UPCOMING EVENTS:
Apple Learning Coach Meetup, Chicago - May 15, 2024
Transform Teaching w/Google Tools Webinar - May 22, 2024
CS PD Week - July 8-12, 2024
PAST EVENTS/PORTFOLIO:
From Meh to Marvelous: Adobe Express Makes Lessons Sparkle
South Holland SD150 Teacher Institute Day | January 8, 2024
IETC: IL Education + Technology Conference
Rubber Ducking: Unlocking Adventures Through Escape Rooms and Computational Thinking | DIY Lyrics Lab | November 1-3, 2023
Featured Speaker: IL Art Education Association Conference
Becoming a Children's Book Illustrator | Chromebooks In Art | Green Screen Magic: Art Class + WeVideo | Adobe Express Workshop |
October 20-21, 2023
Adobe Creativity Institute
Adobe Creativity Institute for Teachers
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD | Texas | October 14, 2023
WeVideo + IDEA IL Webinar:
DIY Lyrics Lab
DIY Lyrics Lab
IDEA IL Wednesday Webinar | September 20, 2023
Sketchnoting Workshop:
The Power of Visual Note-Taking
The Power of Visual Note-Taking
DigLitCon (Virtual + In-Person) | September 14-15, 2023
Google Level 1 Certification Workshop
South Holland SD150 | August 9-10 2023
WeVideo Songwriting Lab - DIY Your Own Music Videos!
WeVideo Summer PD-Palooza | July 18-20, 2023
Adobe Creativity Institute
Adobe Creativity Institute for Teachers - Milwaukee Public Schools
July 20, 2023
Healthy Heart, Minds + Lives:
ISTE Live Campfire Session
ISTE Live Campfire Session
ISTE LIVE Philadelphia | June 25-28, 2023
IDEAcon 2023
GEG Film Fest | 1 Idea; 3 Minutes | Doodle + Chat | McKenzie's Time Machine | Calm Kits | Mindfulness + SEL Using Digital Tools | Feb 13-15, 2023
Chromebooks in Art: What Can You Do With FREE Stuff?
The Art of Education NOW Conference | Jan 28, 2023
Books in the Elementary Makerspace | Sketchnoting for Visual Literacy | Coding with Littles | Nov 2022
Sketchnoting
DigLitCon | Fall 2022
CCSD21 Engaged Learning Conference
Sketchnoting | Books in the Elementary Makerspace | Advanced WeVideo | August 2022
Calm Kits:
Creativity + SEL for All
Creativity + SEL for All
Adobe Education Summit | July 2022
Making Books Come to Life with Green Screen Magic!
(Not Just A) Green Screen Summit | Summer 2022
Create Opportunities to Become Better Together
ISTE Live 2022 | June 2022 w/Maria Galanis
Tech for New Teachers
IEA Student Conference | April 2022
IDEAcon 2022
1 Idea, 3 Minutes | Digital Wellness: Surviving + Thriving w/Anne Kasa
GEG Chicagoland Film Festival | Draw with Me: iPad + Apple Pencil + Procreate | Feb 14-17, 2022
Google Educator
Certifications Panel
Certifications Panel
Educator Alexander | December 4, 2021
Making the Most of Wakelet Spaces
Wakelet Webinar | October 21, 2021
IL Statewide K12 CS Education Summit
Panel Speaker | Sept 2021
Cultivate Creativity for All:
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
Adobe for Education Summit | July 28, 2021
w/Knikole Taylor, Andrea Cook, Al Thomas, and Claudio Zavala, Jr.
WeVideo Creator Community Summit
Summer 2021 | w/Maria Galanis, Patrick Hausammann, Manny Curiel, Bruce Reicher, and Erika Sandstrom
Whole Lotta GIFs
(Not Just A) Green Screen Summit | July 8-10, 2021
Teach Plus Phoenix Project
Re-Imagining Education: April 29, 2021
Google Room: Google Classroom for Blended Learning
1 in 3 Sessions (IDEA Exchange virtual room)
IDEAcon + TCEA Virtual Conventions | Feb 2021
Teaching Remote + In Person at the Same Time: What's Up With That?
IDEAcon + TCEA Virtual Conventions| February 2021
EdTech Roundtable: Teach Tools for Student Engagement
EdTech Roundtable w/Dyknow | February 2021
IDEAcon vs TCEA "Verzuz" Battle on Instagram LIVE!
