The Visible Thinker

The Visible ThinkerThe Visible ThinkerThe Visible Thinker

The Visible Thinker

The Visible ThinkerThe Visible ThinkerThe Visible Thinker
  • Home
  • Professional Learning
  • Content Development
  • Consultations
  • AI Beyond Education
  • About Kate
  • Contact
  • More
    • Home
    • Professional Learning
    • Content Development
    • Consultations
    • AI Beyond Education
    • About Kate
    • Contact
  • Home
  • Professional Learning
  • Content Development
  • Consultations
  • AI Beyond Education
  • About Kate
  • Contact

CURRICULUM & CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

From good ideas to learning experiences that work.  Strong educational content requires more than accurate information. It requires intentional sequencing, meaningful cognitive demand, clear purpose, and an understanding of how people actually learn.  I develop and revise curriculum, courses, professional learning, assessments, and educator-facing resources for schools, higher education, and education organizations. 

LET'S BUILD SOMETHING!

What I Develop

COURSES & MODULES

Asynchronous and facilitated learning experiences with clear objectives:

  • purposeful sequencing
  • authentic application
  • and meaningful assessment
CURRICULUM & UNITS

Learning experiences designed around what learners
  • Standards-aligned units/lessons
  • assessments
  • instructional resources
ASSESSMENTS & INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS

Planning tools and resources that help make learner thinking visible. 

  • Assessment frameworks/protocols
  • Rubrics
  • Exemplars
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CONTENT

Learning activities designed for educator learning
  • Workshops
  • Facilitator guides
  • Participant resources

Content development is instructional design.

 Content development is instructional design.

I don't begin by asking, What content needs to be covered?

I begin by asking: What should the learner understand, notice, question, practice, and eventually be able to do?

From there, I examine how each part of the learning experience contributes to that goal—sequencing, cognitive demand, scaffolding, assessment, learner experience, and the relationship between supported practice and independent performance.

The result isn't simply polished content. It's content designed around learning.

How I Can Work With You

BUILD

Turn an idea into a learning experience.
Starting with research, standards, subject-matter expertise, a framework, or an early concept, I can help develop the structure, learning sequence, activities, assessments, and supporting resources. 

REVISE

Make existing content work better.
I review curriculum and course content for coherence, cognitive demand, usability, developmental appropriateness, assessment alignment, and whether the learning experience actually accomplishes its intended goal. 

PARTNER

Add an educator and instructional-design perspective to your team.
I collaborate with subject-matter experts, curriculum teams, education organizations, and content developers to translate expertise into effective learning experiences. 

SELECTED WORK

K–12 AI Literacy Course Development

AI Leadership & Implementation Course

AI Leadership & Implementation Course

 Asynchronous professional learning for educators incorporating AI foundations, responsible use, prompting, co-planning, AI-durable learning design, assessment, and implementation. 

AI Leadership & Implementation Course

AI Leadership & Implementation Course

AI Leadership & Implementation Course

 Learning experiences for school leaders addressing readiness, vision, policy, stakeholder engagement, implementation, and evaluation. 

Secondary ELA Curriculum & Assessment

Secondary ELA Curriculum & Assessment

Secondary ELA Curriculum & Assessment

 Standards-aligned units, assessments, scaffolds, exemplars, and instructional resources designed around student reasoning and evidence of learning. 

Professional Learning Design

Secondary ELA Curriculum & Assessment

Secondary ELA Curriculum & Assessment

 Interactive workshops, facilitator materials, participant resources, application tasks, and frameworks supporting educator learning. 

Have an idea that needs to become a course, curriculum, or learning experience?

 

Whether you're starting with a blank page or looking at existing content that isn't quite working, I can help you determine what learners need to do—and design the experience that gets them there.


dISCUSS

Copyright © 2026 The Visible Thinker - All Rights Reserved.

Powered by

This website uses cookies.

We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.

Accept