INNOVATIVE TEACHING SHOWCASE

Innovative Teaching Showcase

2008-2009

Designers

The following staff of the Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment contributed to the design, graphic creation, video production, and coding involved in the Innovative

• Graphic and web design: Justina Brown, Jesse Hansen, Nick Henschied
• Video footage and production: Karen Casto
• Animated video introductions: Jesse Hanse, Jenny Trygg
• Scripting and CSS coding: Nick Henschied
• Web development: Justina Brown, Nick Henschied

Design Elements

• Typefaces: Montserrat (Headings/titles), Playfair Display(Sub-headings), Droid Sans(Text), Baskerville (videos)
  All fonts used are part of Google Font

• Colors: Green (#336600), Red (#cc0000), Orange (rgb(248,125,29)), Medium Blue (#2b587c), Dark Blue (#1d2e52), Page Background (#d9e7f0), Page Background (#ccc)

Software Used

• PhotoShop / Illustrator
• Fireworks
• Dreamweaver / Visual Studio
• AfterEffects
• Premiere

Coding

• Embedded Videos - This Showcase utilizes YouTube to play movies on the "Videos" pages, which only require the Flash player. By embedding YouTube's proprietary code for each of our movies into the HTML of the player pages, the movies play seamlessly within the design of the website.
• Javascript

Image Permissions

All of the graphical design elements for the Innovative Teaching Showcase are original creations generated via in-house photography and graphic design. Photos purchased from iStock are used in accordance with iStock's content license agreement; photos obtained from Stock.xchng are used in accordance with Stock.xchng's image license agreement. All other copyrighted material on the website is used with permission.

 

Home Page and Design Elements

• Water Color paintings and vector art - Jesse Hansen, WWU student, 2009
• Cogs - Joe Riehl, 2008, subject provided courtesy of Aranas Oslapas, 2008

 

Showcasee Pages

 

Faculty GUR Group

• Portfolio
  • Pete Stelling, Kendra Douglas and Johann Neem - Justina Brown, 2008
  • Milton Cox and Kendra Douglas - Karen Casto, 2008
  • GUR members attend mini-courses - Justina Brown, 2008
  • Kendra Dougles and Pete Stelling - Karen Casto, 2009

 

• Showcase Videos
• Interviews conducted and recorded by Justina Brown and Karen Casto
• Captioning by Alissa French, WWU student, 2009
• Intro Segment
  • Music - Mist by Digital Juice's Back Traxx
  • Animation by Jesse Hansen and Jenny Trygg, WWU students, 2009
• Movie 5:
  • Video of Milton Cox - Andriy Semenyuk, 2008
  • Photos from FLC Conference - Andriy Semenyuk, 2008
  • Kendra Douglas and Pete Stelling - Karen Casto, 2009
  
  
• Profiles
• Photos provided by individual instructors or Justina Brown, 2009
  

 

 

Multicultural Faculty Fellows

• Portfolio
  • The Center for Education, Equity, and Diversity - Justina Brown, 2009
  • Linda Christensen, participant and Kristen French -Justina Brown, 2009
  • Lauren McClanahan and John Korsmo - Justina Brown, 2009
  • Linda Christensen -Justina Brown, 2009
  • Maori Spiral - Andrew Kerr, 2006 (iStock)
  • Next steps feet - Aaron Chambers, 2008 (iStock)

 

• Showcase Videos
• Interviews conducted and recorded by Justina Brown and Karen Casto
• Captioning by Alissa French, WWU student, 2009
  
  
• Intro Segment
  • Music: Gymnopedie - Satie by Digital Juice's Back Traxx
  • Animation by Jesse Hansen and Jenny Trygg, WWU students, 2009
• Movie 1:
• Welcome to the CEED - Justina Brown, 2009
• The Center for Education, Equity and Diversity - Justina Brown, 2009
• Books - Justina Brown, 2009
• Movie 3:
  • Who isn't here at Western?
    • Four students - Aldo Murillo, 2008 (iStock)
    • Old Main - Ben Cody, 2008 (Wikimedia)
• Movie 5:
  • Maori Spiral - alabony, 2006 (iStock)
  
  

• Profiles
• Photos provided by individual intructors or Justina Brown, 2009
  

 

 

Teacher Education Partnership

• Portfolio
  • Adrienne Somera, Bobbie Bush, Tom Leinart looking at 3D map*
  • Linda Consoliver and Dave Hassenflug wearing goggles*
  • Figure 1 Teacher Leaders: Content Knowledge Gained - graphic created by CIIA
  • Figure 2 Creating Value Added - graphic created by CIIA
  • Craig Harpel and Deborah Donovan with a pendulum*
    

 

• Showcase Videos
• Interviews conducted and recorded by Justina Brown and Karen Casto
• Captioning by Alissa French, WWU student, 2009
  
  
• Intro Segment
  • Music - Sippin' Tea by Digital Juice's Back Traxx
  • Animation by Jesse Hansen and Jenny Trygg, WWU students, 2009
     
• Movie 1:
  • SMATE Building - Evanseric15, 2008 (Wikimedia)
  • Faculty members around a computer*
  • Group of children in bright shirts - JBryson, 2008 (iStock)
  • Microscope - nano, 2007 (iStock)
  • NCOSP Regional Map*
• Movie 2:
  • Photos of Summer Academy provided by NCOSP
• Movie 4:
  • NCOSP 5th Grade Graph*
  • NCOSP 10th Grade Graph*
  • Faculty chatting - Justina Brown, 2009
  • Three faculty members at a table - Justina Brown, 2009
  • Flying like eagles - Justina Brown, 2009
• Movie 5:
  • Photos provided by NCOSP
  
  * provided by NCOSP

 

• Profiles
  • Photos provided by NCOSP

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Notes on Purchased Images

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