PRESENTATIONS
Life’s Unfair Race: Viewing Access via Students’ Lens. SPACE: Symposium for Part-time, Adjunct, and
Contingent Educators. Kennesaw State University. Kennesaw, GA. June 2019. The more seasoned we become as instructors, the more propensity we have to not see the college classroom from a student’s perspective. Our goal is to use that perspective as you interface with students who will potentially enter your college classroom. Attendees will reflect on their former life as a college student while participating in a brief 8-question race activity. In the race of life, we all (instructors and students alike) initially have the same starting position, but setbacks beyond our control ultimately removes access from our students. This workshop will conclude with a group discussion on access and the following concepts: back here vs. upfront, ethnicity, fair, head start, lead, learn, life, no excuse, non-recognition, opportunity, outperform, picture, prize, race, reality, run, stories, and win. Specifically, how do these concepts influence our teaching environment?
Choice, Chance, Challenges, and Change. 8th Grade Commencement. Noble Middle School. Detroit Public Schools Community District. Detroit, MI. June 2019. Delivered keynote address to promoted 8th grade class, their faculty, parent, and guests. Graduates were encouraged to know that as they matriculate through high school and post-secondary education, they have to make a choice and take a chance on themselves—even if it challenges them—and their life will change for the better as a result of it.
No More Boxes: Addressing Separation in our College Classrooms. Connections Leadership Conference. Central Michigan University. Traverse City, MI. November 2018. Delivered keynote address (the effects of labeling and physical, social, and verbal abuse) to 240+ CMU and Siena Heights University undergraduate/ graduate students and faculty members.
ZipGrade: Smartphone Test Grading. International Society of Performance Improvement. The Fall Innovation Regional Symposium. Wayne State University. Detroit, MI. October 2018. Grade your students true/false and multiple-choice exams with one click of your cell phone.
Web 2.0 Apps to Ace your Next Test. STEM Day. Detroit, MI. March 2018. Presented an interactive workshop on four Web 2.0 technology tools that assisted students in studying for their class tests. Participants participated in an electronic poll, were introduced to electronic study tools, and shared their own study tools from which others could benefit. Created a corresponding lesson plan for Metro Detroit K12 teachers’ use.
Iceberg: A Leader’s Character. Cranbrook HUB Student Leadership Conference. Bloomfield Hills, MI. Presented an interactive workshop on leadership skills and character development. Other topics included: self-awareness concepts; reflection questions; accountability partners; time management short video; emotional intelligence small group activity; and social intelligence.
Web 2.0 Apps to Ace your Next Test. STEM Day. Detroit, MI. March 2017. Presented an interactive workshop on four Web 2.0 technology tools that assisted students in studying for their class tests. Participants were introduced to the study tools. Study tools were posted on a Wikispace for the participants to view and access.
Privilege and Prejudice’s Impact from the College Classroom. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters. Kalamazoo, MI. March 2017.
Privilege and Prejudice’s Impact from the College Classroom. Great Lakes Teaching Conference on Teaching and Learning. Mt. Pleasant, MI. May 2016. As minorities, we all have stories of being a victim of prejudice. Yet, how aware are we of our own subconscious prejudice behaviors towards others? Brace yourself and come prepared to laugh, cry, or become angry as we explore prejudice scenarios and learn how to effectively respond to them. Don't think that a minority can be privileged in any way? Grab your coat and come and take the Privilege Walk with us. You will be surprised at the results. As students and professors, we unknowingly take our prejudiced mindsets into the classroom, and they unfortunately impact our classroom experiences. At the end of this session, the presenter will have participants take a college counseling-based prejudice, bias, and hate quiz to assess their own behaviors. This entire session was rooted in research theories, i.e., parallel-constraint-satisfaction theory and developmental intergroup theory.
Writing from their Lives: "The Power of One" Academic/Creative Writing Prompts. Michigan Reading Association. Detroit, MI. March 2016. This session will include reading and/or writing personalized, relevant, and engaging texts/writing prompts. The session’s goal is for teachers to connect texts to students' lineage. Also, included is the Power of One concept where writers zone in on "one" and address a subject singularly instead of holistically, e.g., how cancer affected their family versus a general research paper on cancer—being sure to avoid single story stereotypes. Moreover, the session will conclude with addressing teacher vulnerability and having our students critique our written work/performances. Last, the writing process (POWERS) and publishing students’ written work was addressed as well.
What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas: A Story of Betrayal. Secret Society of Twisted Storytelling. Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Detroit, MI. March 2016. Orated a self-created nonfictional short story on travel betrayals.
Privilege and Prejudice’s Impact from the College Classroom. Equity within the Classroom Conference. Troy, MI. March 2016.