IDEAcon + TCEA Virtual Conventions | February 2021
Learning with Google Pre-Party
Midwest GEG| Feb 15, 2021
Creating Animated GIFs
The Art of Education NOW Conference | Feb 6, 2021
Sketchnoting for "Non-Artists"
CSLA Virtual Conference | Feb 2021
Organize Your Google Life
Webinar w/Educator Alexander | Saturday, Jan 16, 2021
Organization, Productivity, + Work Flow Ideas for Teachers
Webinar w/Knikole Taylor | November 30, 2020
Working Party Contributor:
Data Ethics in AI
Global Summit on the Ethics of AI in Education | #EthicsAIED | Nov 3, 2020
Georgia Educational Technology Conference | Featured Speaker
Google Classroom for Blended Learning | Google Keep is Underrated | Video Production for Teachers | YouTube for Teachers | Nov 12 - 13, 2020
How Are You Doing? Mental Health for Teachers
Microsoft Meetup: NYC Dept of Ed | October 2020
Tech Toolbox
Dwight Schools | August 14, 2020
Using Video Tools for Student Engagement
Art of Education NOW Conference | Summer 2020
Next Level EDU Video
WeVideo Creator Community Summit | July 28-30, 2020
It IS Easy Being Green!
WeVideo Creator Community Summit | July 28-30, 2020
EdTech SmackDown Live: Distance Learning Edition
April 15, 2020
Next Level EDU Video with WeVideo and Edpuzzle
Unison EDU Virtual Conference | VSTE | April 2020
Panel Speaker | Teach to Lead | March 2020
EdTech Support (Weekly Sessions)
All Means All | TeachPlus IL | May 2020
YouTube for Teachers
IDEAcon 2020 | FEB 24-27
Teaching YouTube to Students
IDEAcon 2020 | FEB 24-27
"Hacking" Google Keep for Ultimate Productivity
IDEAcon 2020 | FEB 24-27
Maria + Jen's Green Screen Magic Show!
Co-Presenter | IDEAcon 2020 | FEB 24-27
Visual Literacy
Co-Presenter | Featured Speaker | IETC | NOVEMBER 2019
Google Sheets
Co-Presenter | Featured Speaker | IETC | NOVEMBER 2019
Digital Storytelling
Co-Presenter | AMLE | NOVEMBER 2019
Using Video to Demonstrate Learning
ISTE | JUNE 2019
National PTA + Google "Be Internet Awesome" Parent Night
APRIL 2019
Visual Literacy in Every Classroom
Co-Presenter | ICE | FEBRUARY 2019
Visual Literacy + Collaboration through Digital Storytelling
MARCH 2019
Google Sites Digital Portfolios
JANUARY 2019
Video Production, feat. WeVideo
AUGUST 2018
This presentation, featuring WeVideo, is a re-vamped and updated version of my original GAFE Summit presentation from Jan 2017, now with a focus on using Google tools, like Sites, Forms, and Docs, to organize your video production unit.
Beginner's Guide to Google Classroom
MARCH 2018
This in-district PD session was part of an institute day for teachers, conducted ed-camp style. I wanted to help teachers who were hesitant to use technology see how beneficial it can be for working with students. I hope they left with the realization that it is well worth the effort to learn new technology that can help you to save time and become more organized.
Cool Tricks with WeVideo
SPRING 2018
For my second ICE conference presentation, I focused on intermediate levels of video production and talked about the green screen feature of WeVideo and how to use it in new and creative ways!
Transforming Your Classroom with WeVideo
SPRING 2017
This was my first-ever presentation at the Illinois Computing Educators (ICE) Conference. Once again, I presented on behalf of WeVideo, with a 1/2 hands-on 1/2 informational session.
Planning for Video Projects, feat. WeVideo
JANUARY 2017
This was my first official presentation as a WeVideo Ambassador, at the GAFE Illinois Winter Summit. I was given a 1-hour time slot, and told to spend it doing 1/2 instruction/information on WeVideo, and the other 1/2 hands-on time.
ISTE Standards Across the Curriculum
MARCH 2016
In our first year of 1:1 Chromebooks, we held an institute day for middle school staff called TechCamp #D205MS. I presented with a colleague on ISTE standards, and how to incorporate them into a variety of classroom experiences across the district, followed by time for teachers to "play" with innovative tech tools like robots and inventor kits.