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Math Connects
Math Connects
Educational products aren’t just designed for students. They’re also designed for teachers, who face many challenges in their efforts to maximize learning for every student. This textbook promo is designed to illustrate how Macmillan McGraw-Hill’s
Math Connections
textbooks allow teachers to manage their time and resources more efficiently to improve their students’ success.
Animation
K-8 Math Animations
Horizons was asked to develop a large battery of math animations for the McGraw-Hill Companies. We worked with Macmillan [elementary school] and Glencoe [middle and high school] to create a total of 1,064 flash animations. Each animation uses visuals and audio to illustrate - and clarify - the key concept of a math problem selected from K-8 textbooks. In creating this library of animations, we collaborated closely with McGraw-Hill Math editors, administrators, and the Media Technology Group, completing the project on time and on budget.
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Math Personal Tutors
Let's face it, students today have a lot going on in their lives. As a result, they sometimes miss a lesson because of conflicts with other activities. Or, they have trouble grasping what their teacher was trying to get across to them in class. Fortunately, today's students also have a virtual assistant to help make sure they understand the critical material. Horizons partnered with McGraw-Hill to create the "Personal Tutor", a proprietary software that is just that - a tutor available to students 24/7, anywhere they have access to an internet connection. We've taken important math concepts - and explained them with visuals and audio - in a format that students can pause, rewind, or watch over and over until the information sinks in. We have created thousands of individual problem-solving walkthroughs for each mathematics level from Grade 3 through calculus. What could be better than having your own Personal Tutor?
3D Intro Animation
3D Science Open Animation
We have a philosophy at Horizons: "Don't leave them asking for more!" This opening animation is a prime example of that. We received a request to create a prototype video for a possible upcoming project. In the process of producing the prototype, we decided to create this 3D animation to introduce the video. Take a look at the animation - it denotes the underlying implication that the video series will take the viewer from the molecular level of cells (Life Science) to the realms of space (Physical Science) -- and everywhere in between!
Video
What's Science Got To Do With It?
How many times have you heard kids ask, "Why do I have to learn this? I will never use it in real life."? Well, this series of videos is designed to address both the question...and the statement. We partnered with McGraw-Hill Companies to produce a product that actually presents "real life" people (in "real life" careers) who are using the "real life" concepts that the students are learning about in their middle school and high school textbooks. In the process of developing 81 individual videos, we conducted interviews with experts from many different walks of life...videotaped scientific processes...simulated other scientific processes through animation...used special cameras to capture microscopic activity...and basically did "whatever it takes" to teach today's students that science is all about "real life!"
3D Moon Chapter Opener
Science 3D Chapter Opener
To Infinity and Beyond! Well to the Moon anyway. We were asked to create a 3D Chapter Opener for Middle School Science. The object was to take the content of the chapter and develop a short engaging synopsis of the covered material. In todays world students are looking for something that moves and talks - so we gave them the moon. Take a look!
K-5 Literacy
Texas Treasures
eSamplers
Horizons’ education technology team is creating online demos like this Lead 21 esampler, that give educators access to complete samples of all of the program’s materials. It’s comparable to having an actual program sample box in your hands without having to send such a package to every interested educator. Take a few minutes to explore, it is pretty amazing!
Video
Treasures Promo Video
A high quality textbook program can only be effective if it makes it into the classroom. Consequently, even the best scholastic products need to be promoted to their potential customers. This textbook promo features the Macmillan McGraw-Hill’s
Treasures
Reading program for K-6 students. State-specific versions of this video were produced for adoptions in California and Texas, as well as a generic version for national use.
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Literature Launchers
While reading the printed word will always be an essential skill, today's students respond to a wide variety of media formats. For McGraw-Hill Educational Publishing's Glencoe [middle and high school] division, Horizons has created several hundred literature-themed videos for students to enjoy in their classrooms or online. These "launchers" give the students a deeper background before they approach a particular piece of literature. It might be a video interview with the author of the work, a video that places the work in historical or cultural context, or perhaps even a dramatization of a portion of the work itself. The videos correspond to the textbooks for Grades 6 through 12, including American, British and World Literatures.
Animation
Einstein Animation
Some students find History unappetizing, because it's just "stuff about people who aren't even around anymore". But what if you could bring those people to
life
? Well, that's (kind of) what we've done. Take a look at this Einstein figure to find out some unexpected facts about Albert Einstein. Our goal with these animations is to create media that engages students' imaginations - and teaches them at the same time!
Animation
Uncle Sam Animation
The purpose of this prototype animation was to take an historical figure and "bring the person to life" using 3D animation. We chose Uncle Sam as an example to demonstrate our capabilities for the potential project -- and now "We Want You!" (please) to take a look and imagine what we could do to bring your educational projects to life as well.
Video
Virginia Time Links Video
One of the biggest trends in educational publishing today is the re-purposing of existing media into different and updated formats. With this project, we took some existing videos...sprinkled in some brand new footage...and added new updated menus and packaging to create an affordable (and "new") product for State Specific use.
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COSI-Columbus Center of Science & Industry
In 2009, the Columbus Center of Science and Industry was selected by Parents magazine as the #1 science center in the country. For this 3-spot campaign, Horizons helped illustrate the fact that when children go to COSI, they learn.
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The Ohio State University
Horizons has produced a variety of audiovisual products for The Ohio State University, including this video designed to recruit prospective out-of-state students.