Portraits of our Men: Countering Negative African American Male Media Stereotypes. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters. Saginaw, MI. March 2016. This presentation applied various academic theories to African American male media stereotypes. Specifically, the critical race theory (1998) and parallel-constraint-satisfaction theory of impression formation (1996) will be applied. Furthermore, recent negative media depictions of African Americans, especially those involving males, have forced the writer to contemplate their effects. To counter these negative media portrayals of African American men, the presenter has offered a small-scale writing solution, which includes a self-narrative and poems positively depicting African American males. Her intent is for these positive portrayals to serve as a link to bridging cultural differences and potentially removing stereotypes of African American men.
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work. District Conference Day. Wayne County Community College District. Taylor, MI. October 2015. Presented a workshop on team building activities: watched team attention-getting video; participants brainstormed team types; reviewed stages of team development, team behaviors, nonverbal team communication, leadership within teams, and responding to negative team behavior; team decision-making activity; test team building knowledge; complete Open Educational Resource online teamwork module.
Formative Assessment via Five Easy Interactive Technologies. eLearn World Conference on eLearning. AACE/SITTE. Kona, Hawaii. October 2015. Will demonstrate online formative assessment technologies and readily connected them to pedagogical practices across various disciplines.
Church Folk. Open Mic Night. Great Lakes Commonwealth of Letters. Grand Rapids, MI. October 2015. Shared an excerpt from my fiction short story, Church Folk. From a small-town experience, Sister Angel shares her interesting experiences with church folk i.e., not forgiving; bubbly fake smiles; sexual ulterior motives; backslidden church folks’ behavior; and older saints’ mannerisms.
The Trilogy: Imagination, Content Mastery, and Web 2.0 Technology Tools. College English Association. Indianapolis, IN. March 2015. Will showcase how students can demonstrate their understanding of content material via creative technology tools while using their active imaginations. Three, easy, web-based technology tools will be showcased.
Animoto: Visual Literacy to Engage Reluctant Learners. Midwest Graduate Research Symposium. Toledo, OH. March 2015. Animoto "movie trailer" style video clips can be used to gain learner's attention, introduce, or conclude a concept, or provide learning guidance (Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction, 1965). I created 30+ Animoto video clips for diverse curricula. Their content ranges from classical novels and short stories to math, science, social studies, technology, and writing concepts. Using Kirkpatrick's Four Level Evaluation Model (1959), learners evaluated a couple of these videos for my dissertation research pilot study with surprising results.
Web 2.0 Study Tools to Master your Exams. Golden Key International Honour Society Regional Summit. Chicago, IL. March 2015. Presented an interactive workshop on three Web 2.0 technology tools that assisted students in studying for their course and/or program exams. These electronic study tools work with success in reviewing for class quizzes or doctoral qualifying exams. Participants were introduced the study tools, created a sample quiz using the tools, and posted them to a Wikispace for other participants to view and access.
Formative Assessment via Five Easy Interactive Technologies. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. March 2015. Demonstrated online formative assessment technologies and readily connected them to pedagogical practices across various disciplines.
The Trilogy: Imagination, Content Mastery, and Web 2.0 Technology Tools. Michigan State University Educational Technology Conference. East Lansing, MI. November 2014. This presentation showcased how students can demonstrate their understanding of content material via creative technology tools while using their active imaginations. Three, easy, web-based technology tools were showcased. Last, participants had an opportunity to create their own subject matter content via the technologies introduced.
Animoto: Visual Literacy to Engage Reluctant Learners. Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention. Jacksonville, FL. November 2014. 30+ Animoto videos will be showcased to participants. This presentation will utilize content from various disciplines, images, and music. This presentation will show how Animoto videos are created and how they can be used to engage learners, especially reluctant ones.
Modeling: Motivating Students to Excellence. District Conference Day. Wayne County Community College District. Taylor, MI. October 2014. Modeling is a teaching practice that is a safe bet to winning some of our unengaged learners. What are the benefits of modeling? Participants will learn nine benefits of modeling, which yields student confidence, engagement, excellence, motivation, performance, and rapport.
Our Voice via Videos, VoiceThread, & Voki. Michigan College English Association. Ypsilanti, MI. October 2014. This presentation will showcase how instructors can empower their students to develop their voice as they complete classroom assignments. Three, easy, web-based technology tools will be showcased.
Teacher Vulnerability: A Precursor to Student Engagement, Rapport, and Performance. Two Year College Association Conference. Grand Rapids, MI. October 2014. As much as instructors critique their students’ performance, how willingly and vulnerable are they to share their writings/performances with their overly critical students? Because I am a proponent of modeling, sharing my work allows me to model the behavioral objectives that I expect my students to ultimately demonstrate.
A Likely Pair: Engaging Technologies and Student Achievement. Michigan Council of Teachers of English. East Lansing, MI. October 2014. How do you prepare your students for standardized exams? Theoretical literature argues that engagement and academic achievement go hand-in-hand. This workshop will demonstrate the five interactive technologies. These technologies allow instructors an opportunity to innovatively assist their students with reading strategies, standardized exams, and writing concepts. The technologies can be used as formative assessment tools and/or exam previews.
