Previous Talks, Workshops, Facilitated Conversations
2014
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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
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September 18-19, 2014: Observing 1619: The African Diaspora in American History and Culture at Norfolk State University and Hampton University
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September 26, 2014: Bringing the War Back Home at the Atlantic Marketing Association Annual Conference in Asheville, North Carolina (with Nina Ray)
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October 2, 2014: Inquiry-based Teaching & Learning in the History Classroom at the Paideia Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina
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October 3, 2014: iSTEM Work Session at Alderman Library, University of Virginia
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October 22, 2014: Tuning, Teaching, and Learning: Intro History Classes at St. John’s University in Queens, New York (with Elaine Carey)
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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)
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October 29-29, 2014: U.S.-Arab Policymakers Conference in Washington, D.C.
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November 12-13, 2014: OER Commons Training with University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Department of Education in Minneapolis, Minnesota (with Megan Simmons)
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November 21-23, 2014: National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts
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December 12-13, 2014: Best Practices of Experiential Methodology at NCOBS Educators Initiative Mid-Year Retreat in Madison, Virginia
2015
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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)
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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)
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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)
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February 15-21, 2015: Field Research and Curriculum Design Work at National Archives in Kew, London, England
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March 2-6, 2015: Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada (invited)
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March 12-14, 2015: Stakeholders meetings at Carter G. Woodson Home Historic Site in Washington, D.C.
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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
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March 25, 2015: iSTEM Curriculum Design Work Session at Alderman Library, University of Virginia
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April 7, 2015: History Harvest Mini-Grant Project Directors training at Danville Regional Foundation in Danville, Virginia
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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)
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April 15-18, 2015: National Council of Public History (NCPH) Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee (invited)
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April 18, 2015: GIS & the Social Science Classroom at Fauquier County Instructional Showcase in Warrenton, Virginia (led by Chris Bunin)
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April 18-23, 2015: Stakeholder Meetings at Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.
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April 28, 2015: OER Commons with California Social Work Education Center (CalSWEC) in Los Angeles, California
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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
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June 2-3, 2015: Instructional Technology in the Classroom at North Cross School in Roanoke, Virginia
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June 7, 2015: NC-to-Normandy Salon hosted in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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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)
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June 23-24, 2015: Teaching with Primary Sources Conference hosted by the TPS:Eastern Region in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (with Christie Norris)
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June 25, 2015: Using ChronoZoom in the STEM Classroom at Kenan Fellows Program Summer Training in Raleigh, North Carolina
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June 26, 2015: ChronoZoom: APUSH Edition orientation workshop in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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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
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July 1-2, 2015: Commemoration and Poppies at Cambridge Business & Economics Conference in Cambridge, England (with Nina Ray)
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July 7-9, 2015: iSTEM Teacher Scholars Institute hosted at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia (with Chris Bunin)
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July 8-10, 2015: ESRI ConnectED Teacher Scholars Institute hosted at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia (with Chris Bunin, Julie Stavitski, Andy Dojack)
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July 18-20, 2015: iSTEM Integrated Humanities, ESRI EduConference in San Diego, California (with Chris Bunin)
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July 20-23, 2015: Teaching STEM with Innovative Technologies at the ElevatED: Investing in Our Future Conference hosted by Pike Township School District, Indiana
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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)
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August 3-5, 2015: Digital Humanities Institute hosted by Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana
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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)
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August 18, 2015: Science Education in the 21st Century Summit hosted by the Next Generation Science Standards in Washington, D.C.
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August 22, 2015: North Carolina Council for Social Studies Board Meeting in Greensboro, North Carolina
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August 24-25, 2015: OER Training at the New York Hall of Science in Queens, New York
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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
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September 8-9, 2015: OER Training with Hope Street Group and Floyd County Public Schools in Prestonsburg, Kentucky
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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.
