Portfolio
On this page, I’ve highlighted a few of my past learning experience design projects.
Prompt Training
For this project, I built an online module to improve the hiring and training process at Prompt.
Prompt is a college application coaching company that has a unique, proprietary approach to providing feedback on college application essays. All Writing Coaches at Prompt are required to use the same approach to providing feedback to ensure consistency for their clients.
This module is intended to simultaneously provide basic training and assess whether applicants will be a good fit as a Writing Coach at Prompt.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
I hope to create a series of illustrated books for low/non-verbal adults on the autism spectrum.
As a teacher working with adult students on the spectrum, I have always struggled to find age-appropriate books. In this series of illustrated books, I want to appeal to adult interests by delving into academic topics like mythology, history, and science, as well as social-emotional topics like navigating romantic relationships, encountering workplace difficulties, or grieving the loss of a loved one.
These books can help adult readers explore the complexity of these topics by using a robust and intricate art style combined with simple language.
For the first book in this series, I decided to adapt a work of classic literature: Jules Vernes’ Journey to the Center of the Earth. This novel works well for my proposed format, as the plot follows a series of adventures that can be represented primarily visually rather than requiring written explanation.
I’ve included a more diverse cast of characters than the original text to help make the story feel more relevant to a wider range of readers. The first page also acts as a social story to orient the reader and give them the essential context, which further decreases the need for text throughout the book. I’m excited to bring this exciting story to a new audience that might not otherwise get to read it!
Video: Who was the Potato King?
This is an educational video I created about Frederick the Great, one of my favorite historical figures. For this project, I did a lot of research on Frederick’s life before deciding to cover how Frederick introduced potatoes to Prussia. This story has many slight variations, which I think are fun to explore when teaching history, as it encourages the learner to do some critical thinking.
For the video, I used Photoshop to build and stylize each image, After Effects to assemble the video and add movement, and Audition to record and assemble the audio for the project.
Podcast: Baker Miller Pink
For this project, the requirement was to create a 5-10 minute podcast about a color. I chose Baker-Miller Pink, as I love psychology and this particular shade of pink was discovered through a study on “behavioral photobiology” in the late 1970s.
I had a lot of fun reading and synthesizing the multitude of studies on this color and the constant back and forth about whether it actually can make people feel calmer, or if it’s all nonsense.
This podcast was recorded and edited using Adobe Audition.
Here is a transcript with links to my sources for those who require or prefer written media.
Infographic: Neurodiversity
As most of my past work has been with neurodiverse students, I wanted to create a quick reference for those who may not be as familiar with the term. In particular, I wanted to highlight the history of the term and why should matter to educators and employers.
I created two different versions on the same general topic, which can be used in different contexts. The version below is intended to be viewed as a large poster or on a computer, and the version to the right would work better on a mobile phone.
You can click on the infographics to make them bigger!