National STEM Bridge Online Learning Modules. Macomb Community College. Warren, MI. August 2014. Demonstrated online teaching tools and content (math, critical thinking and workplace communication, and professional skills learning modules) with Advanced Engineering Technology faculty.
A Likely Pair: Engaging Technologies and Student Achievement. Great Lakes Conference on Teaching and Learning. Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. May 2014. Attendees, of this workshop, had an opportunity to be engaged via technologies and learn how engagement is often a precursor to student achievement. Using the selected technologies, faculty will be able to assess how much their students before a course exam given. Specifically, faculty was exposed to creative ways to assist their students with studying for their course exams.
A Likely Pair: Engaging Technologies and Student Achievement. Conference on Teaching and Learning. Oakland University, Rochester, MI. May 2014.
Formative Assessment via Five Easy Interactive Technologies. International Society of Performance Improvement. Indianapolis, IN. April 2014. Showcased how mobile technologies can be used for formative assessments.
A Likely Pair: Engaging Technologies and Student Achievement. Equity within the Classroom Conference. Ann Arbor, MI. March 2014.
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work. Golden Key International Honour Society Regional Summit. St. Louis, MO. March 2014.
Mobiles and Online Assessments. Michigan Reading Association. Grand Rapids, MI. March 2014. Presented a hands-on workshop that addressed how mobile technologies and Wikispaces can be used for formative assessments.
From Hattie McDaniel to Sweet Brown: A Full Circle of Negative African American Women Media Stereotypes. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters. Rochester, MI. February 2014. For decades, mass media has perpetuated negative stereotypes of African American women. Having positive portrayals of African American women readily depicted on television could minimize society’s stereotypical thinking.
Improving Student Success with Five Easy Formative Assessment Tools. Faculty Organization Day. Wayne County Community College District. Taylor, MI. January 2014. Formative assessment tools where the goal is two-fold: prepare students for upcoming exams and allow instructors to inform their instruction. Also, students can have access to these technology web links so they can access the exam preparation materials at their own pace, location, or timing.
Reviving Formative Assessments with Five Easy Interactive Technologies. Michigan Digital Learning Conference. Macomb Intermediate School District, Clinton, MI. November 2013. Demonstrated formative assessment technologies and readily connected them to pedagogical practices across various disciplines.
Digitalizing Bloom’s Taxonomy via 21st Century Technologies, ANGEL LMS Hybridized Advanced Engineering Technology Learning Object Repositories, & National STEM Bridge Online Learning Modules. Macomb Community College. Warren, MI. November 2013. Demonstrated online teaching tools and content with Advanced Engineering Technology faculty.
Reviving Formative Assessments with Five Easy Interactive Technologies. Educational Technology of Michigan, Macomb Community College, Clinton Township, MI. November 2013. Demonstrated formative assessment technologies and readily connected them to pedagogical practices across various disciplines.
A Cultural Video Collection of an African American Literary Icon: Langston Hughes. Michigan Council of Teachers of English. E. Lansing, MI. October 2013. Shared several Langston Hughes-inspired Animoto videos which are short “movie trailer” style video clips to teachers of reluctant readers/learners. Creation instructions on images, music, and content were demonstrated as well.
Digitalizing Bloom’s Taxonomy via 21st Century Technologies. Trends in Occupational Studies Conference. Acme, MI. October 2013. Presented technologies with the following teaching and learning benefits: audiovisual lectures; content presentations; course management systems; electronic journal writing, and formative assessment tools.
Chocolate Joy Drop. Michigan College English Association. University of Michigan. Dearborn, MI. October 2013. Orated a self-created fictional short story on the attraction and potential woes of adoption. Used technology to create and insert images into this fictional tale.
10 Technologies for Communication and Collaboration. Faculty Organization Day. Wayne County Community College. Taylor, MI. October 2013. Demonstrated efficient and contemporary ways for students and teachers to communicate and collaborate via ten technologies.
ICE: Cool Technological Content Presentation Tools to Inspire, Challenge, and Energize Learners. Great Lakes Conference on Teaching and Learning. Central Michigan University. Mount Pleasant, MI. May 2013. Addressed five, easy, and innovative technologies. Instructors can use these technology tools to present course content online or in their classrooms. Also, students can be given web links to re-access the online content outside of the classroom.
Connecting Pedagogical Theories to 21st Century Technologies. University of Windsor and Oakland University Teaching and Learning Conference. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. May 2013. Addressed how 21st century technologies readily connect to pedagogical theories, i.e., Bloom's Taxonomy, cognitive theory (alternative modes to instructional content and information processing theory), and communication theory (instructional message design). These theories are applicable to various disciplines and technologies. More than ten 21st century technologies will be explored for teaching and student learning. Various technologies shown for the various levels of Bloom's taxonomies.
