Programming Arts

TouchMath Tutor Series: K thru 2

davefaloon — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:29:54 +0000

Acted as project manager and lead programmer for a special-needs, educational software series. Each grade level is presented in two-part sets which teach basic math skills: counting, sequencing, addition, and subtraction. The series features extensive score tracking, teacher options, custom music beds, animated characters and themed reward scenes. The application can also be used via touch screen. The application was developed using Adobe Flex/AIR and was delivered to both Windows and Mac platforms.

Responsibilities included gathering requirements with SME, developing core technical architecture, designing activities, coordinating with Art Director, overseeing implementation & schedule, coordinating interim approvals, managing visual design & development teams, and directing overall quality assurance. Development time was approximately six-to-eight months per grade level.

Kindergarten title was named as 2010 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence recipient.

client: Innovative Learning Concepts
date:11/10/2010
tools:AS3, Flash, Adobe AIR, SQLite
roles:Project Manager, Lead Programmer

Farm to Table website

davefaloon — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:31:36 +0000

Worked closely with Art Director Susie Hiskey Bryan at Whisk Design Studio to develop a custom themed WordPress site. Site uses WordPress category mechanism to allow quick updates to Farm Profiles, Weekly Updates and Latest News. Site makes uses of automated social networking updates to Facebook and Twitter. Custom Flash introduction slide show.

client: Farm to Table
date:10/01/2010
tools:WordPress, HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash
roles:Programmer

Dr Gregory Wells website

davefaloon — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:34:31 +0000

Worked closely with Art Director Susie Hiskey Bryan at Whisk Design Studio to develop a custom ‘shingle’ site for San Francisco psychologist Dr. Gregory Wells. Quick project: two weeks development.

client: Whisk Design Studio
date:03/01/2010
tools:HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Photoshop
roles:Programmer

Whisk Design Studio Portfolio website

davefaloon — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:55:00 +0000

I worked closely with Art Director Susie Hiskey Bryan at Whisk Design Studio to custom develop a Flash based portfolio. The portfolio content is configurable through an XML document.

client: Whisk Design Studio
date:08/01/2009
tools:Flash CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, Photoshop CS4
roles:Programmer

Straight & Level Construction website

davefaloon — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:53:35 +0000

Austin builder John Martin wanted an easy-to-update showcase site for his past projects. Programming Arts worked directly with John to develop the site using WordPress.

Site features a Flash-based slide-show on the home page and java-script pop-up portfolio slides.

client: Straight & Level Construction
date:03/02/2009
tools:Flash CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, WordPress
roles:Designer, & Programmer

Raptorware Website

davefaloon — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:03:37 +0000

Programming Arts provided CSS, HTML, and Flash programming for a raptorware.com site relaunch.

Programming Arts worked closely closely with Braun Design to execute the revised site. The result was a HTML site that employed Flash navigation and extensive use of CSS. Development time was 3 months.

client: Raptorware
date:11/11/2008
tools:Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS 3. Photoshop CS3
roles:Programmer

BabyCoco Online Store

davefaloon — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:00:23 +0000

Programming Arts provided an update and extensive revision to BabyCoco’s previous site. The latest version contains an online store (built atop Yahoo Stores) and blog (built atop WordPress). The resulting site is easy to use and browse with a consistent look and feel developed with CSS.client: Baby Coco
date:09/01/2008
tools:Dreamweaver CS3, Photoshop CS3, CSS, WordPress, Yahoo Shopping Cart, PHP, mySQL
roles:Designer, Programmer

Tracking Down Parts of Speech

davefaloon — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:42:20 +0000

Directed visual design and technical effort for language arts software. Elementary age students learn and practice the four main parts of speech. The program uses a detective theme to guide students to solve ten mystery cases while they learn, locate, and identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

As students log in to the software, they encounter vivid 3D graphics, numerous instructional videos, and several activity templates. Users play the role of a detective who must solve mysteries by learning and identifying the parts of speech. Students choose a case to solve, such as The Mystery of the Creepy Caller. Each case begins with an audio introduction. Then students practice one or more parts of speech.

An assessment helps teachers determine students’ mastery. Teacher options allow for many adaptations. Video tutorials help remind students of each part of speech and its critical components.

Tracking Down Parts of Speech is playable on both Mac and Windows computers and is available for purchase.

client: PCI Publishing
date: 02/01/2007
tools: Director, Flash, Photoshop
roles: Project Manager, Instructional Designer, Programmer

Theme Park Math

davefaloon — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:44:00 +0000

Educational software employs a theme-park setting with custom music and extensive animation. Application emphasizes basic skills of addition and subtraction while engaging users with motivating games and activities.

While at PCI Educational Publishing I provided design, programming and project management for this project. We worked closely with Austin-designer David Young and composer David Minnick to develop games and interfaces that captured the atmosphere of an amusement park. Development time was five months. Theme Park Math is playable on both Mac and Windows computers and is available for purchase.

Title was recognized as 2007 Finalist for The Association of Educational Publishers Golden Lamp awards.

client: PCI Publishing
date:07/01/2007
tools: Director
roles: Project Manager, Instructional Designer, Programmer