I enjoy speaking with anyone about reimagining teaching in our disruptive new normal. Whether doing a TEDx talk, participating on a panel, leading workshops, or facilitating conversations, these experiences restore my faith in the project of educating our youth.

I have had the most impact in facilitating workshops/conversations in these areas:

1. AI - ACTIVATE INTEREST: Challenge students with bold questions. Engage them with meaningful research. Stimulate robust conversations. This workshop helps students use AI as an interactive tool for promoting critical thinking with real world relevance.

2. LEARNING FROM HEAD TO TOE: Teachers will learn about the latest advances in the science of learning, i.e. the importance of movement, music, meditation, teamwork, storytelling, and grit. Attendees will put those insights into practice in a workshop setting.

3. TEST TWICE! - Tests make terrific “teachers,” especially when they are low stakes, collaborative, and "re-takeable" in the beginning of a unit. Educators will rethink testing as catalysts for conversations and launchpads toward project-based learning.

4. SPEAK TWICE! - Teachers will understand that giving students permission to speak their worst and try again — two-minute speeches with no notes — helps them gain confidence as speakers and thinkers. This workshop immerses teachers in creating compelling prompts, as well as in storytelling and public speaking.

5. TEACHING IN THE NEW CRAZY - My book has tapped into a need for teachers and concerned citizens to give voice to their concerns about what it means to teach (or do anything) in our disrupted new normal. Exponential technological growth, deepening polarization, and worsening mental health highlight the critical need for this conversation.