- 2022
- April: Member of organizing committee for the OSSTF Educational Services Officer Conference with the theme “Reflection to Action: Roles & Responsibilities as Anti-Oppression Education Workers”.
- March: OTF Connects Webinar: Tips and Tools for Producing Podcasts. A complete list of resources and recording of the session can be found on the OTF website.
- 2021
- May: Featured in May issue of the Teaching Librarian Magazine – Curiosity Lures Science Teachers into the Library Learning Commons.
- May: Created and contributed to lesson plans and videos for TEACHable Books Project by Teach Magazine. Release date TBD.
- May: Contributed commentary to UNESCO’s Nine Ideas for Education article for the Canadian School Libraries Journal
- April: Appointed to the OSSTF Educational Services Committee for a 3 year voluntary term.
- February 26: Member of a panel discussion: Fortinet: Cyber Security Landscape – Roundtable Panel Discussion at the Bring IT Together Virtual Conference
- 2020
- August: Podcasting in Education for the OSSTF Summer Symposium.
- June 24: Webinar for OTF, “Podcasting: Hooks, Lines and Thinkers”, practical suggestions and strategies.
- June: Contributor and technical support for WRDSB Teacher-Librarian Book Talk video podcast.
- May: Understanding Passwords to Protect your Data for the Teaching Librarian Magazine (Ontario Library Association)
- April 18: Organizer for the Digital Citizenship Meetup at OISE.
- March: Member of the OSSTF Distance Education Working Group.
- 2019
- November 6: Presenter Liaison and Conference Organizer for BringIT, Together 2019 in Niagara Falls (BIT19)
- August: CATC by the Water for the WRDSB, 3 day workshop for teachers interested in leveraging GSuite in their classroom
- May 14: Speaker at the CanConnected Conference in Niagara Falls where I spoke about Podcasting and Digital Citizenship
- April 5: Presented at the Ontario Summit in Kitchener where I spoke about using Podcasting in the Classroom
- January 16: Presenter to the Brigadoon Public School Parent Council, speaking about Digital Citizenship at Home and School.
- 2018
- November 16: Guest Speaker for Professional Development day at James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School (TCDSB).
- November 15: Presented, “What is Your Data Worth?“, at the Grand River Mathematics Association Conference at the University of Waterloo.
- October 27: Planning Committee Member and Speaker for the Digital Citizenship Summit at OISE, Toronto, Ontario.
- August 29: Google Classroom Professional Development for NTIP teachers at the WRDSB.
- August 15-18: Facilitator at CATC by the Water in Port Elgin for the WRDSB
- May 30: Presented two workshops, Your Digital Footprint and Podcasting to Get the Message Out, at the OSSTF Embracing Technology Conference in Toronto.
- May 26: Keynote Speaker at TCDSB 21 Camp in Toronto, Ontario.
- May 23: Interviewed by Doug Peterson at Doug Off The Record on the topic of Libraries and Technology in Ontario Secondary Schools.
- May 7: Interviewed by Andrew Bieronski at chalk.com on the topic of Digital Citizenship: Critical Thinking in the Age of Misinformation. Video available on YouTube.
- May 6: #MADPD Leader of a panel discussion on the the use of grades and a presentation about online security.
- May 4: Google Classroom Professional Development for OSSTF Teachers.
- May 2: Keynote Speaker for the Zoom Career Days at Conestoga College for the Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region.
- April 26: Presenting Elementary Coding and Digital Footprint at CanConnect in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
- April 24: Google Classroom Professional Development for OSSTF Occasional Teachers
- April 16: Workshop with Business and Computer Studies Teachers at St. Maximillian Kolbe Catholic High School (YCDSB).
- April 7: Presenter at Ontario Google Summit in Cambridge, Ontario.
- February 28: Workshop with the Waterloo Collegiate Parent Council on Social Media and Internet Safety for Them and their Children.
- January 26: Presenting Elementary Coding at FETC in Orlando, Florida.
- 2017
- November 8-10: Conference Co-Chair of the Educational Computing Organization of Ontario’s (ECOO) Annual Conference, Bring it Together (#BIT17)
- October 14: Speaker at the YRDSB EdCamp. The focus of the presentation was flipped classrooms using Google Forms and embedding video.
- September 30: Facilitator and Organizer of NewEdu Coding Boot Camp
- August 16-19: Facilitator for “Using GSuite to Support Assessment” at CATC by the Water.
- July 26: Speaker at the HIVE Waterloo Region Lightning Talk at the 3rd Member Meetup.