Digital Bloom’s Taxonomy that Builds Empowerment and Excellence. Equity within the Classroom Conference. Wayne State University. Detroit, MI. April 2013. This workshop began with comparing/contrasting Bloom’s Taxonomy original and revised versions. Next, it explored the revised version in detail. Moreover, participants were exposed to Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy, which addressed how technologies readily connect to pedagogical practices across various disciplines.
Student Achievement: When Innovative Technologies Meet Best Pedagogical Practices. Faculty Organization Day. Wayne County Community College. Taylor, MI. January 2013. Presented technologies with the following student benefits: inquiry-based learning; voice, text, and/or video-based discussion boards; and video attention-grabbers or content summaries.
Innovative Web-based Technology Tools. Michigan State University College of Education Technology Conference. East Lansing, MI. October 2012. Workshop addressed: voice-recorded announcements; video content creation tool; course management system; video-recorded screencasts; student blogs; challenge-based WebQuest; curriculum web; and interactive multimedia quizzes.
Survival via Creative Writing. Michigan College English Association Conference. Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI. October 2012. Personalized writing via provocative writing prompts. Utilize imagination to put our life adventures in print. Releasing our inner stories. Teachers modeling writing strategies. Telling and sharing our stories.
Student Achievement via Technological Reform. Michigan Reading Association Conference. Grand Rapids, MI. March 2012. Presented technology strategies for multimodal classroom presentations, i.e., videos, electronic comic strips and collages, word clouds, and organizing student meetings.
Technology and Student Achievement: The New BFFs. Michigan Council of Teachers of English Conference. East Lansing, MI. October 2011. Presented technology strategies for student engagement, classroom web pages, and organizing parent teacher or student/ teacher conferences.
Technology and Assessment: Taking Risks for Student Achievement’s Sake. Michigan College English Association Conference. University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI. October 2011. Presented technology strategies for formative assessment, homework reminders, exam preparations, and web-based class discussions.
What’s the Sense in Reading? Bright Ideas Conference for the English Language Arts. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. March 2004. Conducted an interactive workshop that creatively addressed reading comprehension. Multiple learning styles were discussed along with enhancement of imagination, retention, and artistic skills.
R.E.A.D.—Rhetoric as an Engaging and Active Discipline. Bright Ideas Conference for the English Language Arts. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. April 2003. Facilitated a workshop that redefined reading. Introduced a personalized reading strategy that improves students’ comprehension and retention levels.
The Triangle Initiative. Michigan Council for Teachers of English Conference. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. October 2002. Generated proven strategies for teachers to initiate a relationship with parents that work in the best interest of students.
Hey, that’s Baby Work! No, it’s Creative Practices in the Secondary Classroom. Bright Ideas Conference for the English Language Arts. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. April 2002. Conducted a workshop that dispelled the myth that hands-on practices are predominantly useful for elementary students. Activities for secondary students can include poetry, art, technology, and conflict resolution.
It Takes a Village: Mastering the MEAP through Community Collaboration Presentation. Michigan Council for Teachers of English Conference. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. October 2001. Introduced a uniquely designed curriculum model for mastering the MEAP writing test.
ACCEPTED CONFERENCE PROPOSALS
ZipGrade: Smartphone Test Grading. Distance Teaching & Learning Conference. Madison, Wisconsin. August 2018.
Portraits of our Men: Countering Negative African American Male Media Stereotypes. College English Association Conference. Hilton Head Island, SC. March 2017.
Privilege and Prejudice’s Impact from the College Classroom. Regional Summit. Golden Key International Honour Society. Fort Lauderdale, FL. March 2017.
Speaking to Persuade via Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. BEST Pedagogy Workshop. Lawrence Technological University. Southfield, MI. May 2015. Utilized Prezi to present a mini-lesson (higher order thinking learning objective, communication content, and an active collaborative learning activity) to doctoral and college professors/ administrators for an evidence-based pedagogical techniques workshop.
Revisiting the Past for a New Horizon: Addressing Negative African American Women Media Stereotypes. College English Association Conference. Baltimore, MD. March 2014. Will apply various theories to current negative images depicting African American women and how media need to return to more positive media depictions.
Visual Literacy to Engage Learners. Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching and Learning. Traverse City, MI. October 2013. Animoto videos are a digital presentation tool that uses content, images, and music. This poster presentation will show examples of Animoto video screenshots and how they can be used for reluctant learners across various disciplines.
The Nature of Modeling: A Best Practice for Writing Instruction. College English Association National Conference. Savannah, Georgia. April 2013. Each of us has a story (actually several), but how effectively do we tell and share our stories with others? As much as we critique our students’ writing, are we willing to be vulnerable enough to share our writings with our overly critical students? This teaching practice is a safe bet to winning some of our unengaged learners.
