Creative Problem Solving

Hear from educators about how they are using Adobe creative apps to teach creative problem solving.

Global educators believe technologies like Adobe Creative Cloud can help students develop creative problem solving skills.

Inside the Classroom

Outside the Classroom

Educators that use Adobe Creative Cloud say creative problem solving often plays a role in their curricula, and their students are more prepared to put these skills to use.

Teachers who use Creative Cloud in Class feel their students are more prepared to use these skills

39%

51%

10%

Than teachers who have never used Creative Cloud

21%

51%

28%

Very prepared

Somewhat prepared

Not prepared

Educators believe Adobe Creative Cloud can help students develop all the most important creative problem solving skills.

Effectiveness of Adobe Creative Cloud in skill development

Self-expression and dialogue

Innovative thinking

Independent learning

Learning through success and failure

Working within diverse teams

Accepting challenges and taking risks

Persistence, grit and entrepreneurial spirit

Conflict management and argumentation

To deliver better access to the tools and technologies that will help educators teach these skills, Adobe is now offering:

Spark Premium, regularly valued at $120/year, will be available to all schools and universities at no cost in April. Spark is a storytelling service for use across web and mobile, and is regularly used by teachers to help students build their storytelling skills and improve their confidence in their own creative abilities.
For the first time, students under the age of 13 can be granted access to Creative Cloud Services, consistent with U.S. children's privacy regulations. Please visit https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/complying-coppa-frequently-asked-questions for more details about COPPA.
New School I.D. integration offers single sign-on, enabling students to use their school identification to log into Creative Cloud apps at school or at home. This gives students the freedom they need to create, discover and learn outside of the classroom.

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Global educators believe technologies like Adobe Creative Cloud can help students develop creative problem solving skills.

Educators that use Adobe Creative Cloud say creative problem solving often plays a role in their curricula, and their students are more prepared to put these skills to use.

Very prepared

Somewhat prepared

Not prepared

Educators believe Adobe Creative Cloud can help students develop all the most important creative problem solving skills.

Effectiveness of Adobe Creative Cloud in skill development

To deliver better access to the tools and technologies that will help educators teach these skills, Adobe is now offering:

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Integrate creative problem solving into your classroom – today.

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