2014

• July 7, 2014: Beyond the Trail of Tears: A View from Cherokee Homeland for National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers Grant with North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching in Cullowee, North Carolina

• September 18-19, 2014: Observing 1619: The African Diaspora in American History and Culture at Norfolk State University and Hampton University

• September 26, 2014: Bringing the War Back Home at the Atlantic Marketing Association Annual Conference in Asheville, North Carolina (with Nina Ray)

• October 2, 2014: Inquiry-based Teaching & Learning in the History Classroom at the Paideia Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina

• October 3, 2014: iSTEM Work Session at Alderman Library, University of Virginia

• October 22, 2014: Tuning, Teaching, and Learning: Intro History Classes at  St. John’s University in Queens, New York (with Elaine Carey)

• October 24-25, 2014: iSTEM – Integrating STEM Technologies in the Social Studies Classroom at the Virginia Council for Social Studies Conference in Vienna, Virginia (with Chris Bunin, Christine Esposito, Andy Dojack)

• October 29-29, 2014: U.S.-Arab Policymakers Conference in Washington, D.C.

• November 12-13, 2014: OER Commons Training with University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Department of Education in Minneapolis, Minnesota (with Megan Simmons)

• November 21-23, 2014: National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts

• December 12-13, 2014: Best Practices of Experiential Methodology at NCOBS Educators Initiative Mid-Year Retreat in Madison, Virginia

2015

• January 2-4, 2015: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age at the American Historical Association Annual Conference in New York, New York (with Elaine Carey)

• January 25, 2015: Dan River History Harvest training workshop at the Pittsylvania County History Research Center and Library in Chatham, Virginia (with Emma Edmunds, Michael Williams, Katie Gulledge, Mike Bamford)

• February 6-8, 2015: Visualizing the Past: Emerging Technologies & the C3 Framework at Greater Metropolitan New York Social Studies Conference in New York City (with Elaine Carey)

• February 15-21, 2015: Field Research and Curriculum Design Work at National Archives in Kew, London, England

• March 2-6, 2015: Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada (invited)

• March 12-14, 2015: Stakeholders meetings at Carter G. Woodson Home Historic Site in Washington, D.C.

• March 25-28, 2015: Cultivating the Globally Sustainable Self: Summit Series on Transformative Teaching, Training, and Learning in Research and Practice at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia

• March 25, 2015: iSTEM Curriculum Design Work Session at Alderman Library, University of Virginia

• April 7, 2015: History Harvest Mini-Grant Project Directors training at Danville Regional Foundation in Danville, Virginia

• April 11, 2015: WWWB Midterm Report to North Carolina Geographic Alliance, Greensboro, North Carolina (with John Aragona, Sedley Abercrombie, Katie Gulledge, Julie Stolze, Michael Williams, Debra Troxell)

• April 15-18, 2015: National Council of Public History (NCPH) Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee (invited)

• April 18, 2015: GIS & the Social Science Classroom at Fauquier County Instructional Showcase in Warrenton, Virginia (led by Chris Bunin)

• April 18-23, 2015: Stakeholder Meetings at Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.

• April 28, 2015: OER Commons with California Social Work Education Center (CalSWEC) in Los Angeles, California

• May 2-3, 2015: It’s About Time: Visualizing the Past in a Hands-­on History Classroom at AEE Symposium: Experiential Education in the Digital Age in Boston, Massachusetts

• June 2-3, 2015: Instructional Technology in the Classroom at North Cross School in Roanoke, Virginia

• June 7, 2015: NC-to-Normandy Salon hosted in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

• June 18-19, 2015: Scrabble Schools in the Classroom at National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Rosenwald Conference in Durham, North Carolina (with Susanna Spencer)

• June 23-24, 2015: Teaching with Primary Sources Conference hosted by the TPS:Eastern Region in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (with Christie Norris)

• June 25, 2015: Using ChronoZoom in the STEM Classroom at Kenan Fellows Program Summer Training in Raleigh, North Carolina

• June 26, 2015: ChronoZoom: APUSH Edition orientation workshop in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

• June 29 – July 1, 2015: Using Technology to Transform the Middle Grades Social Studies Classroom hosted by the Center for College Readiness, Rice University in Houston, Texas

• July 1-2, 2015: Commemoration and Poppies at Cambridge Business & Economics Conference in Cambridge, England (with Nina Ray)

• July 7-9, 2015: iSTEM Teacher Scholars Institute hosted at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia (with Chris Bunin)

