University Primary School www.ed.uiuc.edu/ups(designed, but no longer maintained, by jeff goelitz design)
As a nationally renowned primary school that continues
to implement innovative approaches to learning,
the University Primary School needed a professional
web site that reflected the quality of their school.
Playing off the primary colors of red, yellow,
and blue, this site is eye-catching and informative.
With a small Flash-based headline, users are instantly
aware of UPS's commitment to learning.
This site was designed to provide a great deal
of information about the school, and to create
a better flow to their award-winning online curriculums.
These three online curriculum sites represent the
hard work done by the students and teachers at
University Primary School. Each is a guide to
two major projects/units taught during the year.
The sites were designed with all users in mind.
My goal was to create visually appealing sites
that were simple to navigate. The 2002 curriculum
allowed us to incorporate not only pictures, but
also video clips and students' PowerPoint presentations.
The 2001 and 2002 sites both won the annual National Association
for Gifted Children (NAGC) curriculum award.
This project was a unique challenge in terms of
usability. The goal of UPS's Web View-N-Do project
is to teach primary school children to create
their own web sites. Students were taught to scan
drawings, download pictures from a digital camera,
and create web sites so their parents could see
what is being learned in school.
My challenge was to create a directory structure
that was simple enough for 6- and 7-year-olds
to navigate. The initial page for this project
(seen in the thumbnail at left) is a portal to
each student's personal web site.
Franklin Magnet Middle School www.franklinknights.com (disabled)
As part of a marketing effort, I redesigned Franklin
Middle School's web site to reflect their newly
revised mission and to provide more up-to-date
information. This site has been a critical tool
in an effort to rebuild the quality image of Franklin.
A fun, personal project, this site announces my
upcoming wedding. Designed for our family and
friends, it has the story of how we met, a virtual
photo album, and important wedding details.
Another fun, personal project, this site announces
the wedding of my brother and sister-in-law. While
the complete site is now only on CD, you can see
the a replica here.
Jeff Goelitz :: Education E-portfolio alumni.imsa.edu/~goelitz/eport (disabled)
This site is an electronic portfolio of my credentials
and work as a teacher. It includes my teaching
resume as well as lesson plans and my personal
philosophy of teaching.
