CreativeMatter.net LLC

What We Do:

We create playful curricula that are accountable to local, state, and national education standards.
We design interactives that work within the technological constraints inherent in a classroom-teaching environment.
We develop emotionally engaging learning experiences through humor, mystery and other storytelling devices.
We integrate the unique content and learning opportunities cultural and educational institutions offer with standards-based classroom instruction.

What We've Done:

		Roseville Utility Exploration Center http://roseville.ca.us/explore
		Roles: Instructional design, content development, multimedia development Audience: Elementary school students and teachers
		Developed field trip programs for grades 4 - 6 that integrated key messages of sustainable living with the concepts of electrical circuits, the periodic table, and the water cycle.

		Minnesota Public Radio Sound Learning http://soundlearning.publicradio.org
		Roles: Instructional design, content development, audio production Audience: Middle and high school students and teachers
		Developed scalable teacher resource that repurposed broadcast audio for use in the middle and high school classroom. Created lesson templates and "quick start" guides that help teachers develop lessons from MPR content within fifteen minutes.

$Screenshot of fractions manipulative$		PLATO Learning, Inc. Math Fundamentals http://www.plato.com/
		Roles: Instructional design, interactive design, content development Audience: Middle school students thru GED candidates
		Developed online lessons that provided remedial instruction in numeracy, operations, geometry, and measurement. Designed Flash-based interactive manipulatives for procedural lessons and scripted content for target audience. Created offline pre- and post- lesson exercises.

		Minnesota Historical Society Fields, Forests, and the Falls: Connecting Minnesota http://discovery.mnhs.org/ConnectingMN/
		Roles: Instructional design, content development Audience: Middle school students and general population Awards and Honors : • Certificate of Commendation, AASLH • Yahoo! Site of the Day
		Developed graphic novel (comic book) treatment to render nineteenth century writing more accessible to the target audience.

		Minnesota Historical Society Educator's Portal http://discovery.mnhs.org/edportal
		Roles: Information architecture, interactive design, formative evaluation Audience: K-12 Teachers
		Developed a flexible, “one-stop shopping” resource for teachers to quickly filter the myriad educational assets produced by the Minnesota Historical Society. Designed interface and dynamic database architecture to enable non-educators to create credible connections between a MHS program and state social studies standards.

		Minnesota Historical Society TimePieces http://events.mnhs.org/timepieces
		Roles: Instructional design, interactive design, content development Audience: Students, grades 4 - 8, and general population.
		Developed online interactives that provided opportunities for research and inquiry learning. Created standards-based supplemental lesson plans to further integrate learning with standard classroom curriculum.

		Sanford ArtEdventures/Educational Web Adventures Art of Crime http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/crimedetection/index.html
		Roles: Instructional design, interactive design, content development Audience: Students, grades 4 - 8, and general population. Awards and Honors: • Cool Site of the Day, Education World A+ Reviewed Site
		Developed drawing game and scenarios to teach portraiture and awareness of the left - right brain duality. Scripted “Dragnet” style introduction to set the stage for learning.