From 2018-2025, I was the manager of KQED Teach, a free, online professional development platform for K-12 educators focused on media literacy. In this role, I led end-to-end course design, delivery, and ongoing community support.
In 2022, I spearheaded the migration of KQED Teach to a more effective learning management system, resulting in user growth from 2,500 to 12,000 accounts.
KQED Teach currently offers 15 free online courses:
- Analyzing Media Messages: Bias, Motivation and Production Choices
- Break Through AI Bias to Analyze and Create Media
- Copyright, Fair Use & AI: A Guide for Educators
- Evaluating Online Sources: Checking Facts and Identifying Misinformation
- Evaluating Online Tools for the Classroom
- Implementing Student Audio Projects
- Implementing Student Graphics Projects
- Implementing Student Video Projects
- Inspire Creative Science Communication with Media Projects
- Making Audio to Inspire Learning
- Making Infographics to Inspire Learning
- Making Photos Essays to Inspire Learning
- Making Video to Inspire Learning
- Outsmart AI to Spot Misinformation and Evaluate Sources
- Partner with GenAI to Elevate Authentic Student Voice
Here’s an example of a lesson that I produced for KQED Teach on the history of misinformation.
Course engagement on KQED Teach far exceeded industry norms. From 2022-2025, 10,700 online course certificates were issued.
