- “Sketching in Cartoons.” Sketching in Hardware Conference. Virtual. October 2021.
- “Thinking about Hair and Skin in Cartoons, Commercials, and Computer Vision Systems.” PBS Kids and CPB Ready To Learn Meeting. May 2021.
- "The Arc of The Innovators' Compass - from Promoting Youth Invention to Designing for Social Justice." with Ben-Ur, E. Tufts University ME Colloquium. Virtual. April 2021.
- “Bringing Politics and Power into Computing Education.” For the “Flattening Hierarchies and Collaborating with Communities in Computer Science Education” Symposium at the Connected Learning Summit. Virtual. July 2021.
- “How to Increase Engagement through Playful Teaching.” Computer Using Educators (CUE) Spring Conference. March 2021.
- “What it Means to Move the Crowd.” New England Learning Scientists - virtual. December 2020.
- “Opening Doors to and through Code.” Sketching in Hardware. Detroit, MI. September 2019.
- “Unruly Approaches to Empowerment, Play, and Programming.” Eyeo Festival. Minneapolis, MN. June 2019.
- “Integrating Maker Spaces and Higher Education.” Keynote presentation at Harvard / LASPAU STEM+Humanities Consortium. Sao Paulo Brazil. May 2019.
- “Infusing Hip-Hop Elements into the Design of Physical Computing Experiences.” Sketching in Hardware. Detroit, MI. July 2018.
- “Mel King Influences on Learning and Making.” Mel King Festschrift. Cambridge, MA. June 2018.
- “Five Things to Try as you Shape your Story in STEM.” Emoti-Con keynote. New York, NY. June 2018.
- “Cutting, Computing, and Community Development as Complementary Activities.” Design Squad Global Summit for Informal Educators keynote. Boston, MA. February 2018.
- “How to Make Room for All to Make.” Haystack Mountain School of Craft Summer Conference. Deer Isle, ME. July 2017.
- “From Building Blocks to Bits: Stories of Creativity from Kindergarten through College.” Innovation, Creativity and the Entrepreneurial Mindset course, Union College, Schenectady, NY. May 2017.
- “Learning to Love Testing Your Ideas.” Digital Promise FilmMaker webinar series, January 2017.
- “Disrupting: Social Justice & Inclusion using the Arts, Design Thinking, and Entrepreneurship.” Babson College Re-imagine Inclusion series, Wellesley, MA. November 2016.
- “Moving and Making: How JumpSmart Programmable Floor Tiles Promote the Active Side of Interactive Games.” Scratch@MIT. Cambridge, MA. August 2016.
- Innovation Showcase interview on Newton’s NewTV station. Newton, MA. October 2015.
- “Finding what you Love; Leaving behind Labels.” TEDxBeaconStreet (Youth), Brookline, MA. November 2015.
- “Fab Youth Reproducing Results, Remixing Examples, and Reaching Out.” How to Make Almost Anything Symposium at FAB 11, Boston, MA. August 2015.
- “Bits and Blocks out of the Media Lab.” Bits of Wisdom talk series at littleBits, NY, NY. April 2015.
- “The Role of Rapid Prototyping in Creating a Culture of Making, Innovating, and Inventing,” Universidad Autonomo de Occidente School of Engineering, Cali, Colombia. May 2014.
- “Everyday Things + Technology to Foster Innovation for All,” Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Science, Cambridge, MA. September 2013.
- “Tangible Interfaces and Learning in the Age of Digital Everywhere,” New Jersey Institute of Technology Information Systems Department, Newark, NJ. February 2013.
- “Computer as Chalk,” Constructionism 2012, Athens Greece. August 2012.
- “Creating Constructions Kits for Kids,” With Tseng, T., Sketching in Hardware 5, Portland, OR. July 2012.
- “Emerging Makers, Emerging Markets,” Addressing Skill Gaps through Media Event, Providence, RI. February 2012.
- “M-powerment: Motivating the Masses to Make with Modkit.” With Baafi, E., Sketching in Hardware 4, Philadelphia, PA. July 2011.
- "All-Around Engineering," Technology and Culture Seminar Series at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA. November 2010.
- "FabFolk," Building Community Session at International Fab Lab Conference, The Netherlands. August 2010.
- "Reimagining Scratch, Reimagining Learning," Keynote address with Resnick, M., Brennan, K., and Monroy-Hernandez, A., Scratch@MIT Conference, Cambridge, MA. August 2010.
- "Young People Developing as 'Hook-ups' Designers: Transforming Trash into Interactive Experiences by Hooking up Physical and Digital Media," Center for Engineering, Education, and Outreach Seminar Series at Tufts University, Medford, MA. February 2010.
- “Teens, Fab Labs, Scratch and Arduinos.” With Baafi, E., Sketching in Hardware 3, Providence, RI. July 2008.
- “Meet a Maker” brown-bag lunch seminar, Department of Art at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. October 2007.
- “How and Why Kids Around the World Make Hook-ups.” With Silver, J., & Monroy-Hernandez, A., Omar Dengo Foundation, San Jose, Costa Rica (January 2007)
- “Making a Difference in Many Learning Settings,” 20th Anniversary Alumni Reunion, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA. October 2005.