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September 22-23, 2015: OER Training with Piedmont Triad Consortium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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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
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September 28-29, 2015: OER Training with Central RESA Consortium in Raleigh, North Carolina
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October 5-6, 2015: OER Training with Oak Ridge School District in Knoxville, Tennessee
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October 14-15, 2015: OER Training with Central RESA Consortium in Raleigh, North Carolina
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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
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October 18, 2015: Churchill in Schools Pilot Webinar
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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)
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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)
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November 2, 2015: OER Initiatives in the University hosted by Virginia Tech University Libraries in Blacksburg, Virginia
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November 5, 2015: OER Training with K-12 Arabic Language Educators hosted by Qatar Foundation International in New York City
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November 6-7, 2015: North Carolina Outward Bound School Board Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia
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November 8, 2015: Churchill For Schools: Teaching Modern World History with the Churchill Archives webinar co-hosted by the National Council for History Education
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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)
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November 16-18, 2015: Bringing the Archives Alive: Digital Summit of EU Archives and Libraries hosted by the National Archives in Kew, England
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November 23-24, 2015: CEL Design Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina (with Doc Klein)
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December 2-5, 2015: Big Ideas Fest 2016 in Half Moon Bay, California
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December 11-12, 2015: NCOBS Educators Initiative MidYear Retreat at Graves Mountain Lodge in Madison, Virginia (with Doc Klein)
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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)
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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)
2016-17
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January 6, 2016: Finding Our Roots: Food, Family, and History in the Dan River Region History Harvest Competition orientation meeting at Midtown Market in Danville, Virginia
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January 7-10, 2016: When We Were British: Mapping British Influence on Early America for the K-12 Classroom at the American Historical Association Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia (with Debra Troxell, John Aragona and Colin Baker)
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January 12, 2016: Churchill For Schools: Teaching Modern World History with the Churchill Archives webinar
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January 13, 2016: Elevating Public Educators as Agents of Change: Collaborating Toward New Approaches in Education webinar co-hosted by Virginia Tech University Libraries
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January 13, 2016: Churchill For Schools: Teaching Modern World History with the Churchill Archives webinar co-hosted by the American Historical Association
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January 21-22, 2016: OER Training with College Board Latin America in San Juan, Puerto Rico
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January 26, 2016: Churchill For Schools: Teaching Modern World History with the Churchill Archives webinar co-hosted by the National Council for Social Studies
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January 27-29, 2016: Recommendations Meeting at Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site in Washington, D.C.
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January 28-29, 2016: OER Training in Vancouver, Washington
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February 5, 2016: Scoping Meeting at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
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February 6, 2016: History Unfiltered: Primary Sources, Critical Thinking, and Engagement in the Social Studies Classroom at National Humanities Center in Cary, North Carolina (with Christie Norris, Kent Germany)
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February 8, 2016: Churchill For Schools: Teaching Modern World History with the Churchill Archives webinar for pre-service educators
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February 9, 2016: Churchill For Schools: Teaching Modern World History with the Churchill Archives webinar co-hosted by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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February 11-12, 2016: OER Training with Albemarle County Public Schools in Charlottesville, Virginia
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February 16-19, 2016: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Annual OER Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana
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February 23, 2016: Interactive Technology Training Session in support of Finding Our Roots History Harvest Competition in Danville, Virginia
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February 26, 2016: #GoOpen Conference at Skywalker Ranch in San Francisco, California
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February 25-26, 2016: When We Were British: A Series in Geoliteracy in the Colonial World co-hosted by the North Carolina Geographic Council (led by Katie Gulledge, Sedley Abercrombie, Julie Stolze, Mike Williams, Debra Troxell, and John Aragona) and Teaching APUSH with Technology and the Library of Congress (with Bill Melega) at the North Carolina Council for Social Studies Annual Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina
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February 27, 2016: When We Were British: Mapping British Influence on Early America for the K-12 Classroom hosted by the Cape Fear Museum in Wilmington, North Carolina (with John Aragona and Sedley Abercrombie)
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March 4-5, 2016: North Carolina Outward Bound School Board Meeting
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March 6-7, 2016: OER Training with Albemarle County Public Schools in Charlottesville, Virginia
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March 9-10, 2016: OER Training with Hope Street Group in Maui, Hawaii
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March 15-16, 2016: Scoping Trip to Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Park in Washington State
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March 17, 2016: OER Training with Smithsonian Libraries in Washington, D.C.
