Portfolio

Masters Project: ARTiFACT - a problem to project-based interdisciplinary curriculum to build visual literacy skills.

• Proposal
• Representation
• Final Paper
• Learning Problem and Theory
• Design Challenges
• Design Process
• Design Studies
• Future Steps
• Appendices
• Presentation

Developing History: a module of Artifact that focuses on the formal features of photography and the Civil Rights Movement.

• Overview & Background
• Facilitator's Guide
• Sample Exercises
• Appendices
• Design
• Assessment Report

Countdown: a review, a user study, and a redesign of the interactive estimation game.

Theoretical Case Studies: analysis and redesign of learning environments based on theory.

• Motor skills, writing, and technology: A Situative Approach
• Living in History: A Cognitive Approach
• A Behaviorist Approach to Spelling
• A Business Case Study
• A Classroom Case Study

STEP Project: tools to support the current Student Teacher Education Program students as they built their technology skills.

Walking the Labyrinth: a critique of a previous Masters Project.

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: a detailed report on the museum, a learning design environment.

Interview with a Learning Designer: Josh Sheldon of the JASON Project

Design Methodologies Website: a resource describing design methods. My group focused on Learner-Centered design methods.

Learning Through Design: a design that emphasizes the properties of text to support learning.

Value in Contrast: Tufte in practice.

DeeBee: an interactive glucometer designed for Diabetic children that relies on direct manipulation as the primary interaction method.

• Prototype
• Presentation
• Document

Curriculum Critique: a review of Arts EdNet's curriculum, Many Ways of Seeing.

Environmental Influences on Computer-Based Learning: a case study based on qualitative research methods examining the use of computers in one school.

The Family Angle: a design project to strengthen the connection between school and home.