Video
What's Science Got To Do With It?
How many times have you heard kids ask, "Why do I have to learn this? I will never use it in real life."? Well, this series of videos is designed to address both the question...and the statement. We partnered with McGraw-Hill Companies to produce a product that actually presents "real life" people (in "real life" careers) who are using the "real life" concepts that the students are learning about in their middle school and high school textbooks. In the process of developing 81 individual videos, we conducted interviews with experts from many different walks of life...videotaped scientific processes...simulated other scientific processes through animation...used special cameras to capture microscopic activity...and basically did "whatever it takes" to teach today's students that science is all about "real life!"
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Glencoe eCatalog
Sometimes you just need someone who knows your business and your products to add a creative design to your website. The McGraw-Hill Companies called on us to do the graphic design for their Glencoe Catalog site.
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Macmillian e-Catalog
Sometimes you just need someone who knows your business and your products to add a creative design to your website. The McGraw-Hill Companies called on us to do the graphic design for their Macmillan Catalog site. We were happy to partner with them on this task.
Web
Teaching Today
When Glencoe/McGraw-Hill wanted to redesign and update its
Teaching Today
website, they called us. Now they have a web site that can be used to communicate and share helpful information with educators and administrators across the United States. Click on the link below to take a look.
www.teachingtoday.glencoe.com/
Animated Intro
Squash-a-Spider
Whack-a-Rat
Garfield "Mad About Cats" Interactive CD-ROM
Horizons has worked with many familiar children's icons, including the Muppets, Garfield, and other lovable characters. For this children's CD-ROM, we created the animations, audio tracks, games and other features that helped children learn about exotic cat species from around the world. In addition to the educational component, of course, were the games which gave kids a chance to expand their creativity and skills. The entire CD-ROM was programmed by Horizons, and distributed nationwide.
Women In Art Interactive CD-ROM Demo
Women In Art Interactive CD-ROM
Amongst many other elements we created for this CD we developed a timeline of the artist and their works. Samples of that timeline are included in this demo piece.
The interactive CD provides an array of educational tools that made learning about women artists and their contributions a uniquely enjoyable experience. And today, more than a dozen years after the creation of the Women In Art CD, the program's design and functionality remain a work of art.
Online Interactive
Pass in a Flash
Horizons was approached by EA Publishing to create an on-line program to help students prepare for state testing. See our Pass in a Flash demo by clicking the link below:
www.passinaflash.com/Demo
Animation
Ballistics Animation
As part of our
What's Science Got To Do With It?
video series for Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, we needed to illustrate how gunpowder residue left on a shooter's hand helps investigators in their efforts to solve crimes. So we created this ballistics animation and placed it in a "CSI" type video to demonstrate how the residue is deposited on a hand when the gun is fired.
Ticket To Ride
Hippo At Your Door
Three Monkeys
Fish Moves
Carus Publishing - Noodlebug
We partnered with Carus Publishing, a leading distributor of children's magazines, to bring their award-winning illustrations to life with music and animation. This sample features just a few of the illustrations that we animated (and some of the custom music that we composed) to help pre-schoolers become more engaged with the stories.
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Animation
Web
SRA Snapshots & Simply Science
Horizons Companies played a vital, ongoing role throughout the development and execution of this grades 1-5 educational project for McGraw-Hill Education's SRA [elementary school] Division. From developing the graphic design and layout of the integrated textbook pages and video screens...to conceiving, researching and writing ninety-nine different video scripts...to shooting, editing and creating animations for the videos...and to creating custom music tracks, every single member of Horizons Companies' staff lent his or her expertise to the project. In addition, Horizons also programmed four separate versions of the e-Books for
Snapshots Simply Science
in English and in Spanish.
www.SRA Snapshots.com
Video with Animation
ConnectEd
McGraw-Hill contacted us to make a marketing video for their new ConnectED platform. ConnectED was designed with educators as guides to help McGraw-Hill build a site that was intuitive and east to navigate. From it's simple registration page, you'll find a clear quick path to your desired location. You'll save time every time you visit. Take a look at the marketing video!
Video with Animation Part 1
Video with Animation Part 2
WorkForce Connects
This project was a little unusual, in that it was developed to market the McGraw-Hill Workforce Connects program internally, to McGraw-Hill people. It is a very timely and needed program for getting people ready, trained and into the workforce. Take a look!
Video with Animation
College & Career Readiness
This was a fun and unique project. Our task was to create a video that explained the College and Career Readiness division of McGraw-Hill. We had a lot of fun on the creative side and story telling side of this project! Take a few minutes to watch the video!
Video
Networks
Networks in a new Social Studies Learning System developed by McGraw-Hill. This video is an explanation of what that program is for and how research has driven its development. Please take some time to view the video!
Math White Board Activity
Math
This is a capture of a sample interactive white board activity that we built with existing assets. If you would like samples, prototypes, templates or entire white board programs give us a call!
Health Triangle White Board Activity
Health Triangle
This is a capture of a Health interactive white board activity template that we created for McGraw-Hill. If you would like samples, prototypes, templates or entire white board programs give us a call and we can brainstorm!
Jeopardy White Board Activity
Jeopardy
We created this "Jeopardy" template for McGraw-Hill health. This template can be used by Horizons to create "Jeopardy" type white board games for your discipline as well!
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