Contingent Educators. Kennesaw State University. Kennesaw, GA. June 2019. The more seasoned we become as instructors, the more propensity we have to not see the college classroom from a student’s perspective. Our goal is to use that perspective as you interface with students who will potentially enter your college classroom. Attendees will reflect on their former life as a college student while participating in a brief 8-question race activity. In the race of life, we all (instructors and students alike) initially have the same starting position, but setbacks beyond our control ultimately removes access from our students. This workshop will conclude with a group discussion on access and the following concepts: back here vs. upfront, ethnicity, fair, head start, lead, learn, life, no excuse, non-recognition, opportunity, outperform, picture, prize, race, reality, run, stories, and win. Specifically, how do these concepts influence our teaching environment?
Choice, Chance, Challenges, and Change. 8th Grade Commencement. Noble Middle School. Detroit Public Schools Community District. Detroit, MI. June 2019. Delivered keynote address to promoted 8th grade class, their faculty, parent, and guests. Graduates were encouraged to know that as they matriculate through high school and post-secondary education, they have to make a choice and take a chance on themselves—even if it challenges them—and their life will change for the better as a result of it.
No More Boxes: Addressing Separation in our College Classrooms. Connections Leadership Conference. Central Michigan University. Traverse City, MI. November 2018. Delivered keynote address (the effects of labeling and physical, social, and verbal abuse) to 240+ CMU and Siena Heights University undergraduate/ graduate students and faculty members.
ZipGrade: Smartphone Test Grading. International Society of Performance Improvement. The Fall Innovation Regional Symposium. Wayne State University. Detroit, MI. October 2018. Grade your students true/false and multiple-choice exams with one click of your cell phone.
Web 2.0 Apps to Ace your Next Test. STEM Day. Detroit, MI. March 2018. Presented an interactive workshop on four Web 2.0 technology tools that assisted students in studying for their class tests. Participants participated in an electronic poll, were introduced to electronic study tools, and shared their own study tools from which others could benefit. Created a corresponding lesson plan for Metro Detroit K12 teachers’ use.
Iceberg: A Leader’s Character. Cranbrook HUB Student Leadership Conference. Bloomfield Hills, MI. Presented an interactive workshop on leadership skills and character development. Other topics included: self-awareness concepts; reflection questions; accountability partners; time management short video; emotional intelligence small group activity; and social intelligence.
Web 2.0 Apps to Ace your Next Test. STEM Day. Detroit, MI. March 2017. Presented an interactive workshop on four Web 2.0 technology tools that assisted students in studying for their class tests. Participants were introduced to the study tools. Study tools were posted on a Wikispace for the participants to view and access.
Privilege and Prejudice’s Impact from the College Classroom. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters. Kalamazoo, MI. March 2017.
Privilege and Prejudice’s Impact from the College Classroom. Great Lakes Teaching Conference on Teaching and Learning. Mt. Pleasant, MI. May 2016. As minorities, we all have stories of being a victim of prejudice. Yet, how aware are we of our own subconscious prejudice behaviors towards others? Brace yourself and come prepared to laugh, cry, or become angry as we explore prejudice scenarios and learn how to effectively respond to them. Don't think that a minority can be privileged in any way? Grab your coat and come and take the Privilege Walk with us. You will be surprised at the results. As students and professors, we unknowingly take our prejudiced mindsets into the classroom, and they unfortunately impact our classroom experiences. At the end of this session, the presenter will have participants take a college counseling-based prejudice, bias, and hate quiz to assess their own behaviors. This entire session was rooted in research theories, i.e., parallel-constraint-satisfaction theory and developmental intergroup theory.
Writing from their Lives: "The Power of One" Academic/Creative Writing Prompts. Michigan Reading Association. Detroit, MI. March 2016. This session will include reading and/or writing personalized, relevant, and engaging texts/writing prompts. The session’s goal is for teachers to connect texts to students' lineage. Also, included is the Power of One concept where writers zone in on "one" and address a subject singularly instead of holistically, e.g., how cancer affected their family versus a general research paper on cancer—being sure to avoid single story stereotypes. Moreover, the session will conclude with addressing teacher vulnerability and having our students critique our written work/performances. Last, the writing process (POWERS) and publishing students’ written work was addressed as well.
What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas: A Story of Betrayal. Secret Society of Twisted Storytelling. Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Detroit, MI. March 2016. Orated a self-created nonfictional short story on travel betrayals.
Privilege and Prejudice’s Impact from the College Classroom. Equity within the Classroom Conference. Troy, MI. March 2016.
