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Prentice Hall asked Cortex to develop and design a three-piece product, focused on American history, for an audience of middle school children. This product would accompany their current textbook and would be comprised of an in-depth review of the U.S. Constitution, a simulation game focused on passing a bill through congress, and a library of important primary sources throughout U.S. history. In the early stages this product was to be delivered via CD-ROM, but would migrate to online delivery through the Prentice Hall website. We kept this need in mind and housed the product within a custom built browser, based off of the Mozilla browser code, to better fit Prentice Hall’s needs. There were several design iterations and we discovered many functionality hurdles to overcome, but I feel that Prentice Hall received both an extraordinary and unique product that best fit the audience’s needs.

 

 

I took on the role of creative lead for all three sections of the product. I was also a key player in the concept creation of the Simulation game. Information architecture and functionality solutions also made up a large part of my role within the project. Building the original HTML shell templates, for both the Constitution and Primary Sources, were challenges I took on.

Project Management Kate Bennett

Design Lisa Jordan, Micheal Seiben

Programming Henry Clark

Audio/Video Susanne Mason

Director Programming Andrew Freeman

Actionscripting Stephanie Johnson

Browser Development David Alvarado, Peter Leighton

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