INVITED TALKS
Featured Talks
Watch highlights from Dr. Grover's most impactful keynotes and presentations
October 10, 2024
K-12 Education in the Age of AI: The Role of the Social Sciences
Henry and Bryna David Lecture - National Academies
Dr. Grover delivered the prestigious Henry and Bryna David Lecture, examining how K-12 education systems must evolve to prepare students for an AI-integrated world. The talk explores policy implications, curriculum design, and the critical role of social sciences in shaping learning designs for our technological era.
March 15, 2024
Teaching AI in K-12: Lessons, Issues, and Guidance
SIGCSE 2024 - Portland, Oregon
Winner of the Best Paper Award at SIGCSE 2024, this presentation provides comprehensive guidance for educators implementing AI curricula in K-12 settings. Dr. Grover covers pedagogical approaches, curriculum frameworks, and practical implementation strategies based on extensive research and field testing.
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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 |