Artificial Intelligence & Academic Integrity Advisory Content & Presentation
Served as a facilitator for student-created content aimed at a 9-12 advisory lesson to explore the intersection of academic integrity and artificial intelligence. Click into the slide deck above.

Asynchronous & Hybrid  Flex Professional Development
Anoka-Hennepin Schools allows staff to flex their staff development time by exploring new learning off contract hours in place of a staff development day. This affords opportunities for instructional coaches to design meaningful professional development including:
Leveraging 6 Artificial Intelligence Tools for Differentiated Instruction
Organize, Edit, and Publish and Instructional Video
Book Study: Learning first, technology second
Personal Learning Networks to Gather Authentic Resources
Gamification of Learning

National Education Association (NEA) Committee, 2023

Artificial Intelligence & Social Media

A team of two dozen educators from around the country gave feedback on statements initiated by NEA. Our role was to both advise and offer practical applications.
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#edtech Instructional Rounds, Blaine High School | Agenda, Slides
This collaborative effort co-facilitated with the help of our Achievement Coach & Literacy Coach anchored our full-day PD experience in tech integration frameworks, observed early adopters, debriefed each visit, and coached teachers to create an action plan moving forward to purposefully leverage learning technologies in their own teaching context. Learn more about Instructional Rounds here.

MN Distance Learning Summit Planner & Presenter, 2020
A week before Governor Tim Walz announced that public schools would continue with distance learning in spring of 2020, twenty five technology integration specialists gathered on Slack to serve. One member shared his outrageous idea shortly after the announcement: Offer 12 hours of free online professional development to support educators design high quality online instruction. Explore this link on a 2-day #mndlsummit was pulled off!

Publications

TEDxBlaine Technology Coordination, 2019
Collaborated with colleagues to gather and polish slideshow presentations for TEDx presenters. Troubleshot issues during tech rehearsal and communicated procedures with presenters to the event.

Early Language Teacher Career Dinner, 2018-19
The MN Council on the Teaching of Languages and Cultures, in cooperation with Xperitas as a sponsor, hosted and Early Career Teacher (ECTs) Dinner to support world language teachers in their first three years of teaching. This dinner was hosted on site on the even fall conference. All  ECTs were paired up with a mentor who connect with them in-person or online 3 times throughout the academic year. 

LT Starter Kit, 2015
Collaborated with 3 graduate students to design online space for new instructors that now serves as a process for instructor induction. LT Start Kit houses opportunities for educators to connect and hosts resources from previous instructors including syllabi, links to LMSs, rubrics, and more!

Spanish 2 Hybrid Pilot, 2014
Designed a Spanish 2 Hybrid course to be implemented 2013-14 for grades 9-12. The course design blends face-to-face and online learning envrionments. Hybrid format affords opportunities to leverage technologies to support students with special needs or students not yet meeting proficiency while also challenging mastery students to create using the language.

TIES Learning Loop Project, 2011
Contributed to an online resources designed specifically for world language teachers as a consultant.

Differentiated Instruction Exploration, 2009
Collaborated with departmental colleague on mastery & rehearsal tiered settings between us during a shared common prep (Spanish 1, 3rd hour).  After 6 days of instruction, students were grouped according to the quiz results.  The remaining 4 days of instruction resulted in tracked groups between two teachers.  Data were collected and analyzed to shape future differentiated options in our district.