Portraits of our Men: Countering Negative African American Male Media Stereotypes. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters. Saginaw, MI. March 2016. This presentation applied various academic theories to African American male media stereotypes. Specifically, the critical race theory (1998) and parallel-constraint-satisfaction theory of impression formation (1996) will be applied. Furthermore, recent negative media depictions of African Americans, especially those involving males, have forced the writer to contemplate their effects. To counter these negative media portrayals of African American men, the presenter has offered a small-scale writing solution, which includes a self-narrative and poems positively depicting African American males. Her intent is for these positive portrayals to serve as a link to bridging cultural differences and potentially removing stereotypes of African American men.
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work. District Conference Day. Wayne County Community College District. Taylor, MI. October 2015. Presented a workshop on team building activities: watched team attention-getting video; participants brainstormed team types; reviewed stages of team development, team behaviors, nonverbal team communication, leadership within teams, and responding to negative team behavior; team decision-making activity; test team building knowledge; complete Open Educational Resource online teamwork module.
Formative Assessment via Five Easy Interactive Technologies. eLearn World Conference on eLearning. AACE/SITTE. Kona, Hawaii. October 2015. Will demonstrate online formative assessment technologies and readily connected them to pedagogical practices across various disciplines.
Church Folk. Open Mic Night. Great Lakes Commonwealth of Letters. Grand Rapids, MI. October 2015. Shared an excerpt from my fiction short story, Church Folk. From a small-town experience, Sister Angel shares her interesting experiences with church folk i.e., not forgiving; bubbly fake smiles; sexual ulterior motives; backslidden church folks’ behavior; and older saints’ mannerisms.
The Trilogy: Imagination, Content Mastery, and Web 2.0 Technology Tools. College English Association. Indianapolis, IN. March 2015. Will showcase how students can demonstrate their understanding of content material via creative technology tools while using their active imaginations. Three, easy, web-based technology tools will be showcased.
Animoto: Visual Literacy to Engage Reluctant Learners. Midwest Graduate Research Symposium. Toledo, OH. March 2015. Animoto "movie trailer" style video clips can be used to gain learner's attention, introduce, or conclude a concept, or provide learning guidance (Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction, 1965). I created 30+ Animoto video clips for diverse curricula. Their content ranges from classical novels and short stories to math, science, social studies, technology, and writing concepts. Using Kirkpatrick's Four Level Evaluation Model (1959), learners evaluated a couple of these videos for my dissertation research pilot study with surprising results.
Web 2.0 Study Tools to Master your Exams. Golden Key International Honour Society Regional Summit. Chicago, IL. March 2015. Presented an interactive workshop on three Web 2.0 technology tools that assisted students in studying for their course and/or program exams. These electronic study tools work with success in reviewing for class quizzes or doctoral qualifying exams. Participants were introduced the study tools, created a sample quiz using the tools, and posted them to a Wikispace for other participants to view and access.
Formative Assessment via Five Easy Interactive Technologies. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. March 2015. Demonstrated online formative assessment technologies and readily connected them to pedagogical practices across various disciplines.
The Trilogy: Imagination, Content Mastery, and Web 2.0 Technology Tools. Michigan State University Educational Technology Conference. East Lansing, MI. November 2014. This presentation showcased how students can demonstrate their understanding of content material via creative technology tools while using their active imaginations. Three, easy, web-based technology tools were showcased. Last, participants had an opportunity to create their own subject matter content via the technologies introduced.
Animoto: Visual Literacy to Engage Reluctant Learners. Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention. Jacksonville, FL. November 2014. 30+ Animoto videos will be showcased to participants. This presentation will utilize content from various disciplines, images, and music. This presentation will show how Animoto videos are created and how they can be used to engage learners, especially reluctant ones.
Modeling: Motivating Students to Excellence. District Conference Day. Wayne County Community College District. Taylor, MI. October 2014. Modeling is a teaching practice that is a safe bet to winning some of our unengaged learners. What are the benefits of modeling? Participants will learn nine benefits of modeling, which yields student confidence, engagement, excellence, motivation, performance, and rapport.
Our Voice via Videos, VoiceThread, & Voki. Michigan College English Association. Ypsilanti, MI. October 2014. This presentation will showcase how instructors can empower their students to develop their voice as they complete classroom assignments. Three, easy, web-based technology tools will be showcased.
Teacher Vulnerability: A Precursor to Student Engagement, Rapport, and Performance. Two Year College Association Conference. Grand Rapids, MI. October 2014. As much as instructors critique their students’ performance, how willingly and vulnerable are they to share their writings/performances with their overly critical students? Because I am a proponent of modeling, sharing my work allows me to model the behavioral objectives that I expect my students to ultimately demonstrate.
A Likely Pair: Engaging Technologies and Student Achievement. Michigan Council of Teachers of English. East Lansing, MI. October 2014. How do you prepare your students for standardized exams? Theoretical literature argues that engagement and academic achievement go hand-in-hand. This workshop will demonstrate the five interactive technologies. These technologies allow instructors an opportunity to innovatively assist their students with reading strategies, standardized exams, and writing concepts. The technologies can be used as formative assessment tools and/or exam previews.
