EDUCATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2006 –
Harvard University
Ed.M: Harvard Graduate School of Education. Technology in Education Program (TIE).
www.harvard.edu

2001– 2006
Massachusetts College of Art
BFA: Communication Design / Graphic Design Major. Graduating with Academic Distinction & Departmental Honors.
www.massart.edu

2002 – 2004, 2006 – 2007
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Courses at the Media Lab & Media Studies Dept.
www.mit.edu


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

07.06 – 12.06
HMNH Travel Program. Web Designer. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA.
Web design & maintanance of the Harvard Museum of Natural History Travel Program’s website and online
tools and resources.
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/travel

12.04 – 11.05
EduVision. Interface Designer. Nairobi/Mbita, Kenya.
11 month contract sponsored by UNESCO and the Biovision foundation to realize the EduVision Pilot Project. Substituting current textbooks with handheld computers (eSlates) connected to a satellite network, in a rural school in Kenya. Duties included the user interface design of eSlate textbook reader, as well as training and administrative responsibilities.
www.eduvision.or.ke

09.04 – 06.06
Ambient Interactive. Interactive/web design firm. Boston, MA. Co-founder.
Co-founder/lead designer. Started Ambient Interactive, an award winning Boston based design agency, with fellow Mass Art graduate. Current work includes interactive projects ranging from virtual tours to e-commerce sites.
www.ambientinteractive.com

06.04 – 09.04
Saatchi & Saatchi. East Africa Office. Nairobi, Kenya. Paid Internship.
Assisted Creative Director and Art Directors on print, identity and TV projects for Corporate Clients, Government Agencies, and Non-profits. Work included an Annual Report 2004 for Kenya Breweries and various print colateral for Air Kenya, Wrigleys, Del Monte and the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB). Lead a team to create a radio, print and television campaign for the Save a Life Fund.
www.saatchi.com

06.03 – 08.03
06.02 – 11.02
UN-HABITAT. Design, Production and Special Events, United Nations, Nairobi, Kenya. Internship.
Worked with Training and Capacity Building Branch (TCBB), and the Regional Office for African and Arab States (ROAAS). Designed information graphics, training manuals and conference materials for various programs within these two branches, concentrating on The Nairobi Slum Upgrading Programme (CNSUP) and The United Nations Housing Rights Program (UNHRP).
www.unhabitat.org

01.03 – 11.04
Design Research Unit (DRU). Design Firm. Mass Art. Boston, MA.
Member of student run design firm based out of Mass Art. Clients included New England based start-up companies, non-profits and various colleges.

11.03 – 11.04
Adobe Systems Inc. Student Rep. Partners by Design Program.
Selected as Mass Art’s Adobe student rep. Duties include teaching and helping students and faculty us Adobe Programs, overall promotion of the company and it’s products.

07.06 – 10.06
Learning Technologies Center. Assistant. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA.
Support and supervision (hardware & software) of the General Computing Area (GCA), at the Harvard Graduate
School of Education Gutman Library.

08.03 – 11.04
01.06 – 06.06
Computer Arts Center. Assistant/monitor. Mass Art. Boston, MA.
Providing technical and academic support in the labs. Assisting students with use of design & multimedia software & printing issues. Responsible for overseeing and maintaining Mac lab, 90 computers.

08.04 – 06.06
Freelance Clients. (ongoing).
Xperience Communications, Boston, MA. Harvard Buisness School-Social Enterprise Club, Cambridge, MA. Nextcode Corp. Boston, MA.


TEACHING EXPERIENCE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

10.06 –
Massachusetts College of Art. Graphic Arts Instructor. Continuing Education Dept.
Teaching courses covering interactive animation, web design, information architecture, and cross-media
publication concepts using current publishing and design software. Curricula development for degree-seeking
design students and continuing education students. Direct student critiques focussing on issues of form, usability,
accessibility and technical merit.

02.07 –
MIT Media Lab & Citizen Schools. Teacher. Middle School. The Lifelong Kindergarten Group (LLK).
Teaching after school computer classes to Boston Public Middle School students. Classes encourages users to create their own interactive stories, games, music, and art using the scratch programming language. Teaching apprenticeship involves planning, leading, and documenting weekly scratch sessions with Citizen School students. Teaching focusses on skill development, and learning standards.

01.06 – 06.06
GD Software Workshops. Mass Art. Boston, MA.
Leading training workshops on Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign and other industry standard graphic design software programs.

08.03 – 06.06
Teaching Assistantships. Mass Art. Boston, MA.
Macromedia Flash Course. Visual Language Course. Digital Photography Course.


