homepage

Website and application design for Expeditionary Learning, the education reform organization. The website collected content for all of EL’s diverse audiences and included custom applications for curriculum planning and collaboration between educators and EL staff.

Named among the top 25 most effective rebrands in the 2011 Rebrand 100 Global Awards.

Credits

Designed at: Thinkso

Art direction: Brett Traylor

Editorial direction: Amanda Neville

Development: Four Kitchens

Client: Expeditionary Learning

landing page

Landing pages use the “signpost” graphic from the homepage as a wayfinding device.

gallery

The best examples of student work from EL schools are showcased in the gallery of student work.

charts

Charts and graphs back up EL’s project-based approach with data on student achievement.

archive home

Custom-designed applications, like the student project archive pictured here, make up the EL Commons. The archive collects the best examples of student work from all across EL’s network of schools.

Each of the projects in the archive includes extensive background information that teachers can put to use in their own classrooms. Metadata helps make it easy to research projects according to particular criteria.

doclibrary

The document library is a repository of hundreds of documents created by teachers and EL staff.

document

Teachers can search for, download and rate individual documents in the library. They can build their own library of favorite documents to come back to later.