August 2025 – Ben Forta
1 post published by BenForta during August 2025| Ben Forta
LinkedIn just made me aware that of my almost 28 years at Adobe, I’ve been in my current role for 10. 10 years! As those of you who know me know, that’s a long time for Mr. Needs Excite…| Ben Forta
SFUSD has paused implementation of a controversial “grading for equity” plan amid significant backlash from parents, politicians, and even Board of Education members. Some of the c…| Ben Forta
Yes, this post has absolutely nothing to do with what I usually discuss. But, it took a while to find this info, so documenting here for the next time I need it (assuming I remember to check here, that is). Office printers are became a rarity, but if you have one that scans, and want […]| Ben Forta
On December 4, World Education, in partnership with USAID/PEPFAR, unveiled a new project at the Global Digital Health Forum in Washington D.C. that uses Adobe Acrobat to convert healthcare materials from paper to PDF, making healthcare materials about HIV easier to consume on smartphones. World Ed is basing their work on Adobe Acrobat Reader and Liquid Mode, […]| Ben Forta
AI was all over Adobe MAX this year, from the opening keynote, to Sneaks, to oh so any presentations and sessions. This post summarizes some of the big AI news from MAX 2023.| Ben Forta
The new 2nd edition of my MySQL Crash Course was just released. This book is a spin-off title based on my best-selling Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 minutes. I originally wrote this book at the req…| Ben Forta
Matthew & Laura Grundler invited me to join their popular K-12ArtChat Podcast to talk content creation vs. consumption, Adobe Express, creativity in the classroom, and the right way to harness technology to create more joyful classrooms and engaged learners. Here’s a Google Podcast link. Additional links on the K-12ArtChat Podcast page. Laura, Matthew, it was […]| Ben Forta
ChatGPT is all the rage right now, and understandably so. Feeding it prompts and watching it spit out quality articles, recipes, travel itineraries, code examples, and more is fun and addictive. Ye…| Ben Forta
Last week I posted an introduction to using ChatGPT to generate SQL statements. One reader asked me about data visualization, and, yes, that is indeed possible with ChatGPT, too. Or rather, NOW it …| Ben Forta
I have been using the iconic Arduino Uno R3 for classroom projects for many years now. The boards are easy-to-use, reliable, and inexpensive (important, as eagerly enthusiastic hands playing with p…| Ben Forta
