Teach your students how to create and manipulate gradients and preset patterns in Adobe Illustrator. Use the provided instructional videos, or use direct instruction to guide them through the provided Adobe Illustrator worksheet. Lesson OverviewThis mini lesson is one of the beginning lessons that I guide students through when first learning Adobe Illustrator. Teach students how to apply gradients to shapes, change the direction, type and color(s) of the gradient, apply patterns to shapes, and c
Teach your students how to create and manipulate basic shapes in Adobe Illustrator. Use the provided instructional videos, or use direct instruction to guide them through the provided Adobe Illustrator worksheet. Lesson OverviewThis mini lesson is one of the first lessons that I guide students through when first learning Adobe Illustrator. Teach students how to create everything from rectangles and ellipses, to 20-pointed stars and various polygons. The included worksheet is an Adobe Illustra
Instructional Technology Specialist, Secondary Educator
16 years working in Adobe Creative Suite
14 years in Education
15 years in Coaching
Teaching style
In-Person follow along instruction/demonstration
Flipped learning (video instruction)
Ticket Incentive (PBIS) Program
Project-Based Learning
Cross-Curricular applications
Curriculum-Driven Choice assignments
Awards & shining teacher moments
Instructional Technologist
10-6A Coach of the year 2023
FISD Education Foundation Innovative Grant recipient 2017
RISD BEST Mentor Teacher 2022-23
Book Cover published- A Listening Life, Tracy Balzer, 2011
My own education history
BS Graphic Design & Illustration- John Brown University
MS Curriculum & Instruction- Texas A&M University-Texarkana
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