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March 18-20, 2016: When We Were British: Showing Connection in Site, Archive, and Mobile Device and Tides of Revolution: Game Theory, Historic Sites, and Informal Education (with Glen Hoptman and Marsha Weiner) at the National Council on Public History and Society of History in the Federal Government Joint Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland
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March 21-23, 2016: Collaborative Conference for Student Achievement hosted by the North Carolina Department of Instruction in Greensboro, North Carolina
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March 21-25, 2016: Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia
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March 28-April 2, 2016: Teaching Civil Rights as a Geography at Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in San Francisco, California (with Mike Williams)
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April 5, 2016: Churchill in Schools webinar
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April 11, 2016: Placing Social Studies: Using Webmaps to Enhance the Classroom hosted by North Carolina Geographic Alliance in Raleigh, North Carolina (led by Chris Bunin)
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April 12, 2016: Churchill in Schools webinar co-hosted by the National Council for Social Studies
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April 15, 2016: Educators Initiative Final Retreat hosted by North Carolina Outward Bound School in Table Rock, North Carolina
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April 19, 2016: Churchill in Schools webinar
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April 20, 2016: TeachStrong Lunch Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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April 21-23, 2016: Churchill in Schools: Understanding 20th Century Anglo-American Relations with Primary Sources at the National Council for History Education Annual Conference in Niagara Falls, New York
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April 23, 2016: Finding Our Roots: Food, Family, and History in the Dan River Region StoryCorps event in Danville, Virginia
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April 25, 2016: Churchill in Schools webinar
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May 13, 2016: Finding Our Roots History Harvest Competition entries due by 5:00pm EST
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May 17-18, 2016: Stakeholders Meeting at Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Park in Washington State
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May 20, 2016: TeachStrong meeting in Washington, D.C.
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May 25, 2016: History Harvest Awards Reception in Danville, Virginia
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June 21-23, 2016: Teaching the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Historical Context in collaboration with Qatar Foundation International, National Council for History Education, and Organization of American Historians at Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma
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June 21-22, 2016: Teaching with Primary Sources: Eastern Region Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (led by Denton Ireson)
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July 2 – August 5, 2016: Putting Social Studies in its Place online course launch in partnership with Longwood University and the Virginia Geographic Alliance
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July 15-16, 2016: AP College Board Annual Conference in Anaheim, California
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July 19-20, 2016: Recommendations Workshop at Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Park in Washington State
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July 28-31, 2016: Visualizing Identity: Understanding Race and Place Through Site and Archives at the National Council for Geography Education Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida
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September 5-7, 2016: History Educators International Research Network [HEIRNET] Annual Conference at University of Murcia in Murcia, Spain (invited)
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September 28-29, 2016: Geospatial Technologies to Inspire Engagement and Inquiry in the Middle Grades Classroom with East Central Ohio Educational Service Center in New Philadelphia, Ohio
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September 28, 2016: ChronoZoom training with Department of History at St. Johns University, Queens, New York
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September 29-30, 2016: More Than a Dot GIS workshop training with New Philadelphia School District, New Philadelphia, Ohio (with Chris Bunin)
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October 21, 2016: Placing History: Using Story Mapping Tools in the Middle and High School Social Studies Classroom at North Carolina Association of Independent Schools Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina (led by John Aragona and Katie Levinthal)
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October 27-28, 2016: Recommendations Workshop at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Pennsylvania
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April 6-9, 2017: When We Were British: Mapping British Influence on Early America for the K-12 Classroom at the Organization of American Historians Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana (led by Mike Williams)