It’s been two days of Adobe Youth Voices training and I have to say it has not been this fun. I have participated in training for the past two years, the first time with Ellena Weldon at this San Francisco office, and last year with Doug Singer, who is also attending this year. But I must say this year is more focused, in-depth and geared toward the needs that our sites will be facing.
Yesterday we got a quick run-through the features of Photoshop, learning how the media can manipulate images and send messages to viewers, and we got the chance to create adbusters. There were a lot of resources introduced that we can use in our classes.
Today we got to produce or at least attempt to produce our first project in After Effects. We got a tour of the Adobe studio with its cool green corner where they shoot their educational videos. We had to write a story, design objects and backgrounds, and perform the live roles. My partner was Jeff from Balboa, and we did a story about how someone could walk streets like the Mission, and be so caught up in his/her technology that the person does not notice all the wonderful, dangerous, life-changing events happening in the moment. I really like the concept. And we put together all the elements, but we just didn’t have enough time to finish the AE project. But it made me believe this is the tool that our students would want to learn.
More on the training tomorrow.
