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    Interactive Music Timeline

    Music Timeline An interactive music timeline was developed for Cengage Music Appreciation titles. This learning module features an expanding menu of musical periods to help students both visualize the order of time periods and events chronologically. Each period also features audio samples of key works for review of the style of each period.

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    ArtStudy Online

    bonus image discussion.jpgA brand new interface was developed for this hybrid textbook + website and extended across premium websites for Cengage Learning titles. The website delivers media-rich learning content to accompany Gardner’s Art through the Ages 13th Enhanced Edition by Fred S. Kleiner. More than 300 bonus images that appear in the text as thumbnails are available on this premium site in … [ read more ]

    Active Listening Guides

    ALG_annotated_v6rev.jpgThe Active Listening Guide application was developed to facilitate web-based authoring of interactive learning modules for Music Appreciation courses. The visualization of the structure of the music is achieved through both the waveform and colorization of each distinct musical segment. As the music plays, annotations appear to explain exactly what to listen for along with any lyrics and translations. Glossary terms are highlighted with definitions displayed … [ read more ]

    ArtStudy Online

    ArtStudy OnlineCreated to accompany Gardner’s Art through the Ages: A Global History of Art 13e, ArtStudy Online is an interactive study guide for students of art history. Visual flashcards with a self-quizzing function, interactive maps, big picture reviews, architectural basics, and compare an contrast features provide a host of tools for students to best prepare for their course. Additionally, Google Earth coordinates to major landmarks, practice tests, and panoramic … [ read more ]

    Plazas 3e Student CDROM

    Plazas 3e CDROMThis flash-based multimedia CDROM was developed to accompany the introductory Spanish title published by Cengage Learning. Students are transported to plazas across the Spanish-speaking world via Google Earth. Audio and video-based activities provide students with an engaging and interactive means to practice the vocabulary and grammar they have learned in each chapter. An audio glossary aids in review. 

    Credits
    Design and Project Management: Wendy Constantine  
    Developmental Editor: Heather Bradley
    Assistant Editor: Meg … [ read more ]

    Urban Poetry

    Urban PoetryFollowing a trip to Scandinavia, I composed this interactive collection of photography. Street signs, store-front windows, advertisements and “found” sculpture inspired me while discovering the urban streets of Copenhagen and Sweden. The flash-based interactive is experiential in nature, as the image titles function as links that hover on the screen, like visual poetry.

    Twenty of the images from this collection were exhibited at the Sherman Cafe in Somerville, … [ read more ]

    A Creative Year in Review

    Year in ReviewAn interactive self-promo was created in 2005 to recap the major projects completed in 2004. The flash-based program was distributed online and on CD through the mail with customized packaging. Screenshots and descriptions of the various projects brought the entire scope of work to life. It successfully brought in new business and strengthened relationships with existing clients who were excited to see their work represented.

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    Hitchhiker’s Guide

    HHGClarity Technologies wanted to create an interactive guide to provide marketing and contact information to the various business units internally. Employees can find out product marketing information, white papers, demos and presentations.

    The screens were designed based on the movie The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe. The menus on the left animate on rollover, and submenus at the top expand when required. Audio tracks from the movie soundtrack accompanied … [ read more ]

    Resource Presentation Manager

    Health Today RPMA series of DVDs were developed as instructor ancillaries to a number of McGraw-Hill Higher Education Health and Fitness textbooks. Over a hundred video clips were provided on each disc, with a browseable interface to select and play clips by topic, chapter, and media type.

    The clips ranged from interviews with experts in the field of health and psychology, to instructional exercise clips. A number of archival … [ read more ]

    Western Civ Timelines

    timelinesA series of interactive timelines were developed for two western civilization textbooks for McGraw-Hill. In both cases, the graphic display of the timelines were dynamically generated. The dates were simply input in text, and the code optimized the display based on the selected dates. Each event was also clickable to display a pop up window with information about the event and any associated media elements including video, still images … [ read more ]

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