National STEM Bridge Online Learning Modules. Macomb Community College. Warren, MI. August 2014. Demonstrated online teaching tools and content (math, critical thinking and workplace communication, and professional skills learning modules) with Advanced Engineering Technology faculty.
A Likely Pair: Engaging Technologies and Student Achievement. Great Lakes Conference on Teaching and Learning. Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. May 2014. Attendees, of this workshop, had an opportunity to be engaged via technologies and learn how engagement is often a precursor to student achievement. Using the selected technologies, faculty will be able to assess how much their students before a course exam given. Specifically, faculty was exposed to creative ways to assist their students with studying for their course exams.
A Likely Pair: Engaging Technologies and Student Achievement. Conference on Teaching and Learning. Oakland University, Rochester, MI. May 2014.
Formative Assessment via Five Easy Interactive Technologies. International Society of Performance Improvement. Indianapolis, IN. April 2014. Showcased how mobile technologies can be used for formative assessments.
A Likely Pair: Engaging Technologies and Student Achievement. Equity within the Classroom Conference. Ann Arbor, MI. March 2014.
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work. Golden Key International Honour Society Regional Summit. St. Louis, MO. March 2014.
Mobiles and Online Assessments. Michigan Reading Association. Grand Rapids, MI. March 2014. Presented a hands-on workshop that addressed how mobile technologies and Wikispaces can be used for formative assessments.
From Hattie McDaniel to Sweet Brown: A Full Circle of Negative African American Women Media Stereotypes. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters. Rochester, MI. February 2014. For decades, mass media has perpetuated negative stereotypes of African American women. Having positive portrayals of African American women readily depicted on television could minimize society’s stereotypical thinking.
Improving Student Success with Five Easy Formative Assessment Tools. Faculty Organization Day. Wayne County Community College District. Taylor, MI. January 2014. Formative assessment tools where the goal is two-fold: prepare students for upcoming exams and allow instructors to inform their instruction. Also, students can have access to these technology web links so they can access the exam preparation materials at their own pace, location, or timing.
Reviving Formative Assessments with Five Easy Interactive Technologies. Michigan Digital Learning Conference. Macomb Intermediate School District, Clinton, MI. November 2013. Demonstrated formative assessment technologies and readily connected them to pedagogical practices across various disciplines.
Digitalizing Bloom’s Taxonomy via 21st Century Technologies, ANGEL LMS Hybridized Advanced Engineering Technology Learning Object Repositories, & National STEM Bridge Online Learning Modules. Macomb Community College. Warren, MI. November 2013. Demonstrated online teaching tools and content with Advanced Engineering Technology faculty.
Reviving Formative Assessments with Five Easy Interactive Technologies. Educational Technology of Michigan, Macomb Community College, Clinton Township, MI. November 2013. Demonstrated formative assessment technologies and readily connected them to pedagogical practices across various disciplines.
A Cultural Video Collection of an African American Literary Icon: Langston Hughes. Michigan Council of Teachers of English. E. Lansing, MI. October 2013. Shared several Langston Hughes-inspired Animoto videos which are short “movie trailer” style video clips to teachers of reluctant readers/learners. Creation instructions on images, music, and content were demonstrated as well.
Digitalizing Bloom’s Taxonomy via 21st Century Technologies. Trends in Occupational Studies Conference. Acme, MI. October 2013. Presented technologies with the following teaching and learning benefits: audiovisual lectures; content presentations; course management systems; electronic journal writing, and formative assessment tools.
Chocolate Joy Drop. Michigan College English Association. University of Michigan. Dearborn, MI. October 2013. Orated a self-created fictional short story on the attraction and potential woes of adoption. Used technology to create and insert images into this fictional tale.
10 Technologies for Communication and Collaboration. Faculty Organization Day. Wayne County Community College. Taylor, MI. October 2013. Demonstrated efficient and contemporary ways for students and teachers to communicate and collaborate via ten technologies.
ICE: Cool Technological Content Presentation Tools to Inspire, Challenge, and Energize Learners. Great Lakes Conference on Teaching and Learning. Central Michigan University. Mount Pleasant, MI. May 2013. Addressed five, easy, and innovative technologies. Instructors can use these technology tools to present course content online or in their classrooms. Also, students can be given web links to re-access the online content outside of the classroom.
Connecting Pedagogical Theories to 21st Century Technologies. University of Windsor and Oakland University Teaching and Learning Conference. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. May 2013. Addressed how 21st century technologies readily connect to pedagogical theories, i.e., Bloom's Taxonomy, cognitive theory (alternative modes to instructional content and information processing theory), and communication theory (instructional message design). These theories are applicable to various disciplines and technologies. More than ten 21st century technologies will be explored for teaching and student learning. Various technologies shown for the various levels of Bloom's taxonomies.
