Haring Center’s Professional Development Unit’s Shopify site
My latest website project has been to develop a Shopify website for Haring Center’s Professional Development Unit (PDU). Haring Center’s PDU offers professional development opportunities including workshops, live and recorded webinars. As part of the University of Washington, we use Bridge, a Learning Management System (LMS) by Instructure, to present our courses. This new Shopify […]
Project DATA website
Haring Center’s Project DATA website was developed as part of a marketing campaign to promote Project DATA and the publication of The DATA Manual for Teaching Preschoolers with Autism. Project DATA is a groundbreaking, replicable, sustainable, inclusive classroom model for young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Created by Haring Center educators, researchers, and graduate […]
Emotional Design: Why we love (or hate) everyday things
The most recent book I’ve read was Donald A. Norman’s Emotional Design: Why we love (or hate) everyday things. Norman provides “evidence that aesthetically pleasing objects enable you to work better”. When designing products, utility, usability, function and form are important considerations. In addition, all products contain visceral, behavioral, and reflective design components. These influence […]