AMY BRUNNER
HELLO, I'M AMY
M.Ed. Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education
TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION & EDUCATION
ABOUT
ABOUT ME
I'm currently pursuing an M. Ed. in the Technology, Innovation & Education (TIE) program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. I am most interested in using the power of media to design and produce fun learning experiences for children, especially adolescents.
WHAT I'VE DONE
Most recently, I've been an Instructional Design intern with STRIPED (HSPH/BCH). I have also interned with "Antiques Roadshow" at WGBH. I've worked in the classroom as an ESL teacher in Vladimir, Russia, and as a Chicago Math Fellow, tutoring high school algebra and geometry with the University of Chicago Crime Lab.
WHAT I DO
My research and creative projects at HGSE have centered around young adolescents and media (see below). As a human, I am also a writer and performer of sketch comedy and an improviser. In my spare, spare time I am a visual artist and make a mean watercolor birthday card.
PORTFOLIO
Feel free to peruse my latest projects.
Created and produced an educational riff on the online make-up tutorial, aimed at young female audiences. This pilot episode of "Baddest Beauty Queens" features the one and only Frida Kahlo. Coming Soon: Katherine Hepburn. For T-530: Designing and Producing Educational Media Shot on DSLR camera; edited on Final Cut Pro X.
I have been interning with Dr. Bryn Austin and Dr. Holly Gooding at the Strategic Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders, a joint effort between the Harvard School of Public Health and Boston Children's Hospital. I have worked with them to develop a strategic plan for converting their paper teaching cases into effective e-learning modules. I am developing a prototype for their first module. Sample Illustration from Beta Module, produced on Powerpoint, Adobe Captivate
Worked with a team to design, prototype, implementation guide and create supplemental materials for a virtual reality-based app for Google Cardboard. Covered the Industrial Revolution from multiple fictionalized perspectives on a local scale, adhered to Common Core content and instructional standards, as well as UDL guidelines. I was responsible for media element of final project. For T-560: Universal Design for Learning
Worked with a team to conduct formative evaluation to support early stage of production of WGBH Kids Digital initiative targeting distracted driving. Created and conducted parent-child interviews, worked with team on analyzing results from all other instruments. For T-523: Formative Evaluation
Worked with a team of 5 graduate students to design an interactive, collaborative cooking app/game for teens. For HT-123: Informal Education
Worked with Julia Freeland, Education Research Fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute, to create a market map of current online tools and resources for social capital. Produced interactive infographic, and I contributed to group paper and accompanying materials.
Wrote creative proposal for original kids' comedy centered around algebra and geometry content for middle school/early high school aged student audiences. For HT-500: Growing Up in a Media World
Designed suite of constructionism-inspired media literacy games for teenage users. For T-550: Designing for Learning by Creating
A sample of those birthday cards I mentioned above.