My role at work has shifted to leading more professional development workshops for teachers. This week, I co-led a workshop on partnering with AI to support student media making. We had 227 folks turn out! When you are leading workshops online, it’s hard to know if you are hitting your marks. But it’s great to …
I”m excited to announce the newest course on KQED Teach — “Partner with GenAi to Elevate Authentic Youth Voice.” In this short course you will learn about KQED Education’s unique take on generative AI in the classroom and see how you can customize an AI chatbot that supports student media making. Pre-enroll here. Partner with …
Today marks my sixth year working at KQED for the education department. Still feel so honored to get to work here, with these incredible people, supporting this important mission to “inspire, inform and engage” our community.
Last week I had the unique opportunity of teaching two back-to-back workshops for two very different audiences: one was a webinar for 80+ teachers from around the country and the other was an in-person class for 25 roller skaters in a park. The interesting thing is that both workshops were very similar in structure. This …
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In the Before Times, doing in-person workshops for teachers and librarians was one of the best parts of my job. Luckily, those days are back, to some degree. In July, I got to help with a KQED organized a summer media making day for local educators. Then in August, I helped lead professional workshops for …
I’m excited to be leading a session at the National Association for Media Literacy Education virtual conference on July 12 at 12:15pm PT. I’ll be facilitating a conversation with three educators that have led inspiring student media projects across various media formats. You’ll learn how English language learners can gain confidence and skills through audio …
I’m excited to share that KQED Education has launched 3 new teacher courses on implementing and assessing student media projects. Looking to engage student learning through media making like podcasts, digital comics or short video? These are the courses for you! Check out the link for all the deets and to sign-up for free. Or …
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Here’s a story of the first teacher who made a profound difference in my life. I was below average for all of elementary and middle school. Then my 6th grade math teacher mid-semester told me I was “too smart” for regular math and belonged in Advanced Algebra. I had never had …
This month is one of the rare times when I get to teach actual students. For the month of February I get to working with a group of teens at the Boys and Girls Club of San Leandro as a pilot project for our Youth Media Challenge at KQED. The Boys and Girls Club of …