Professional Development Workshops
I work with schools, companies, and individuals to provide activities and curricula around AI literacy and AI fluency.Flexible Workshop Formats
Workshops are offered in half-day and full-day formats, and can be customized by combining topics from the options below to meet your school's specific professional learning needs.
Workshops on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Literacy
-
Teaching AI Literacy to Faculty and Students
We'll present our data-driven approach to designing professional development for our faculty and staff, and a mandatory course for all incoming freshmen focusing on AI literacy and AI fluency. What do faculty and students have in common, and where do they differ? Participants will leave with a toolkit of lessons and activities appropriate for learners of all levels.
-
Creating with AI - Writing, Images, and Video
This hands-on session offers a guided tour of AI tools for generating text, images, and video. Participants will see examples, try out tools themselves, and learn best practices. We'll explore the strengths and limitations of generative AI, along with key considerations around originality, ethics, and creative control.
-
Writing with AI
Learn about an emerging form of writing called distant writing, and what research from the Yale Center for Digital Ethics is revealing about how it could help students to become better storytellers.
-
Prompt and Context Engineering - Getting the Best from AI
Learn how to craft effective prompts and provide the right context to guide AI tools toward better, more reliable results. This session helps you ask better questions, frame tasks clearly, and troubleshoot common challenges - strategies that apply across disciplines and skill levels to help you work smarter with AI.
Workshops on Pedagogy and Equity
-
Differentiating Evaluation: Telling Our Story Together
We'll examine two distinct models for assessing student work (applicable beyond computer science): one using competencies and a mastery-based approach, and another using journals and work logs to hold students accountable for independent project work and articulate their own learning. Templates and examples will be provided.
-
Engaging Girls in STEM: Strategies That Work
Learn research-based strategies for engaging and retaining girls and minorities in CS and STEM classes. We'll look at how to increase a sense of belonging by creating opportunities for meaningful collaboration and forming a supportive community of learners.
Additional Topics (Mix and Match)
These topics can be incorporated into your customized half-day or full-day workshop:
- Design Thinking
- AI-assisted writing and critical thinking (Humanities focus)
- AI for People Who Hate AI (a non-threatening introduction)
- Dr. Vibecode or: How I learned to stop worrying and love AI (coding with AI)
- Using AI for your workflow (planning, feedback, differentiation)
- Simulations with AI: Virtual Tutors, Coaches, and More
Software Projects
I build educational tools to support student learning and creativity:
Passionfruit
This web app helps students build a list of their passions and interests by randomly displaying ideas and allowing them to save them to a customized list.
Story Spinner
Helps students randomly generate story starters following the Person in a Place with a Problem framework.
