Awards Relate to Project- and Problem-Based Learning

  • 2017 Henrico21 21st Century Award- Sphero to Space
  • 2016 Henrico21 21st Century Award-3D Bedrooms, Short Pump Elementary
  • 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

Where Have I Presented?

  • 2018 Virginia Commonwealth University,  Richmond, VA
    • Visualizing and Anticipating Anthropology class presentation:  Object-based learning
  • 2018  Holman Middle School,  Henrico, VA
    • Girls in STEM: Biomimicry
  • 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