4th & 5th Grade Social Studies Textbooks, California & National Editions - Pearson, 2016-2018
Part of a large team designing interior page layouts and online activities for social studies curriculum textbooks. Was part of team developing initial page prototypes and sketching concept ideas for illustrated chapter openers. After the book pages exited, design team transitioned to building interactive items for student to reinforce concepts: drag and drop quizzes, hotspot popup informational maps, fillable graphic organizers and more. Below are a few sample pages, cannot reproduce interactives since they are behind paywall.
sketch layout - chapter opener
final layout
lesson opener
Skills page, with annotations for instructor
A few representative interactives, click to enlarge
Infographics - University of Phoenix, 2020
Two examples from a series of infographics for business operations course.
Textbook Covers, Australia - Cambridge University Press, 2018
Two covers for high school level Australian curriculum
Planner Covers - School Specialty Premier Agendas, 2010- 2015
From 2010-2015 I led the creative process for planner covers at School Specialty's Premier educational publishing division. Each cover was constructed to appeal to different age ranges and key areas of educational focus. The best covers incorporate pedagogic or civic-minded messages into a visually engaging package for students.
this cover was a lenticular cover, a 3D panel effect that changed from 'leader' to "reader' at different angles
Raising Respect, Anti-Bullying Planner series - School Specialty Premier Agendas, 2014
A suite of products developed to assist schools in their efforts to combat bullying in schools. The customer package included planners for students, posters for the hallways, training materials for educators and support books for parents. The overall goal was to raise awareness of issues and encourage getting involved before incidents could occur. Efforts focused telling stories and creating images that students could identify with.
Executive Function Skills White Papers - School Specialty, 2012
This series of papers was created to help educators hone in on how to better capture the attention of the increasingly distracted student. The goal was to make a research-based academic report more accessible to a general audience and expand awareness of Executive Function skills.
Animated Timelines - Wisewire, 2020-2021
These timelines are currently used in courses at University of Pittsburgh and Mills College. Click on the images below to be connected to the test links, final html 5 versions exist on the university course pages.