- June 1: Speaker at Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy Learners’ Conference. Presentation focus was Social Media, Privacy, and Digital Footprints.
- May 27: Presenter at the London Google Summit in London, Ontario.
- May 15: Presenter at the Provincial OSSTF Technology Conference in Toronto, Ontario.
- May 5: Speaker at the OSSTF D24 Professional Development Day Conference. Presentation focus was Social Media, Privacy, and Digital Footprints.
- May 5: Speaker for the Guidance Subject Association Board Wide PD Day. Presentation focus what online tools for Guidance Counsellors.
- May 3: Keynote on Digital Citizenship for Grads at ZOOM Career Days at Conestoga College
- April 27: Educational Reform at Igniting Niagara Falls with Fair Chance Learning
- April 21: Digital Learning Symposium at the Waterloo Region District School Board
- April 20: Advanced Topics in GSuite for Education for the Waterloo Region District School Board ITS Department
- April 8-9: Presenter at the Ontario Google Summit in Kitchener, Ontario.
- March 29: Convenor for the ECOO Computer Science Programming Contest.
- February 23: Google Classroom Professional Development for the Waterloo Region District School Board ITS Department
- February 14: Webinar Instructor for The Partnership’s (The Provincial and Territorial Library Associations of Canada) Education Institute.
- February 1: Google Classroom Professional Development for OSSTF Occasional Teachers
- 2016
- Speaker at the WRDSB Digital Citizen Summit for Parents, presenting Getting Googlie with Your Persona and Media Made for Sharing
- Presented Hacking Together Digital Signage at the BIT16 Conference in Niagara Falls
- Flipping Out with iPads and Formative Feedback with Google Docs at EdTechTeam’s Toronto GAFE Summit.
- Grand Valley Mathematics Association Annual Conference at the University of Waterloo, presenting Getting Googlie and Flipping Out in Math
- At the WRDSB Learning Carousel presenting Flipping Out in Math
- Spotlight Speaker for EdTechTeam’s Fort Vermillion Alberta Student and Teacher Summit.
- Flipping Your Lesson at Ontario GAFE Summit in Waterloo with Anita Brooks Kirkland (@AnitaBK), along with Docs for Research and Feedback, and a Demo Slam featuring the Most Dangerous Writing App
- Panel member for Library Learning Commons Lightning Round and Flipping Your Orientation at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference with Anita Brooks Kirkland (@AnitaBK)
- Facilitator for KW-Teach at Google (Waterloo)
- Local presenter at GAFE Summit London, presenting Using Chromebooks and iPads for Flipping your Classroom, Digital Signage Made Easy, Formative Feedback in Docs, Research in Docs, and a Demo Slam featuring LonelyScreen
- Google Classroom Training for OSSTF Occasional Teachers
- Facilitator for the WRDSB Science Association PD Day Unconference
- Facilitator for the UGDSB Library Association Flipping your Lesson Orientation
- 2015
- Local presenter at Ontario GAFE Summit in Waterloo, presenting Sharing: GDrive 101, Docs for Research and Feedback, and a Demo Slam
- Library Learning Commons panel member demonstrating Knowledge Building Centres and Docs for Research and Feedback at BIT15 in Niagara Falls
- Presenter at the WRDSB 2015 Learning Carousel
- 2014
- Developed a “How-To Create Video Newsletters” in collaboration with George Couros (@gcouros) at CATC by the Water
- 2013
- Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting writing team for Grade 11 Chemistry
- 2012
- Powerful Learning Practice (PLP) Project Team Leader
- An experiment in education based video podcasting at educast.me (video archive on YouTube)
- Flipping Out presentation about flipping your classroom with Jane Mitchinson-Schwartz (@JMitchinson) at ECOO Conference
- 2011
- Own Your Learning in the 21st Century Conference where I presented Google Docs and Sites with Dan Ballantyne (@ballantynedj)
- Tools that Work at the ECOO Conference
- Going paperless with the Grade 10 CommTech Summative
- Going paperless with the Grade 10 Science Climate Change Unit
- 2010
- Building your Professional Learning Network (PLN) with Tina Giannopoulos (@tgianno)
- Other
- CATC by the Water Facilitator since 2001
- Annual WRDSB PD Workshops for teachers on how to use GAFE in the Classroom
- Judge Coordinator for N.A. MacEachern K-6 Science Fair
- Contributing Editor Chem13 News from the University of Waterloo from approximately 2005 to 2007
- My first EdTech blog at shiftingideas.ca that has since been archived