2018

pritzker/kaiser promotional videos for early childhood language learning

Content developer for a series of short promotional videos intended to inform target audiences about the development of language skills in early childhood.

commercial online training course for early education providers

I am the project manager and a content developer for an interactive online training course for early education providers. My responsibilities included content strategy, instructional design, and management of a cross-functional team including a web developer, graphic designer, content strategists, marketing strategists, and secondary stakeholders.

Program information: SparkLingTM, an Interactive Online Teacher Training

2017

INTERVIEW WITH SLATE ONLINE MAGAZINE ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF 2-YEAR-OLDS

I was interviewed by Lillian Mongeau for an article about children’s experiences in early childhood based on my expertise in researching 2-year-olds cognitive development.

Article link: https://slate.com/human-interest/2017/11/what-its-like-to-think-like-a-2-year-old.html

Early education alliance course on child development

I was the project manager and content developer for a 15-week foundational course on child development for the  Early Education Alliance (EEU) competency-based course listings. My responsibilities included content strategy, instructional design, and management of a team of 5 content developers in collaboration with multiple EEU staff, such as media and course developers.

See Applied Child Development course listing for 'Child Development: Brain Science' at https://www.earlyedualliance.org/courses/

training module on causal learning

As a Hearst Foundations Fellow at the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences Outreach Division, I wrote and designed content (including shooting video footage and video scripting) for an online training module on causal learning in early childhood.

http://modules.ilabs.uw.edu/module/learning-to-make-things-happen-how-children-learn-cause-and-effect/

ncecdtl WEBINAR on benefits of guided play for early childhood learning 

Designed and wrote content for a webinar on the benefits of guided play for early learning. The Webinar was presented live online by the Institute's outreach director, Dr. Sarah Lytle and Dr. Amelia Bachleda, on June 1, 2017 as part of the National Center for Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning's Babytalks series. 

Event Information: link here                                                                                                                                                                   Archive of Babytalks webinars (‘Play’ webinar can be found in playlist on the right):                       https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/school-readiness/article/babytalks                                              

contribution to Pacific science center play exhibit

Provided interview content and directed video shoot for Pacific Science Center (Seattle, WA.) exhibit on learning from play: Play, It's Good For Everyone, on exhibit in The Studio from December 10, 2016 - June 4, 2017. 

Video included in the exhibit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY5shGhwlNI                                                                                         Overview of play exhibit can be found listed in 'Past Exhibits': https://www.pacificsciencecenter.org/exhibits/the-studio/

elsevier Audioslides presentation for JECP publication

Designed and produced a 5-minute video of slides with voiceover summarizing the findings in my 2017 journal article on social causal learning in early childhood in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 

Video: https://youtu.be/sNavBJz1cac                                                                                                                                                 Publisher's site: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/doi/10.1016/j.jecp.2017.04.018?goto=sd   

2015

nsf video showcase on teaching & learning

Designed and produced a 3-minute video summarizing NSF funded project on probabilistic causal learning in early childhood for 2015 NSF video showcase on Teaching & Learning. 

Video: https://youtu.be/m57iyJ49NCY