educational publishers

Hospitality

jot — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:21:08 -0800

Edit of a new textbook supporting the delivery of Certificate II in Hospitality (Kitchen Operations) in the Tourism, Hospitality and Events Training Package (SIT07).

Ecosystems

jot — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:50:41 -0700

This book was part of a set being produced by Carson Dellosa in the US. My role was to research photos, obtain permission, negotiate fees and provide a complete set of images and artwork/permissions list with copyright information and captions to the client. When the publisher decided to reprint for Australia and New Zealand I did the research and permissions for the region.

Wild Weather

jot — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:45:56 -0700

India's Store Wars

jot — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:53:56 -0700

A straight copyedit job with a great author and fascinating topic. publisher's blurb: As India's middle class grows and disposable incomes rise, 'modern' retail is becoming the next hot sector of the Indian economy. Hundreds of millions of new consumers will join this retail revolution, venturing into supermarkets, department stores and air-conditioned shopping malls for the first time. But instead of just window shopping, many of them will be serious buyers with money to spend.

My School article

jot — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:27:24 -0700

For the My World themed issue I wrote about children's different experiences of school.

Cambridge Business Studies Teacher CD-ROM

jot — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:21:51 -0700

An aid for teachers to accompany Cambridge Business Studies Preliminary and HSC student textbooks, this CD contains worksheets, answers to tests in the books, assessment tasks and practice exams.

Asia at a Glance CD-ROM

jot — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:09:01 -0700

Asia at a Glance was created as a student reference and project resource focussing on nine Asian countries: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, plus basic country information on 13 other countries. For each feature country, there are stories, illustrations, photos, maps, fact files and timelines. It was very enjoyable working on this project with a great fiction author in Michael Hyde and illustrator Le Van Tai, as well as editor Carolyn Glascodine.

EQ

jot — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:53:49 -0700

A high-quality quarterly journal for educators, I proofread this from May 2000 to February 2002.

Switching Off article

jot — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:49:21 -0700

For the 'Zap' themed issue of Challenge, a magazine for kids aged 11 to 13, I focussed on saving electricity in the home. I interviewed a few kids living in energy-conscious families and took some photos to accompany the article.

Children's Rights article

jot — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:43:37 -0700

For the 'My World' themed issue of Explore, a magazine for 8- to 10-year-olds I wanted to introduce the United Nations Rights of the Child in an accessible form.