COVID-19
Worked with teams of student researchers during the pandemic to design and develop tools and resources to support students, families, and school communities through the COVID-19 crisis.
The team focused on tools to help at-risk and special education communities navigate the pandemic and make critical decisions about vaccines and school attendance.
Role
Project lead and design strategist
COVID Resurgence Journeys 2020
Storytelling web site to explore the experience of at-risk students and families during the initial COVID crisis. The site uses a cartoon, graphic-novel style of visual presentation to make information engaging and accessible to a wide variety of audiences. The tool was created using Creative Commons open licensing to facilitate the sharing and extending of the icon and characters from the system.
The tool was created in collaboration with Brooklyn LAB. Worked with 2 interns from Carnegie Mellon SoD.
Online database of resources for school communities containing expertly vetted news, information and science about the COVID-19 vaccine. The resource was a user-centered, iterative web resource designed to be scaled and extended over time. Critical components were a mechanism to tag, create custom hierarchies, and clearly identify sources and citations to support validity of data and informed decision-making.
The tool was created in collaboration with Brooklyn LAB. Worked with 3 interns from Carnegie Mellon SoD.