Collection is available through flexible CLP or TLP volume licensing, giving schools and entire districts an affordable way to widely distribute this all-inclusive toolset for 21st century teaching and learning.