Projects for Technology Alliance's Youth Apps Challenge program included:
*Developing and designing materials for a 40 hour curriculum to teach youth to create Android apps--from idea generation through programming.
* Conducting day-long teacher trainings for teachers.
* Designing the logo and t-shirt for the Youth Apps Challenge.
* Planning end of year award events.
*Filming and editing videos of youth pitch sessions
For more information about Technology Alliance and the Youth Apps Challenge go to: http://www.technology-alliance.com/youth-apps/
Logo designed in Adobe Illustrator
T-Shirt designed in Adobe Illustrator
A page from the interactive PDF Table of contents (designed in Adobe InDesign)
A page from a lesson
A flyer designed for the call for entries
As a contractor for Waypoint Ventures and Sublime Media, Marisa has worked on multiple Instructional Design projects for Microsoft. Here are some links:
* Dream it, Make it. A Classroom Extension for Hour of Code™ with TouchDevelop.
* Creative Coding Through Games and Apps using Microsoft’s TouchDevelop
Tasks included:
* Collaborating on a small team to develop 90 hours of curriculum to teach youth programming concepts and practice (see link above).
* Creating presentations for HR Web.
* Developing curriculum, presentation materials, and workbook to teach youth entrepreneurial skills (see link above).
* Developing pilot curriculum, presentation materials, and a workbook to help youth move from imagination to entrepreneurship, based on the scholarship of Stanford Professor Tina Seelig.
For more information on Waypoint Ventures go to: http://www.waypoint.ws
For more information on Sublime Media go to: http://sublimemedia.com
The Pomegranate Center hired Marisa to come up with a Fellows Program that would allow them to share their philosophy and methods with the next generation.
Marisa developed two different six month course plans, creating the following materials for each version:
* An interactive Toolkit
* A Teacher Guide
* Powerpoint slides for each session
* Evaluations
* Multiple videos
For more information about the Pomegranate Center and their trainings go to http://pomegranatecenter.org/
Anatomy of a Project (vimeo)
The Giraffe Heroes Project wrote and designed a lot of curriculum in the 1990s. They asked Marisa to update it and redesign it as a legacy project. They wanted interactive PDFs that could be downloaded free by teachers.
Using Adobe InDesign, Marisa designed 3 books totaling over 600 pages of text with interactive elements such as fill-able forms, pop ups and audio.
The full books are available at http://www.giraffe.org/resources/teaching-materials
Giraffe Heroes Project It's Up To Us
Clicking on the gears reveals a form
This fill-able form pops up when the user click the gears and then retreats upon clicking again
Marisa edited this section heavily because times have changed in terms of getting the message out in the past 20 years!
Clicking on the Giraffe icon returns the reader to the Table of Contents
The K-2 Giraffe Heroes Program is the second book Marisa redesigned for The Giraffe Heroes Program
The table of contents is interactive
The reader can listen along to audio clips in this book
As a Teacher Trainer, Instructional Designer, and Media Mentor for Reel Grrls, Marisa has:
* Trained and mentored teachers for a three year National Science Foundation grant.
* Written and designed a film journal for girls.
* Acted as project manager and lead artist on a two year grant for Seattle Public Utilities Environmental Justice Network in Action Program.
* Taught multiple video production, animation and installation classes to youth and teachers.
For more information on Reel Grrls go to http://reelgrrls.org/
During the 2 years of Reel Grrls' grant from EJNA, Marisa created monthly comic reports as well as year end presentations and reports.
As an Educational Consultant for Adobe youth Voices (AYV), Marisa has:
* Written curriculum and designed tutorials to be used by teachers internationally.
* Mentored teachers and students in up to thirty local low-income schools per year for eight years. Overseeing the local program, including outreach and evaluation.
* Contributed to the development of the AYV professional development model.
* Participated in planning and implementing three international summits bringing educators and youth together from around the world together to make media.
* Collaborated in envisioning the AYV community website, an online community for educators and youth.
* Led multiple international video collaborations.
* Planned and implemented multiple end of year events, Rough Cut Reviews and Green Light Project events.
* Planned and conducted teacher trainings locally and for teachers around the world.
* Facilitated online courses for AYV partner Global Fund for Children using Moodle, Skype and Adobe Connect.
* Acted as a liaison between teachers and local Adobe employees.
* Created large scale graphics to be displayed at an international summit.
For more on this program of the Adobe Foundation go to youthvoices.adobe.com/
This is an international video collaboration Marisa led for Adobe Youth Voices