Presentations
Literacy is at the Heart of Coding Playgrounds For Young Learners
Texas Association for Literacy Educators Conference, Waco, TX. March 1, 2019
This two-hour workshop provides hands-on activities with coding so teachers are more confident integrating coding playgrounds in their classrooms. ScratchJr and Lego WeDo 2.0 are featured along with Hour of Code, and Hopscotch.
STARS @ Night: A Family Involvement Literacy Program
Association for Literacy Educators and Researchers Conference, Louisville, KY. November 2018
This presentation shared the research conducted as a result of being awarded the ALER Judy Richardson Literacy As a Living Legend Award.
Literacy App Evaluation Tool for Teachers.
International Society for Technology in Education Conference, Chicago, IL. June 25, 2018
This presentation was to share my PAPER rubric with teachers to use in their classrooms for evaluating free literacy apps.
STARS @ Night Shine Brightly.
Texas Association for Literacy Education Conference, Canyon, TX
February 23, 2018.
The purpose of this presentation was to present research on the STARS @ Night grant conducted at Kendall Whittier Elementary School, Tulsa Public Schools in Oklahoma. This grant was awarded to determine if parent participation in their child's reading skill practice made significant improvements in the child's reading ability when compared with students that did not have a parent participate in the STARS @ Night program.
Fostering Children's Use of Problem-Solving Strategies.
16th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI
January 4, 2018
The purpose of this presentation was to share research conducted on children's use of problem-solving strategies.
Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Conference, St. Petersburg, FL
November 3, 2017
The purpose of the presentation was to offer participation in multicultural education activities which can be implemented in an early childhood classroom. The participants engaged in a discussion of race, culture, ethnicity, and children's literature during active participation in a variety of multicultural activities. Benefits of incorporating multicultural education activities in an early childhood classroom were shared.