Awards related to Making

  • 2017 Henrico21 21st Century Award- Sphero to Space

  • 2016 Henrico21 21st Century Award-3D Bedrooms, Short Pump Elementary

  • 2015 Henrico Citizen newspaper- Henrico’s Top Teacher award

  • 2015 Henrico21 Student 21st Century Award-Henry B. Brown, Book Celebration website; Choose your Adventure

  • 2014 Henrico21 Student 21st Century Award-The Tree Saver, Short Pump Elementary

  • 2011 Awarded Grant from Math & Science Innovation Center for a Proposal to develop Fractals

Consulting

  • 2018 Salvation Army Boys and Girls’ Club STEM Club for grades 3-5

  • 2018 Visualizing and Exhibiting Anthropology, VCU, Richmond, VA: Using Objects Effectively in Teaching class presentation

  • 2018 Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club Technology Lab renovation

  • 2017-2018 Richmond Montessori Coding Implementation in the K-8 classrooms

  • 2017-2018 Highland Springs STEM lab

  • 2017 The Carmel School

Where Have I Presented

  • 2016 Virginia Society for Technology in Education, VA Beach, VA:

    • The Future of Computer Programming is Now and it is Time to Put Your Students on the Right Course.

  • 2016 Virginia Association of Science Teachers, Williamsburg, VA:

    • A Makerspace with Limited Space & Time that Supports the SOL’s

  • 2016 Virginia Association of Science Teachers, Williamsburg, VA:

    • Your Students Can Code and Learn SOL’s!

  • 2016 Virginia Military Institute STEM Conference, Lexington, VA:

    • Makerspace with Limited Resources

  • 2016 Virginia Association of School Librarians, Norfolk, VA:

    • Rolling into Coding

  • 2016 Techapalooza, Henrico County Secondary Technology Conference:

    • Technology is for ALL Learners

  • 2016 TeacherFest, Henrico County Elementary Technology Conference:

    • Technology is for ALL Learners

  • 2015 Virginia Children’s Engineering Conference, Williamsburg, VA:

    • Incorporating Engineering into Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning

  • 2014-present CodeVA, Richmond, VA:

    • K-5 Curriculum Training

  • 2014 VMI STEM Conference, Lexington, VA: Engineering is Elementary:

    • Integrating Science and Engineering

  • 2014 Virginia Children’s Engineering Conference, Richmond, VA:

    • Engineering is Elementary: Plant Pollinators

  • 2013 Virginia Children’s Engineering Conference, Richmond, VA:

    • Engineering: Naturally

  • 2012 Science is Gold Conference, Richmond, VA:

    • Teaching Virginia State Standards using Place-Based Education Strategies

  • 2011 North American Association for Environmental Education Conference, Raleigh, NC:

    • Teaching Virginia State Standards Using Place-Based Education Strategies

  • 2011 Virginia Children’s Engineering Conference, Richmond, VA

    • Engineering for the Non-Engineer