StevenEstrella.com has been developing interactive media products for clients in business and education since 2000. A few of our projects are described below. If you are looking for effective interactive media to inform and delight customers, fill out our media development request form at our parent site, ShearSpire, Inc. You'll hear from us by email with a quote on your project.
For links to working examples of music education applications, see the techniques page.
Project: North Carolina Technology Sampler for Spotlight on Music by
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Medium: CD-ROM for Windows and Macintosh
Client and Date: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill (2006)
Technologies Employed: Flash with ActionScript for audio, video, and
animation
Description:
The North Carolina Technology Sampler for Spotlight on Music is an advance
marketing tool for the Spotlight on Music curriculum. ShearSpire was hired
to create the opening Splash animation, a Virtual Hammered Dulcimer that can
be played by typing on the computer keyboard, and other animations to enhance
the project.
Project: Multimedia Companion for Music: An
Appreciation by Roger Kamien
Medium: CD-ROM for Windows and Macintosh
Client and Date: McGraw-Hill Higher Education (2005)
Technologies Employed: Flash with ActionScript for audio, video, and animation
Description:
The Multimedia Companion enhances the study of music appreciation through
activities that introduce and drill concepts and skills in music listening.
The playful and informative activities in the Elements section bring music
concepts to life with sound, graphics, and animation. The Instruments section
provides video demonstrations of major orchestral instruments. Other activities
include a video introduction to opera, art and music timelines for historical
periods, a multimedia glossary, and interactive quizzes on many topics. A
search engine was created to allow students to search the CD-ROM for content.
A bookmarking feature allowed students to save pages of interest for easier
access at a later time. More screen shots are available on the Kamien
CD-ROM Project page.
Project: Electronic Animated Listening Maps for the Spotlight
on Music Curriculum
Medium: CD-ROM for Windows and Macintosh
Client and Date: Macmillan (2005)
Technologies Employed: Flash with ActionScript for audio and
animation
Description:
The Spotlight on Music curriculum for K-12 music study is one of the most
popular curriculums on the market. Macmillan hired us to produce electronic versions
of the printed listening maps students use to learn the structure of famous works
of music. We created a series of 6 CD-ROMs for grades 1 through 6. Each CD-ROM
contained three animated listening maps as well as the complete collection of
printed listening maps in PDF format. The animations featured beat level synchronization
with the music combined with entertaining images and motion. We also produced
the shell interface to launch the Flash animations and PDF files.
