PRESENTATIONS AND PROJECTS
If you have knowledge,
let others light their candles in it.
Margaret Fuller
11/2020
FutureED
Pedagogias Criativas para a Investiação: PBL and MCL | Designer
Funded by the American Embassy of Brazil, designed and facilitated an asynchronous introductory course on project based learning that would be accessible to all educators and public schools in Brazil.
12/2020
ISTE Conference 2020
Anatomy of Effective Digital-Age Projects: Designing for Equity, Inquiry, and Literacy | Presenter
Co-presented with Suzie Boss on a virtual LIVE stage to help educators analyze the anatomy of effective projects, emphasizing opportunities to amplify inquiry, equity, and digital-age literacies in #PBL
01/2021
Annual Educators Congress
Elements of Learner-Agency | Keynote Speaker
Shared the story of learning through her eyes as a student and how the learner-centered teachers in her life helped transform her mindset, build confidence, and empowered her with an agency for her own learning. Elaborated further on how these experiences impacted her own instructional practices and shares practical tips on how to build a learner-centered culture.
05/2021
PBLWorks
Project Based Learning Handbook for Elementary | Co-editor and Co-author
Wrote and edited in partnership with Editor in Chief John Larmer and a small team of PBL experts and practitioners. The book contains practical guidance, tips, and advice for teachers, whether they are new to PBL or veterans for designing and implementing projects.
08/2021
Bam!Radio
Why Growing Our Social-Emotional Classsroom Skills Takes a Team Effort - Where to Start | Podcast Guest Speaker
In this episode, discussed with host Jorge Valenzuela and guest, Jen Perry why developing social-emotional skills is ideally a team effort and how PLCs can best be used to support our social-emotional growth.