RESEARCH ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

08.06 –
EdTags.org. Research Associate. Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Part of a research team designing and studying sociosemantic networking in educational environments. Developing
documentation, designing and implement the “pilot” site www.edtags.org, creating a community of educators
sharing, organizing, and discovering resources in a web-based environment. Duties included interface
design, user testing, usability analisis and making recommendations on site navigation and layout.
www.edtags.org

01.07 –
MUVE River City Project. Harvard University/National Science Foundation Grant. Cambridge, MA.
Part of the River City Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, designing and implementing a Multi-user Virtual Environment (MUVE) for middle school students learning science. Project involves working as part of a research team on a NSF funded initiative, developing, implementing, and studying immersive simulations for learning. Research focusing user interface design and scalability.
http://muve.gse.harvard.edu/rivercityproject


EXTRACURRICULAR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

06.06 – 09.06
Africa Goal Project. Clinton Foundation, Southern Africa.
3 month AIDS awareness campaign sponsored by the Clinton Foundation and grants from Mass College of Art and Tuffs University. Driving across 9 African countries projecting Live World Cup Football games as well as AIDS/HIV awareness messages on a large, portable screen. Documentary film is in production.
www.africagoal.com


COMPUTER SKILLS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Comfortable on Mac, PC & Open Source platforms]

Software
InDesign, Quark XPress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Premier, MS Word, Exel, Power Point,

Programming
HTML, XML, XUL + action scripting.


LANGUAGES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

English: Fluent

German: Fluent

Spanish: Advanced

Polish: Advanced

Swahili: Conversational


AWARDS / HONORS -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Godine Travel Grant. “Africa Goal” World Cup / AIDS Awarness Campaign Proposal. (2006)

The National Deans’s List. (2005/2006)

Reifess Award. Mass Art Graphic Design Dept. Honors (2006).

International Design Conference Aspen (IDCA). Scholarship recipient. (2004)

Honored Scholars & Artists Program of the National Alliance for Excellence, Inc, finalist. (2001)

Ambient Interactive Awards
Flash Loaded.com (May Interactive Showcase Winner), Design Shack (3 gold cookies), featured in .net mag, and included in "Web Design Index 6" (Pepin Press, December, 2005).

EduVision Awards
Stockholm Challenge Nominee. www.stockholmchallenge.se (2005)
Tech Museum Award Finalist. Education category. www.techawards.org. (2005)

EduVision Project / my work featured on BBC World Service “Go Digital” (28/02/2005), BBC TV “Click Online” (28/07/2005), the Financial Times (10/05/2005), Deutsche Welle Radio (11/05/2005), Classroom Magazine (May), Technology Review (May / June 2006), Current TV (01/11/2006).


PRESENTATIONS / EXHIBITIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

World Summit on Information Society (WSIS).
“The EduVision Pilot Project: Data Evaluation”. Presentation. Tunis, Tunisia (Nov 2005)

Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC) Symposium, MIT.
Presentation. “Impacting Economic Development Through Virtual Education.” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA . (Oct 2005)

Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Lecture/Presentation. "EduVision: Development Powered Through Education." Technology in Learning (TIE) department. (Oct 2005)

International Cultural Heritage Informatics Conference (ICHIM).
Selection Presentation. “The EduVision E Learning System – eSlate User Interface”. Paris, France. (Sep 2005)

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Godine Gallery. Massachusetts Colleg of Art.
“Africa Goal: Give me a ball, and I’ll make it happen.” Multimedia Exhibition. Boston, MA. (Dec 2006)

Ramoma Arts Center.
“Africa Goal: Give me a ball, and I’ll make it happen.” Multimedia Exhibition. Nairobi, Kenya. (Jan 2006)

Slater Gallery. Tuffts University.
“Africa Goal Project.” Photography Exhibition. Medford, MA. (Apr 2006)

Stimulate / Communicate.
Design work selected for exhibition at the Massachusetts State House & featured on Adobe Inc. website. (2004)

Danna Center Gallery. Loyola University.
Design Work selected for Poster exhibition. (2003)


PUBLICATIONS -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Development Powered by Education: How much information can you hold in one hand?
“ICHIM Selection Paper". Published. (Sep 2005)

The EduVision Pilot Project: Lessons Learned.
“LINC Proceedings”. Published (Nov 2006)


AFFILIATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA)

American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)

Mass Art Alumni Association


PERSONAL LINKS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

www.maciejsudra.com/portfolio/portfolio.html
Personal design portfolio site.

www.maciejsudra.com/gse.html
Harvard Graduate School of Education facebook page. Personal Bio.

www.eduvision.or.ke
EduVision pilot project web site.

www.africagoal.com
Africa Goal Project / Exhibition site.

www.ambientinteractive.com
Ambient Interactive LLC. web site.

www.edtags.org
Educational Sociosemantic Networking site.


PERSONAL RESUME ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Last Updated: 24.11.2006