INVITED TALKS

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Invited keynotes & presentations

Date Event/Venue Topic
Feb 2026 Hawaii Computer Science PD Summit Upcoming TBD
Oct 2025 2025 Ibero-American Seminar on Computational Thinking, Barranquilla, Colombia Equitable and Integrative Approaches to Empowering K-12 Learners with Computational Thinking Skills
May 2025 Symposium on AI, Education, and the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University (Featured Speaker) AI Literacy
Jan 2025 Raspberry Pi Foundation (UK) AI education research seminar Teaching with and about AI in K-12 Education: A Clear-Eyed Approach to Navigating the Road Ahead
Dec 2024 MIT HongKong Innovation Node, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Competency Education Centre (AIDCEC), Hong Kong Navigating AI in Education: Balancing Innovation with Humanistic and Pedagogical Approaches
Dec 2024 Technology4Education & ACM Compute conferences, India CS education in the age of AI
Oct 2024 Henry & Bryna David Award Lecture, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Mathematics K-12 Education in the Age of AI: The Role of the Social Sciences in Shaping Learning Designs for a Transformative Technological Era
Jan 2024 Montclair State University, NJ The shifting landscape of K-12 CS education: Addressing needs of the present and shaping the future with lessons from the past
Oct 2023 ISSEP 2023 Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland Teaching AI in K-12: Examples, Issues & Guidance from K-12 CS Education Research
July 2023 CSTA Conference Formative Assessment + Feedback = Better Learning: Integrating Formative Assessment in K-12 CS Classrooms
June 2023 Hampshire Primary Computing Conference 2023, Virtual Centering Context, Culture, Connections, and Conversation for Concepts, Coding, Creativity, and Computational Thinking in Computing Classrooms
Oct 2022 University of Delaware CS Department CS and Data Science for Meaningful & Culturally Relevant STEM Integration
Dec 2021 CSTA Palm Beach/Broward Chapters TPD Teaching Introductory Programming
Dec 2021 Ireland Leaving Certificate CS Teachers PD Teaching Introductory Programming
Nov 2021 Brookings Institute global panel Expanding computer science education for a technologically advancing world
Aug 2021 Stratford Schools Computer Science Professional Development Teaching Introductory Programming
July 2021 6th International STEM in Education Conference (Keynote) STEM+Computer Science integration
May 2021 TIER-ED, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign STEM+Computer Science integration
Mar 2021 Inclusive STEM & CS Spring 2021 Symposium Research in inclusive STEM & CS
Jan 2021 CRLT, College of Education, Indiana University STEM+Computer Science integration
Nov 2020 20th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research Teaching frontiers of computing in secondary school: gender equity, data science, transdisciplinary learning and teacher preparation
Nov 2020 ECEP and multiple CSTA chapters Teaching Introductory Programming (and the A-Z Handbook)
Oct 2020 Broward County Public Schools STEM & Computing teachers Book Talk on A-Z Handbook on Teaching Programming
Oct 2020 Raspberry Pi Foundation (UK) Computing education research seminar Feedback & formative assessment to support student learning
Aug 2020 The Fourth International Conference on Computational Thinking Education Integrating Computational Thinking Across School Subjects
May 2019 Advancing the Integration of Interdisciplinary Computational Thinking in the Physical and Life Sciences, AAPT Designing for Learning & Transfer in STEM+CT Integration: Promising Ideas, Fertile Mappings, Lingering Tensions
Jan 2019 9th Early Childhood Education National Conference (Education World), Bangalore, India Integrating CT in Early Childhood STEM Learning
Nov 2018 International Conference on Computers in Education, Philippines Thinking about Computational Thinking and How Learning Sciences Can Shape Deeper Learning of CS in Schools
Nov 2018 Computational Thinking, Teaching, & Equity: Integration in K-12, Stanford University Integrating CT into STEM Subjects
July 2018 International Conference on Teaching & Learning with Technology, Ministry of Education, Singapore Computational Thinking: The '5th C' of 21st century skills
July 2018 Masterclass for teachers, Singapore Designing for deeper learning with & of computational thinking
Apr 2018 Pondering Excellence in Teaching Series, Center to Support Excellence in Teaching, Stanford Learning Theory for Teaching Computational Thinking
Jan 2018 NSF STELAR Webinar Computational Thinking
Dec 2015 Design_Code_Build (to inspire middle school girls), Computer History Museum A journey in computing
July 2013 Scratch - Connecting Worlds, Barcelona Teaching Programming in Formal Learning Settings