Digital Bloom’s Taxonomy that Builds Empowerment and Excellence. Equity within the Classroom Conference. Wayne State University. Detroit, MI. April 2013. This workshop began with comparing/contrasting Bloom’s Taxonomy original and revised versions. Next, it explored the revised version in detail. Moreover, participants were exposed to Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy, which addressed how technologies readily connect to pedagogical practices across various disciplines.
Student Achievement: When Innovative Technologies Meet Best Pedagogical Practices. Faculty Organization Day. Wayne County Community College. Taylor, MI. January 2013. Presented technologies with the following student benefits: inquiry-based learning; voice, text, and/or video-based discussion boards; and video attention-grabbers or content summaries.
Innovative Web-based Technology Tools. Michigan State University College of Education Technology Conference. East Lansing, MI. October 2012. Workshop addressed: voice-recorded announcements; video content creation tool; course management system; video-recorded screencasts; student blogs; challenge-based WebQuest; curriculum web; and interactive multimedia quizzes.
Survival via Creative Writing. Michigan College English Association Conference. Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI. October 2012. Personalized writing via provocative writing prompts. Utilize imagination to put our life adventures in print. Releasing our inner stories. Teachers modeling writing strategies. Telling and sharing our stories.
Student Achievement via Technological Reform. Michigan Reading Association Conference. Grand Rapids, MI. March 2012. Presented technology strategies for multimodal classroom presentations, i.e., videos, electronic comic strips and collages, word clouds, and organizing student meetings.
Technology and Student Achievement: The New BFFs. Michigan Council of Teachers of English Conference. East Lansing, MI. October 2011. Presented technology strategies for student engagement, classroom web pages, and organizing parent teacher or student/ teacher conferences.
Technology and Assessment: Taking Risks for Student Achievement’s Sake. Michigan College English Association Conference. University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI. October 2011. Presented technology strategies for formative assessment, homework reminders, exam preparations, and web-based class discussions.
What’s the Sense in Reading? Bright Ideas Conference for the English Language Arts. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. March 2004. Conducted an interactive workshop that creatively addressed reading comprehension. Multiple learning styles were discussed along with enhancement of imagination, retention, and artistic skills.
R.E.A.D.—Rhetoric as an Engaging and Active Discipline. Bright Ideas Conference for the English Language Arts. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. April 2003. Facilitated a workshop that redefined reading. Introduced a personalized reading strategy that improves students’ comprehension and retention levels.
The Triangle Initiative. Michigan Council for Teachers of English Conference. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. October 2002. Generated proven strategies for teachers to initiate a relationship with parents that work in the best interest of students.
Hey, that’s Baby Work! No, it’s Creative Practices in the Secondary Classroom. Bright Ideas Conference for the English Language Arts. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. April 2002. Conducted a workshop that dispelled the myth that hands-on practices are predominantly useful for elementary students. Activities for secondary students can include poetry, art, technology, and conflict resolution.
It Takes a Village: Mastering the MEAP through Community Collaboration Presentation. Michigan Council for Teachers of English Conference. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. October 2001. Introduced a uniquely designed curriculum model for mastering the MEAP writing test.
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ZipGrade: Smartphone Test Grading. Distance Teaching & Learning Conference. Madison, Wisconsin. August 2018.
Portraits of our Men: Countering Negative African American Male Media Stereotypes. College English Association Conference. Hilton Head Island, SC. March 2017.
Privilege and Prejudice’s Impact from the College Classroom. Regional Summit. Golden Key International Honour Society. Fort Lauderdale, FL. March 2017.
Speaking to Persuade via Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. BEST Pedagogy Workshop. Lawrence Technological University. Southfield, MI. May 2015. Utilized Prezi to present a mini-lesson (higher order thinking learning objective, communication content, and an active collaborative learning activity) to doctoral and college professors/ administrators for an evidence-based pedagogical techniques workshop.
Revisiting the Past for a New Horizon: Addressing Negative African American Women Media Stereotypes. College English Association Conference. Baltimore, MD. March 2014. Will apply various theories to current negative images depicting African American women and how media need to return to more positive media depictions.
Visual Literacy to Engage Learners. Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching and Learning. Traverse City, MI. October 2013. Animoto videos are a digital presentation tool that uses content, images, and music. This poster presentation will show examples of Animoto video screenshots and how they can be used for reluctant learners across various disciplines.
The Nature of Modeling: A Best Practice for Writing Instruction. College English Association National Conference. Savannah, Georgia. April 2013. Each of us has a story (actually several), but how effectively do we tell and share our stories with others? As much as we critique our students’ writing, are we willing to be vulnerable enough to share our writings with our overly critical students? This teaching practice is a safe bet to winning some of our unengaged learners.