About Me
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I am...
I am...
...a digigriot, educational technologist, photographer, and passionate advocate for community building, diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice and civic engagement. I have spent my life examining our evolving relationship with the visual and performing arts; media literacy and our media diets; mediated communication; and the power of storytelling to increase our capacity for complexity, empathy and radical love.
Recently...
Recently...
DCPS Substitute
Project Zero Consulting: NMAAHC Field Trips
This is me as a teacher with GOA.
This is me as a teacher with GOA.
This is me as your fellow MLIS student.
This is me as your fellow MLIS student.
2023-2024 has been full of exciting transitions including adopting and training my service dog, Augie; teaching Digital Photography with Global Online Academy; consulting with several schools during Black History Month designing and leading field trips to The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC); working as a substitute teacher in DCPS early learning centers; and beginning studies for an additional degree, Master's of Information and Library Science, School Library Media concentration.
2023-2024 has been full of exciting transitions including adopting and training my service dog, Augie; teaching Digital Photography with Global Online Academy; consulting with several schools during Black History Month designing and leading field trips to The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC); working as a substitute teacher in DCPS early learning centers; and beginning studies for an additional degree, Master's of Information and Library Science, School Library Media concentration.
Photo by Desmond Cole, Jr. for Critical Exposure
Photo by Desmond Cole, Jr. for Critical Exposure
Photo by Siyani, Youth Photographer
One of my recent adventures was serving as the Program Director for Critical Exposure. This role combined my passions- working with young people around issues of identity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and social justice; curricular re/design and facilitation; and, photography as a tool for storytelling and social change.
One of my recent adventures was serving as the Program Director for Critical Exposure. This role combined my passions- working with young people around issues of identity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and social justice; curricular re/design and facilitation; and, photography as a tool for storytelling and social change.
For almost a decade I was a faculty member at the Washington International School (2013-2021) where I served as an Advisor; the Community Service & CAS Coordinator; Advisor and Grade Level Coordinator for the Class of 2018 & 2022; and, taught the elective courses Programming and Physical Computing; Photography, Film & Design; Advanced Photography, and Advanced Robotics. I was also faculty sponsor of the MS/US Robotics Club; US Coding & Computing Club, co-faculty sponsor for the US Student Diversity Leadership Collaborative (SDLC) and The Black Student Union (BSU).
Previously, I taught Programming with Swift; Physical Computing; Computer Programming, Systems and Robotics (CPSR); served an Advisor and Grade Level Coordinator for the Class of 2018; co-lead a faculty learning group called "Discussing Diversity" focusing on issues of diversity and equity.
During the past few summers I have had the privilege to be a member of several phenomenal local, national and international professional development experiences serving as speaker, faculty, or interactive course leader. These experiences include working with The Texas Association of Museums: The Washington International School Summer Institute for Teachers (WISSIT): Connecting DC Educators with Project Zero Ideas; the National Gallery of Art; and, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
During summer 2020, I was a plenary panelist for the National Gallery of Art's Summer Institute for Educators sharing my experiences using the Project Zero Artful Thinking Palette to teach media literacy skills throughout my digital media arts and educational technology engagement with students grades 4-12.
During summer 2020, I was a plenary panelist for the National Gallery of Art's Summer Institute for Educators sharing my experiences using the Project Zero Artful Thinking Palette to teach media literacy skills throughout my digital media arts and educational technology engagement with students grades 4-12.
Project Zero & WISSIT
Project Zero & WISSIT
During the summer of 2019 I began serving the Coordinator for Community Building and Inclusion for WISSIT; and co-lead the museum-based interactive course This is Us and We Are Them: Storytelling for Inclusion & Perspective Taking at the National Museum of African-American History and Culture with my thought partner and sister Sheryl Anderson Petty.
NMAAHC
NMAAHC
During the summers 2017 and 2018, I served as a Master Teacher for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) "Let's Talk About Race" a week-long professional development course for educators. The content from this course inspired the museum's Talking About Race portal.
Since 2014, I have been a member of the faculty for the Washington International School Summer Institute for Teachers: Connecting DC Educators with Project Zero Ideas (WISSIT), where I have served as a co-learning group leader and lead interactive courses about using media to make thinking visible using Project Zero Thinking Routines and frameworks; cultivating a culture of thinking; and, the disposition of a culturally competent global citizen. For six years I led the popular interactive course Using Media to Make Thinking Visible.
During my tenure living and working in New York City (1995-2011) I co-founded and taught a Twos' class in a Montessori school where I also founded an after school and summer camp program, and served as a Technology Coordinator. For almost a decade I served as the Director of Academic Technology in a Quaker school; worked with the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) Managers of Information Technology Committee planning and facilitating the NYSAIS Education & Information Technology Conference, (NEIT); was an active member of the NYSAIS Independent School Technologists (NYCIST) community developing best practices for educational/academic technology infrastructure and curriculum for schools; and an active member of POCISNY.
I am also a working photographer.
Q: Can I follow you on social media?
Q: Can I follow you on social media?
A: Sure, sometimes, maybe, and no.
A: Sure, sometimes, maybe, and no.
I use social media to share my personal thoughts, opinions, to engage in public discourse (🤣🤣🤣) and to amplify the causes and issues I care about. At present I try very hard to limit my social media interactions to less than 30 minutes a day by design unless I'm am live-blogging an experience (personal or professional). I'm not a brand- by choice- I am a person. I'm not trying to become an 'influencer' or social media 'thought leader'- I'm a person and social media is part of my curated documentation about my journey.
There are a LOT of photos of my pets. A LOT.
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