Net Zero Neighborhood Game (2025)
The game lets players take charge of a neighborhood energy project! Goals include meeting the neighbors, reducing the cul-de-sac's energy use, and helping the neighbors add renewable power in the form of solar panels or a wind turbine.
Plants v. Profits Game Resources (2024)
The board game Plants v. Profits (Grow, Profit, Win!) can be downloaded and printed, or advanced players can access a randomized event generator to supplement the game.
Entertainment Emporium Game Calculator (2022)
Players of the physical board game Entertainment Emporium (Buying Energy, Building an Empire) will appreciate this calculator designed to check or do game math from a mobile device. The game completed play testing and was distributed regionally in July-December 2022.
Just-In-Time Teacher Training for the Virtual Grid Construction Game (2021)
As educators play the Virtual Grid Construction Game (which lets players build a city, see the role of smart meters, and automate switching/load balancing), this asynchronous teacher training enables teachers to ask and find answers to questions they have about content, functionality, and pedagogy. FAQ-style questions and answers are presented at the point in the game where they were asked, but educators can also search the database of questions and answers or ask new questions, which can then be added to the experience for other educators.
Virtual Smart Home (2020)
The Smart Grid for Schools program at Illinois State University ships physical smart home interactives to K-12 schools around the state. This tablet-based experience was published to the web with a new virtual home interface in support of e-Learning during the spring of 2020.
Tech Chains (2019)
Many present-day innovations are new combinations of older technologies. This educational resource is designed to help students understand chains of technology and the role simpler machines have in more complex ones.
Pekin Academy of Fine Arts (2017)
The Pekin Academy of Fine Arts offered art classes and artist exhibitions to the greater Peoria community. This site, launched at the start of 2017, was simple and user-friendly with a hint of elegance. The web application I built to manage class registration and communication with stakeholders was accessible through the Registration and Calendar pages.
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