DepEd empowers teachers, public schools with Adobe

THE Department of Education (DepEd) has provided all public schools nationwide with annual Adobe Creative Cloud licenses to enhance the digital literacy skills of teachers and learners.

The Office of the Undersecretary for Administration, through the Information and Communications Technology Service (ICTS), has partnered with Adobe to procure around 108,000 licenses and the Creative Nation Academy in order to share knowledge and expertise on the use of these tools. The creative licenses have undergone speedy activation after distribution.

Undersecretary for Administration Alain del Pascua explains DepEd is preparing learners to be globally inclined and is encouraging them to use industry-standard software to give them greater opportunities for landing a job.

Furthermore, Mark Sy, head of the ICTS-Educational Technology Unit, also stresses that it is important to open gateways to the teaching force since they are the ones molding learners' transferrable skills.

Different webinars on the various productivity tools and design software are conducted by DepEd through the Digital Rise Program to ensure that all DepEd schools will have appropriate tools and software in promoting technological advancements. Moreover, it also aims to enhance teachers' creativity in digital and multimedia arts.

The Adobe Creative Cloud is a comprehensive collection of Adobe desktop software and mobile applications under one umbrella. This can be accessed through an Adobe Federated ID linked with the respective school email address, which have been available since January 15.

The Digital Rise Program is part of the Public Schools of the Future Framework of the Administration Strand of the DepEd.

Source: TheManila Times