Acorn Research Centre
Apple Computer
Art Institute of Portland
ASCD
ACM, Computer Human
Interaction
Center for Design
Center for Practitioner Research
Center for Secondary School Redesign
Center for Sustainable Design
Chicago Public Library
Community Consolidated School District 15
FuturED, LLC
Garmin
Global Education Collaborative
Gomoll Research and Design
Gorton Community Center
Greening of Industry Network
Greenleaf & Papanek Publications
Gruye-Vogt-Opperman, Inc.
Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City Public Schools
Kolding School of Design
Hallmark Cards
Hewlett-Packard
High Schools That Work
Illinois Association for Gifted Children
Illinois Resource Center
Industrial Designers Society of America
Institute of Design at IIT
International Council of Societies of Industrial Design
International Design Magazine
International Dyslexia Association
Intuit
Lake Forest School District 67
Lotus Development
Macromedia
Montessori Schools
National-Louis University
Noble Network of Charter Schools, CPS
North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and
School Improvement
Northern Suburban Special Education District
North Shore Pediatric Therapy
Northwest Industrial Design Invitational
Northwest Parent Education Group
Purdue University
Philips Ultrasound
San Jose State University
Siemens Corporation
Stanford Children’s Hospital
Southern Illinois University
Syva Corporation
Tennessee Reading Association
TreeFrog, Denmark
University of Cincinnati
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Kansas
UNext.com
Warren Township High School District 121
Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
WGN Radio
EXPERIENCES
“i3”
Innovation Grant Evaluation Design Project
Noble Network of Charter Schools, Chicago Public Schools
Victor
Papanek Going Forward Action Research Study
Walter Hargrove, Art Institute of Portland
Internal
Grant Program Evaluation Design and Reports
Waukegan 21st Century Community Learning
Center
Student-Directed
Accountability Action Research Study
Waukegan Community School District 60
Human-Centered Design Action Research Study
Six New York City Practitioner Interviews
Student
Voice Digital Stories Action Research Study
Warren Township School District 121
Student
Engagement Formative Assessment Research Study
Lake Forest School District 67
Comprehending
Parts of a Paragraph Formative Assessment Study
Lake Forest School District 67
Word
Analysis and Vocabulary Action Research Study
Three National-Louis University Cohorts/Educators
Improving Struggling Reader Learning Outcomes Action Research Study
Three National-Louis University Cohorts/Educators
Engaging
the Brain Professional Development Curriculum
Lake Forest School District 67
GREENLEAF & PAPANEK Publications
"Engaging Today's
Students,"
College, and 5-12 Grade Editions Greenleaf & Papanek Publications, 2007.
"Coaching Reluctant
Learners: A Practical Framework for Classroom Success," Greenleaf & Papanek
Publications, 2006.
"A Mastery Toolkit:
Coaching Students to Become 'Can Do' Learners," Greenleaf & Papanek
Publications, 2005.
"Memory, Recall, the
Brain & Learning,"
Greenleaf & Papanek Publications, 2005.
ARTICLES & PAPERS
Innovation, Quarterly of
the Industrial Designers Society of America, 2007, "The World is Smaller, Design is Bigger - Living,
Designing, and Learning in a Sustainable World" - co-authored with
JohnPaul Kusz
Greening of Industry
Network,
Ontario, Canada, 2007 “Design or Default: the choice, and the legacy, is
ours...” - co-authored with JohnPaul Kusz
WGN Radio Interview, The Steve Cochran Show,
2006, Kids News For Parents: “A Mastery Toolkit”
International Design
Magazine, 1993,
"Making Metaphors"
International Design
Magazine, 1991,
Jury member for the annual Design Research competition.
R&D Network, Hewlett -
Packard, 1987,
"Putting the best face on Computers"
Inside DSBU, Xerox
Corporation, 1987,
"The Icon Makers-Turning Words into Symbols"
Innovation, Quarterly of
the Industrial Designers Society of America, 1986, "Visual Interface Design, A New Form of Industrial
Design"
Benchmark, Xerox
Corporation, 1986,
"Picturing the World Through Icons"
The Magazine of the Kansas
City Art Institute,
1980, "Student Designs for Humanity"
ASSOCIATIONS & PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Lake Forest School District
- Spirit of 67, 2007
- 2009, Board Member, Communications
Industrial Designers
Society of America,
1882 - 1989 / 2006 - present, Member
Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development,
2006 - present, Member
Learning & the Brain
Society, 2004
- 06, Member
Lake Forest School District
- Association of Parents and Teachers, 2001 - 06, Executive Communications Chair
IDSA Publications
Committee, 1987,
Judge
National Staff Development
Council, 2009
– present
Secretary, IDSA San
Francisco Chapter,
1986 – 87
EDUCATION
National-Louis University, Curriculum and Instruction
Design, Chicago, Illinois, M.Ed. 2009
Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design, Product and Environmental Design, Kansas City, Missouri, B.F.A. 1982