- “Learning In and From Fab Labs,” Symposium on Digital Fabrication, Tromso, Norway. August 2005.
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- “The Future of Creative Teams,” panel with Gross, M., Borogove, M. HCI Future of Work and Wellbeing Summit. Virtual. June 2021.
- “Design/Ecological Findings--Designing and Learning in Culturally Sustaining Spaces through Hip Hop, STEM, and Computing.” panel with Tucker-Raymond, E., and Champion, D. Science Education for Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice (SEEDS) Annual Conference. January 2021.
- “Making and Hip Hop.” Panel for FabLearn Conference with Champion, D., Dando, M., De La Cruz, S., Edwards, D., and Rowsey, J. Virtual. October 2020.
- “Making XR a Reality for Teaching Culturally-Relevant STEAM Concepts” Panel moderated by Cheeks, L. with Oyekoya, W., and Aning, K. at ACM SIGGRAPH - virtual. August 2020.
- “Designing and Implementing Hands-on STEM Learning Experiences—Implications for Computing and Technology.” Panel moderated by Gilbert, J. with Peppler, K., Brahms, L., & Cheeks, L., at The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine workshop on “The Role of Authentic STEM Learning Experiences in Developing Interest and Competencies for Technology and Computing.” Washington, DC. November 2019.
- “Constructionism in Context.” Panel moderated by Berland, M. and Holbert, N. with Kafai, Y., Fields, D., and Roque, R. at Connected Learning Summit. Cambridge, MA. August 2018.
- “Equity in Engineering and Maker Literacies.” Discussant: Millner, A. at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY. April 2018.
- “Where are the Black Scientists?” Panel moderated by Dorsey, R., with Moses, B., Harron, P., Shaakir-Ansari, Z. Data 4 Black Lives Conference. Cambridge, MA. October 2017.
- “Messing with entrenched frameworks.” With Buechley, L., Faludi, R., Maw, C. at Sketching in Hardware. Detroit, MI. July 2017.
- “Urban Manufacturing and Academic Institutions.” At the Urban Manufacturing Alliance Somerville Gathering. Somerville, MA. May 2017.
- Creative Computation panel moderated by King, E., at The Make Education Forum. Queens, NY. September 2016.
- “STEAMing Ahead: Strategies for bringing STEAM learning to all students.” With Rogers, C., Moriarty, E., Daily, S. 8th Annual Breakthroughs in Education event. Cambridge, MA. December 2015.
- “Open Innovation: How Companies Innovate with Makers.” With Dougherty, D., Hatch, M., Nolan, K., Harder, F., Millner, A. MakerCon. Queens, NY. September 2015.
- “Decentering Making and Maker Education.” With Chachra, D., and Gaskins, N. FabLearn Fellows webinar. February 2015.
- “Digital Fabrication in Academia.” With Rast, K., El-Zanafly, D., and Montalvo, J. Autodesk University - Education track. Las Vegas, NV. December 2014.
- “Design Differently.” With Liebson, B., Bhattacharya, S., Hill, D., Lempart, A., Beach, D., Ranger, J., and Nwankwo, E. Autodesk University - Education track. Las Vegas, NV. December 2014.
- “Making Makers.” With Thomas, A. et al. World Maker Faire. New York, NY. September 2014.
- “Frameworks for Invention Education.” With Dahl, C. and Imran, M. Lemelson Foundation Invention Education Workshop 2014, Washington, DC. May 2014.
- “Envisioning the Classroom of the Future in the Cloud.” With Alie, L., Baron, J., Katz, G. Campus Tech Education Technology Conference 2013, Boston, MA. July 2013.
- “Are Badges the Answer? Perspectives on Motivation for Lifelong Learning.” With Rusk, N., Kaplan, A., and Resnick, M., Digital Media and Learning Conference 2012, San Francisco, CA. March 2012.
- "My Path Through a 2-year Postdoc, Part 2.” Alternative Career Path panel at the Academic Workshop for Underrepresented Junior Faculty and Senior Graduate Students, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. February 2012.
- “Designing Learning Experiences.” With Peth, D. and Boni, M., Refresh Boston, Cambridge, MA. September 2011.
- “My Path Through a 2-year Postdoc.” Alternative Career Path panel at the Academic Workshop for Underrepresented Junior Faculty and Senior Graduate Students, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. February 2011.
- “Constructionists Under Construction.” Panel at Constructionism 2010, Paris, France. August 2010.
- “The Computer Clubhouse Learning Model: Learning Inquiry, Collaboration, and the Development of 21st-Century Skills in Informal Learning Spaces.” Symposium with Peppler, K., Kafai, Y., Rusk, N., Beals, L., Bers, M., Breslow, G., Chapman, R., Martin, C., Barron, B., Wise, S., Rusk, N., Resnick, M., Cooke, S., Sylvan, E., & Cole, M., at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. April 2009.
- “Promoting the Success of Minority Graduate Students.” With Gilbert, J., da Silva, D., Chapman, R., Love, N., & Daily, S., panel moderator at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. February 2008.
- “Informal Introduction to Computing for Children.” With Schanzer, E., Slater, D., Garber, R., Monroy-Hernandez, A., & Silver, J., Informatics, Mathematics, and ICT conference, Boston, MA. June 2007.
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