Work Samples
Work Samples
Embedded Files
Click titles for example work. Each piece is accompanied by an explanation of instructional choices.
Designed to foster meaningful engagement by connecting a visitors’ prior experiences with the curated content, and with the surrounding social context. Invite visitors to connect, reflect, and discover—making public spaces more engaging and inclusive.
Effective communication is essential for student success, team efficiency, and smooth classroom management. Our tools streamline daily operations by providing clear agendas, standardized procedures, and self-assessment resources. By setting expectations and simplifying task execution, these aids reduce confusion, minimize onboarding time, and maximize meaningful engagement.
RESOURCE SETS
RESOURCE SETS
Resource sets are often desired to enhance the experience and maximize the learning opportunities of an existing engagement. They can be created in a variety of formats. Our examples on the linked page include mapping, a PDF, slideshows, and digital collections.
PDF, portable document format, allows for files to be shared online or from a hard drive, viewed on smart boards and other devices, or printed as hard copy. Their versatility makes them great for a variety of situations. Most of the PDFs on this page were created from Microsoft Word, Excel, or Publisher. These days, Canva or Adobe are go tos.
CONTEXT CLUES PDF Content lessons that include skill-building instruction go a long way toward developing life-long learners.
This example not only reinforces Spanish vocabulary, but also instructs the learner in using context for meaning making. Additionally, by reading this text during the holiday season we are facilitating personal connections that will enhance the student's retention of content. I created this activity by pulling text from 'Twas Nochebuena by Roseanne Greenfield Thong to demonstrate how context clues could be used to find the meaning/translation for the Spanish words used throughout the story. We love this story in our house. My son in-law is Mexican and this book references a lot of the traditions he participated in as a child. The image links to Amazon, in case you are interested!
BLOGS
Blogs are an easy way to share evolving information and seek feedback. Here are a couple links to my brief personal attempts at blogging.
First is a course assignment that required me to engage others on a specific topic. My focus was on Mobile, Alabama history.
Next was a more personal venture where I shared my amazement at the success and usefulness in teaching our infant/toddler sign language. It was a really fascinating experience and I recommend to all new and expecting parents the use baby sign languge!
EDITING DIGITAL AUDIO
This audio file is representative of an instructional aid that can be put together quickly to demonstrate a point, or used as an example for student work. A more polished version could be created as a permanent component of an evergreen lesson.
This MLK/Obama audio file created in 2009 illustrates the application of history to contemporary life. Intentionally facilitating student connections between content and their real world experiences is invaluable in creating positive learning outcomes. Demonstrating the similar message delivered in the speeches of a current president and a historic figure helps to make such connections.
Further, by assigning students (of all ages) to produce their own creative products with a simple microphone plug in and free software, they employ higher order thinking skills to create representations of their knowledge.
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JacksonMLKObama_0001.mp3THOUGHTFUL IMAGES
SEPARATE BUT EQUAL Thoughtful graphics can prime prior knowledge, aid comprehension, and illustrate concepts, essentially allowing more time for higher order thinking and learning to take place. Again, fostering personal connections, I super-imposed Mobile, Alabama's historic "colored library" over what remains to serve as the main library, in order to demonstrate that during the Jim Crow Era the term "separate but equal" was not always literal. After sharing this with Dora Finley, the Mobile African American Heritage Trail (now known as the Dora Franklin Finley African American Heritage Trail) committee used the concept in a published brochure.
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