• July 8-10, 2015: ESRI ConnectED Teacher Scholars Institute hosted at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia (with Chris Bunin, Julie Stavitski, Andy Dojack)

• July 18-20, 2015: iSTEM Integrated Humanities, ESRI EduConference in San Diego, California (with Chris Bunin)

• July 20-23, 2015: Teaching STEM with Innovative Technologies at the ElevatED: Investing in Our Future Conference hosted by Pike Township School District, Indiana

• July 29-30, 2015: Minnesota OER Commons: Teaching & Learning in the Erratic Classroom at the Minnesota e-Learning Summit at Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC) in Minneapolis, Minnesota (with Jennifer Verbrugge)

• August 3-5, 2015: Digital Humanities Institute hosted by Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana

• August 6-9, 2015: When We Were British: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Visualize Early America at National Council for Geographic Education Annual Conference in Washington, DC (with Bob Morrill, Jim Young, Steve Pierce, Chris Bunin, Julie Stavitski, Ed Kinman)

• August 18, 2015: Science Education in the 21st Century Summit hosted by the Next Generation Science Standards in Washington, D.C.

• August 22, 2015: North Carolina Council for Social Studies Board Meeting in Greensboro, North Carolina

• August 24-25, 2015: OER Training at the New York Hall of Science in Queens, New York

• September 7-8, 2015: It’s About Time: Visualizing the Past in a Hands-on History Classroom at History Educators International Research Network at the UCL Institute of Education, University of London

• September 8-9, 2015: OER Training with Hope Street Group and Floyd County Public Schools in Prestonsburg, Kentucky

• September 18, 2015: Family History in the Middle and Secondary Classroom in New Literacies, Emerging Technologies, and Electronic Portfolios: MSL Fall Senior Seminar (ECI 445) at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

• September 22-23, 2015: OER Training with Piedmont Triad Consortium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

• September 23-25, 2016: “The English Language Does Not Have the Words to Describe Something As Powerful As This”: Protecting the Homeland; Keeping the Memory Alive Through Education and Marketing at Academy of Business Research Annual Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana

• September 28-29, 2015: OER Training with Central RESA Consortium in Raleigh, North Carolina

• October 5-6, 2015: OER Training with Oak Ridge School District in Knoxville, Tennessee

• October 14-15, 2015: OER Training with Central RESA Consortium in Raleigh, North Carolina

• October 16-17, 2015: The Central Role of the Caribbean in the American Revolution (led by Colin Baker); What Can I See? (led by Judith Painter); Implementing Digital Mapping and Geospatial Technology into Everyday Classroom Practices (led by Andy Dojack) at Virginia Council for Social Studies Annual Conference in Norfolk, Virginia

• October 18, 2015: Churchill in Schools Pilot Webinar

• October 20, 2015: GIS in the K-12 Classroom at the 26th Annual Virginia GIS Conference, University of Virginia in Charlottesville Virginia (led by Chris Bunin)

• October 24, 2015: “Who You?”
Ancestral Research As A Means Of Shaping Identity at the TEDxLizardCreek in Lake Gaston, North Carolina (led by Mike Williams)

• November 2, 2015: OER Initiatives in the University hosted by Virginia Tech University Libraries in Blacksburg, Virginia

• November 5, 2015: OER Training with K-12 Arabic Language Educators hosted by Qatar Foundation International in New York City

• November 6-7, 2015: North Carolina Outward Bound School Board Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia

• November 8, 2015: Churchill For Schools: Teaching Modern World History with the Churchill Archives webinar co-hosted by the National Council for History Education

• November 12-14, 2015: It’s About Time: TimeBooks Visualize Regional Perspectives of US History and When We Were British: GeoLiteracy Approach to Early American History at the National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana (with Christie Norris; with Chris Bunin, Julie Stavitski)

• November 16-18, 2015: Bringing the Archives Alive: Digital Summit of EU Archives and Libraries hosted by the National Archives in Kew, England

• November 23-24, 2015: CEL Design Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina (with Doc Klein)

• December 2-5, 2015: Big Ideas Fest 2016 in Half Moon Bay, California

• December 11-12, 2015: NCOBS Educators Initiative MidYear Retreat at Graves Mountain Lodge in Madison, Virginia (with Doc Klein)

• December 15-18, 2015: History of Knowledge & Learning at the Winter School 2015 hosted by the National Archives (UK) and FARO in Brussels, Belgium (with Andrew Payne)

• December 18, 2015: NC-to-Normandy: Service, Learning, Community world premiere documentary at Seymour Community Center Theater in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (with Mike Bamford, Robin McMahon, Bill Melega, Tony Carter)