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Produced several games for Fablevision and Maryland Public Television to teach middle school math concepts in an engaging, completely original approach. Games used a rich storyline and visuals to invite users to figure out which mathematical concepts were relevant, and how to solve the various puzzles to advance through the game world.
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Flash AS2
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Working with Six Red Marbles and Houghton Mifflin, programmed several interactive activities for Discover project. The labs were designed for K-6 student users, and included various subjects related to science education, including “Plants and Animals,” “Matter and Energy,” and “Looking at Earth.”
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Flash AS2
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Working with Six Red Marbles and McDougal Littell, programmed components, including shell, for WOW BioLabs. The BioLabs consisted of 14 separate interactive labs, ranging from such subjects as calorimetry to bird responses. The shell included features such as printing of lab reports and integration of a “notebook” that would keep track of user-entered data throughout the labs.
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Flash AS2
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A five-part series of educational CD-ROMs teaching middle-school math within interactive mystery stories. Students move through a cartoon 3D world rich with odd characters to discover the climax of each story, solving math problems along the way. Winner of Apple Design Award. Served as writer, technical director, and designer for multiple aspects of product, including interactive 3D environment, Quicktime, QTVR, and non-linear story structures.
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Quicktime, Quicktime VR, Strata Studio (for 3D design)
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An online educational game built completely in Flash 5, produced for Educational Web Adventures, LLC. Silent Spring was based on the groundbreaking work of Rachel Carson, an environmental activist famous for bringing to light the terrible effects of DDT and other pesticides on natural ecosystems.
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Flash 5 actionscripting, integration of external art files for use in Flash 5
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PrimeTime Math is a six-part CD-ROM series that teaches middle-school math in real-world dramatic stories, including wilderness search and rescues, medical emergencies, crimes, and fires. Developed curriculum materials, as well as co-designing the story content, and other media.
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Quicktime, Sorenson/Cinepak video compression
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Rainforest Researchers uses dramatic real-life stories, conveyed with video and animation, to teach collaborative problem solving to middle-school students. Co-designed curriculum materials, game flow, and animated content that served as humorous breakpoints in the gameplay.
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Quicktime, Sorenson/Cinepak video compression
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Thinking Reader is an innovative, research-validated program that systematically builds reading comprehension skills for students reading below grade level. Max Media produced a video overview for Thinking Reader, integrating audio narration, aniamtions, and live video.
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Flash 6, integration of video and animation
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Produced for Educational Web Adventures and the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, this online and CD-ROM-based project celebrates Stax soul music of the 1960s and 70s with lively interactives and lesson plans. In “The Stax River” interactive, you can trace musicial influences on the signature Stax sound with some of Stax’s biggest hits. “Mix a Song in the Stax Studio” lets you layer instrumental tracks to arrange your own soul song.
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Flash MX
Before forming Max Media, Maxim Antinori worked at Tom Snyder Productions, Inc. in Boston, where he helped produce many award-winning software titles for K-12 schools. Thes titles include Rainforest Researchers, Math Mysteries, The Other Side, Minds-On Science, and others.
Now as Max Media, Inc., Maxim continues to develop school software and interactives for Tom Snyder Productions, as well as other respected educational developers such as CAST, Inc.
