Presentations

Recent Presentations:

December 6, 2016 and January 16, 2017
Introduction to Project-Based Learning
Ionia High School Staff Meeting
Presenting with Principal Ben Gurk

November 8, 2016
Michigan Google Summit
Lake Fenton High School
Lake Fenton, Michigan

• SESSION: Teaching with TED and Mentoring Passion

October 7, 2016  
MI Council for Teachers of English Conference
Kellogg Conference Center

East Lansing, Michigan

• SESSION: Teaching with TED

March 10, 2016
MACUL - "Engage Learning"
DeVos Conference Center
Grand Rapids, Michigan

• SESSION: Beyond Blogging with Brad Wilson and Ionia High School students

February 20, 2015
Michigan Flipped Teaching Conference
Grand Rapids, Michigan

• SESSION: Empowered Writers

December 7, 2015
ECET2 Michigan
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

• SESSION: Digital Writing, Energized Writers

November 3, 2015
Michigan Google Summit
Brighton High School
Brighton, Michigan

• SESSION: Mentor Matters
• SESSION: Writing for Real: Using Sites to Build Student Writing Portfolios

November 2, 2015
Ionia School District Professional Development Workshop
Ionia, Michigan

• SESSION: Tech Tools for Formative Assessment

July 15, 2015
FlipCon 15
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

• SESSION: Capturing an Audience with Kate Baker

June 26, 2015
Tomorrow's Classrooms Today #TCT15
Roman Catholic High School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• SESSION: Mentoring Passion with Christina Brennan

May 16, 2015

Edcamp Philly, Planning Committee

String Theory Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School, Philadelphia

• ORGANIZER
• SESSION: Introduction to Passion Based Learning
• SESSION: Online Writing Portfolios

May 12, 2015

Haverford School District Professional Development Workshop
Havertown, Pennsylvania

• SESSION: Why Writer's Notebooks

April 20, 2015

Teaching and Leading 3.0
Cabrini College
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania

• SESSION: Google Classroom

March 24, 2015

Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project

Guest Presenter in Strategies for Teaching Literature Course (PWP 520-01)

West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania

• SESSION: Literary Analysis 2.0

January 23-25, 2015

Educon 2.7

Science Leadership Academy

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• SESSION: Mentoring Passion with Christina Brennan

November 4, 2014

Michigan Google Summit
Brighton High School
Brighton, Michigan

• SESSION: Empowering Student Writers
• SESSION: Can You Hear Me Now?

October 24-25, 2014

Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English Language Arts
"Energized Teachers + Engaged Students = Success"
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• SESSION: Empowering Student Writers
• SESSION: Energized Writers

October 18, 2014
EdCamp Delco
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

• FOUNDER, website

September 27, 2014
PA Writing and Literature Project Fall Conference
"Reimagining Literacy Instruction"
West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania

• SESSION: EMPOWER Writers

August 18, 2014

TeachMeet NJ
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Galloway, New Jersey

• SESSION: Flipping over EDPuzzle Presentation Slides
• YouTube video of the session: Coming soon!

August 13-14, 2014

Educational Collaborators Pennsylvania Summit

Wilson High School, West Lawn, Pennsylvania

• SESSION: EMPOWER Writers

July 28-30, 2014

EdTech Teacher Summit 
Navy Pier, Chicago

• SESSION: EMPOWER Writers

July 21, 2014
Chromebooks and the Common Core
FEA Building, Monroe Township, New Jersey

• SESSION: EMPOWER Writers

June 11, 2014
William Penn Charter School Professional Development Days
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• SESSION: Advanced Google Drive for Teachers
• SESSION: What the Flip?

May 17, 2014

Edcamp Philly, Planning Committee

Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia

• ORGANIZER
• SESSION: What the Flip?!

May 2-3, 2014
Educator Forum, Northeast Region
School of the Future, Philadelphia

• SESSION: EMPOWER Writers

April 26, 2014
Edcamp Delaware
Wilmington Friends School

• SESSION: Bringing the Outside In: Using Skype and GHO to bring authors, experts, and other classes into the classroom

April 15, 2014
Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project
Guest Presenter in Strategies for Teaching Literature Course (PWP 520-01)
West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania

• PRESENTATION: Literary Analysis 2.0

February 1, 2014
Google Symposium at Delaware County Intermediate Unit (DCIU)
DCIU, Morton, Pennsylvania

• SESSION: Is Anyone Reading This? Using Google Tools to Connect Student Writers with Authentic Audiences

November 16, 2013
Edcamp Hill
The Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania

• SESSION: What the Flip?

October 13, 2012
West Chester University Digital Literacy Conference
WCU, West Chester, Pennsylvania

• SESSION: Quickfire Analysis: Explore How Online Tools Can Engage Students in Meaningful Analysis

October 2006

Pennsylvania Council for Teachers of English Language Arts (PCTELA) Annual Conference
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

• SESSION: Changing the World One Research Project At a Time: Teaching Research for Change

Publications:

Contributor. Flipped Learning for English Instruction. International Society for Technology in Education: Eugene, OR, 2015.

Article. “Passion in Class.” Delaware Valley Region PASCD Newsletter. January 2015: 12-14.

Post. “Teacher as Poet. Poet as Teacher.” Our NWP: 40 for 40. 29 July 2014.

Chapter contributor. “Lesson in Empathy” Elevate Empathy: The Power of Kindness. Three Leaf Press: United States, 2014.

Poem. “The Dogwood.” Mad Poets Review 20 (April 2008). http://www.madpoetssociety.com.

Poem. “When We Danced.” English Journal. 97.3 (January 2008): 120. http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/EJ/0973-jan08/EJ0973SPoetry.pdf

Media:

• 13 February 2017. "Kindness is key for IHS students." Ionia Sentinel Standard.
• 9 March 2016. "Ionia High School initiates anti-bullying program." Ionia Sentinel Standard.
• 18 February 2016. "IHS students begin 'American Nightmares' unit with visit from professional horror writers." Ionia Sentinel Standard.
• 10 December 2015. "In remembrance of Newtown victims, 26 acts of kindness." Associated Press.
• 28 July 2015. "Philadelphia Stories starts teen lit journal." Philadelphia Inquirer.
• 6 January 2015. "The 2014 Classroom Cribs Challenge: Meet the Grand Finalists." Classroom Cribs.
• 18 November 2014. "Three authors speak with Haverford High School students." Delco News Network.
• 9 April 2014. "Haverford High Poets Published." Haverford Patch.
• 28 March 2013. "Exploring the World of Japanese Picture Brides." Delco News Network.
• 26 October 2012. "Panel of Authors Shares at Haverford High School." Haverford Patch.
• 20 March 2012. "Haitian author visits Haverford." Delco Times.
• 13 May 2010. "Holocaust survivor bears witness to atrocities." Delco News Network.