Some features and library resources are included in the free version of the Fresco app, and there is also a paid version, which has access to even more brushes and features. I learned about sketchnoting after attending my first #DitchSummit just before the lockdown, where Matt Miller encouraged attendees to share their learning visually on Twitter – the left being my first ever sketchnote, and the right being the one I created after only a full year sketchnoting skills-building. It didnâ€™t take long for me to discover pure joy in learning to illustrate digitally and collaboratively. I remember feeling quite nervous about trying to doodle on the digital artboard, and the rubber tool I ended up using the most at first.

I first tried Adobe Fresco in its beta form, as an Adobe Education Leader a few years ago.

â€˜ Why do you think you had to be an artist to draw? â€™ As Iâ€™ve learned across these past few years, we truly are all artists, with incredible creative potential within.ÂĪdobe Fresco is just one of the EdTech tools that enables the creative risk-taking your students and educators might not have known they hadâ€¦ to spark. Just as learners learn in different ways, so too, do each of us have unique ways of creating. But with more and more creative freedom, there are so many new ways of â€˜creatingâ€™, which continue to surface daily.Â Well, art has traditionally been considered a sector that only painters, singers, and theatre professionals were categorised in. Despite all of the creative exposure we have across social media, exploring various art forms, tools, and spaces, many people still donâ€™t consider themselves as being creative individuals.

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