Professional Development Presentations

Below are samples of professional develop workshops, presentations, and modules I have created and presented over  my career in education. Presentations were given at the local, district, state, and regional levels. 

Presentations

Alabama Educational Technology Conference 

State
AETC (Alabama Educational Technology Conference) 2011 - present

• Highlights include: "Bring History Alive with Technology," "Engaging Presentation Tools," and "Digital Citizenship"
• see slides at top of page for the multitude of concurrent, hands-on, and BOYD sessions presented

Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX), 2011 - present

• Presenter "Video in the Classroom," "Web Resources," "Group Projection Tools," "Social Networking for Educators," and "ALEX Navigator"

Alabama Association of School Librarians

• 2014, Presenter "ALEX Apps for Productivity and Instruction"
• 2017, Using College and Career Readiness Standards to teach Diversity, Tolerance, and Cultural Understanding

District
Pike County Schools Inservice, 2009, 2011, 2014

• Co-presenter "Alabama Technology Course of Study Integration with English & Social Studies Curriculums" with Rene Cortner, 7th - 12th grade faculty
• Co-presenter "Alabama Reading Initiative (ARI-PAL): This is How We Do It." with Rene Cortner, Alice Phillips, and Mike Green 7th - 12th grade faculty
• Presenter "Using Prezi to Create Interactive & Fluid Presentations" PCS Technology Conference K-12 faculty 
• Presenter "Glogster - Publishing Online & Interactive Posters" PCS Technology Conference K-12 faculty
• Presenter "Social Media for Educators" K-12 faculty

International
International Society of Technology Educators (ISTE), 2017 (San Antonio, TX)

• Digital Contention Creation

National
American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, 2017 (Chicago, IL)

• Poster session: AASL's ESSA Advocacy Impact

Regional
Gulf Coast Writing Conference, 2009

• Co-presenter "Web 2.0 Tools" & "Blah, Blah, Blog" with Martha Jo Denison

​Consultant Workshops
Dallas County Schools/Safety Net Academy, 2012 (Invitation to Present)

• Presenter "Strategic Teaching and Purposeful Planning Workshop for Social Studies"

Elmore County Tech Blitz, 2013 (Invitation to Present)

• Presenter "Mobile Technology in the Classroom"
• Presenter "Engaging Presentation Tools"

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