Special Thanks!
A special thank you should go to the students of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division. With their hard work and dedication we are able to have an outstanding new web site for our cause. Those involved took the Teddies for Tragedies mission to heart and we appreciate their time and efforts greatly.
Meet the Designers
- Granville Amos
- Thomas Appling
- Marla Britton
- Jaime Ciabattoni
- Mike Chamberlain
- Steve Dennis
- Kevin Douglas
- Natalie Hruska
- Meegan Lathan
- Manuel Martinez
- Nehal Mehta
- Kelly Meyers
- Mark J. Moyer
- Nicole Paz
- Paul Poisson
- Michelle Pessoa
- Morag Reid
- Rovi Sharp
Contribution to site:
Session I, For Interactive Media Team I suggested & researched interactive media elements for the site and created mockups & Jing videos to present them to client. Graphic Design Team- Did mockups for home & interior pages & footers.
Session II, Divided tasks among team members, communicated with other teams & Project Manager, suggested some new interactive elements like animated logo and most importantly overall, worked with the best group of classmates in my 20 classes at AIO.
Granville Amos
"Buzz"
"If you can find a job that you love, you never have to work a day in your life." ~Author unknown.
Role:
Interactive Media Team / Graphic Design Team
(Session I)
Interactive Team Lead (Session II)
Email:
buzzamos@comcast.net
Contribution to site:
I worked on the Interactive Team, researching interactive elements and providing demonstrations of elements to client during the planning and design phases.
Thomas Appling
"The bane of Americans is overwork-- and the ruin of any work is a divided interest. Concentrate - concentrate. One thing at a time." ~Mark Twain ( Letter to Orion Clemens, 5/12/1880 )
Role:
Interactive Media Team
(Session I)
Email:
tappling@bellsouth.net
Contribution to site:
Session I - Worked with the Interactive Team in the creation of interactive elements during the planning and design phases; assisted the Graphic Design team and assisted SEO team.
Session II - Communicated with all team members and the client to ensure client satisfaction and the development and delivery of the site by set target date.
Links:
Portfolio
Linkedin
Twitter
Marla Britton
"You are never given a wish without being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however."~Richard Bach
Role:
Interactive Media Team Lead (Session I)
Graphic Design Team
(Session I)
Project Manager (Session II)
Email:
britdouble07@me.com
Jaime Ciabattoni
"Reach for the moon; even if you miss, you'll be among the stars." ~Anonymous
Role:
Web Design Team (Session I)
Programming Team
(Session I)
Email:
jaime@casrvcs.com
Contribution to site:
Developed the original CSS and HTML for the web site. Helped develop the initial PHP interaction.
Links:
Portfolio
Mike Chamberlain
"There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands." Richard Bach
Role:
Web Design Team (Session I)
Programming Team (Session I)
Contribution to site:
Planning and Design Phase for the graphics of the site.
Steve Dennis
Role:
Graphic Design Team Lead (Session I)
Email:
wwiibirds@msn.com
Contribution to site:
Mainly worked on adapting the CSS file, animating the logo, and site validation.
Kevin Douglas
Role:
Programming Team
Interactive Media Team
(Session II)
Email:
Kevindouglas@fuse.net
Contribution to site:
Posted announcements, emailed reminders, general facilitation of course.
In March of 2010, an article came through my Google news feed called: At-home volunteering offers many opportunities by Todd Metcalf. The article mentioned Teddies for Tragedies. I looked them up online, and thought they might like a new website, and this would be a good project for the Special Projects class. I emailed Gisele, and the response was affirmative. This is how it all started.
Natalie Hruska
"The gladdest moment in human life, methinks, is a departure into unknown lands. The blood flows with the fast circulation of childhood." ~Sir Richard Burton
Role:
Special Projects Coordinator
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh- Online Division
Contribution to site:
Created the navigation and volunteers boxes. Created the front end work on the forms for the Mailing Page and Contact Us page.
Meegan Lathan
Role:
Web Design Team
Lead (Session I)
Graphic Design Team
(Session II)
Interactive
Media Team
(Session I & II)
Email:
mlathan154@gmail.com
Contribution to site:
Mainly helped program and code the site. Also assisted the Interactive Media team as needed.
Manuel Martinez
Role:
Programming Team (Session II)
Interactive Media Design Team (Session II)
Email:
mannyr.martinez@gmail.com
Contribution to site:
Worked with the team leads to keep the whole team on track with their progress and also addressing any to all concerns the client may have had.
Nehal Mehta
It's not what you look
at that matters, it's what you see. ~Henry David Thoreau
Role:
Project Manager (Session I)
Email:
nmehta23@gmail.com
Kelly Meyers
Role:
Design Team (Session II)
Interactive
Media Team (Session II)
Contribution to site:
I worked with 3 great coders during the implementation and development phase of this re-design project. My focus was on organizing and assigning tasks, which allowed us to collectively develop the T4T.org web site.
Mark J. Moyer
Role:
Programming Team Lead
(Session II)
Email:
mark@jumpstreetwebdesign.com
Contribution to site:
In the first session, I assisted the web design and programming teams, creating whatever was needed for the site. In the second session, I assisted the project manager with her tasks, and helped the web/graphic design team create items needed for the site. In addition, I designed the page layout for the Twitter profile.
Links:
Twitter
Nicole Paz
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." ~Carl Sagan
Role:
Web Design Team
(Session I &II)
Programming Team (Session I)
Assistant Project Manager (Session II)
Email:
nicole.j.paz@gmail.com
Contribution to site:
Session I
Primary role: Programming Team Lead, responsible for overseeing Programming Team. As a team our accomplishments included site architecture, database design, CSS mapping and goal setting for the project overall. My secondary was on the interactive team where we conceptualized certain elements for the site.
Session II
Primary role: Programming Team, aided in site implementation, backend administration, utilized PHP/Javascript/HTML and jQuery. Secondary role was on Interactive Team where I continued working on certain elements of the site to enhance usability and interactive elements.
Paul Poisson
"Work Hard, Play Harder."
Role:
(Session I)
Programming Team Lead & Interactive Team
(Session 2)
Programming Team & Interactive Team
Website:
Paul Poisson Creative Services
Contribution to site:
Organized Graphics/Web Team to create graphic and written content for Teddies 4 Tragedies. Highlights include header, footer, press section and social media partner sites for Twitter and Facebook.
Michelle Pessoa
Role:
Design Team Lead (Session II)
Contribution to site:
Created the color scheme and design for the site. Edited images, assisted with wire frames and mockups.
Links:
Portfolio
Morag Reid
"So many of our DREAMS at first seem Impossible, then they
seem Improbable, and then when we Summon the Will, they soon become Inevitable.”
~Christopher Reeve
Role:
Graphic Design Team
(Session I)
Web Design Team (Session I)
Email:
morag@reidnexus.com
Rovi Sharp
Role:
Asst. Project Manager
(Session I)
Graphic Design Team
(Session I)
Email:
hello@domondondesign.com
