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Topics:creativity, visual thinking, maker, media, new literacies, innovation, open practices, transparency, art, sketchnoting, graphic recording, remix, edtech, elearning, blended learning, literacy, inquiry, design thinking, Google Certified, Paper by 53, digital citizenship, digital storytelling, virtual learning environments, mobile learning, connected learning, instructional design, social media in education, byod, personal branding, online professional development, vlogging
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Services: keynote, presenter, workshops, graphic recording (sketch services), art and design, consultant, blogger, vlogs, animated films, podcaster, hangouts, blended course/ mooc

I was a Hawaii private school teacher in the Humanities for 20+ years before embarking in my current journey as Vice President of Academic Affairs with EdgeMakers, Inc - an educational startup based in San Francisco, CA. with the mission of empowering youth to make a difference through a systematic approach to creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
​You can find me in various spots on the Web, from the History for Music Lovers project on YouTube, my blog about education and media trends, my numerous G+ communities related to creativity and emerging literacies, or on Twitter and Instagram, where I regularly share my metaphorical sketches and other visual thinking projects.

I LOVE Remix Culture, Media Theory, Creativity Studies, Typography and Graphic Design, Art History (and all History!), Whimsical Art/Poetry/Literature, Emerging Literacies and Visual Thinking,  and Open Web/Open Culture.
I ADMIRE Marshall McLuhan, Howard Rheingold, Henry Jenkins, Alan Levine, Oliver Sacks, Pablo Picasso, Henry Miller, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Anais Nin, Michael Wesch, Austin Kleon, Mitch Resnick , Jim Groom, Alejandro Piscitelli, David Weinberger, Steve Wheeler, Alan November and Larry Lessig, among others. These individuals have greatly inspired my work and thinking in the past ten years.
I BELIEVE in the power of humor and music;  creativity is healing; sharing and transparency; social media and mobile learning; combinatorial creativity; participatory culture; networked knowledge; writing your own story... Create Don't Hate... Dare to Make...and Share...The Cloud is Our Campfire.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
I have presented at more smaller conferences and professional development (including International Baccalaureate events) in Hawaii, the U.S. Mainland, and Canada:

• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education Conference 2011 (keynote speaker)
• Schools of the Future Hawaii presenter 2009-13
• TEDxHonolulu 2011
• Ignite Honolulu 2012
• British Columbia Social Studies Teachers Association Conference (invited speaker, 2012, 2013, 2014)
• TEDxHonoluluED 2013 curator
• EdTechTeacher iPad Summit (2013) (see review of one of my sessions)
• Association of Independent Schools (ISABC) - Vancouver, Canada (invited speaker 2013, 2014, 2015)
• SXSWEdu 2014 with Ed TEch Women (see review here)
• Hawaii Island TechED Collaboration (2014) - keynote speaker (with Adam Bellow)
• Huntington Beach TechFest: Opening Keynote (May 2014)
• Cal State Fullerton: Think Create Share conference May 2014 (Opening and Closing Keynotes)
• Alan November BLC impromptu keynote 2014 (starts at 1:00 in)
• RSCON keynote 2014 (online)
• ISTE Ignite 2014 (video version here)
• Mozfest feature presenter (2014, London): #artoftheweb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk0_hf3tW5I
• Region One Texas (2014) - keynote speaker and workshop leader
• CUE E-Learning Symposium keynote Dec. 2014 (Stanislaus County Office of Ed)
• Adobe Learning keynote March 2015 (online)
• MK Think (Design Firm) Panel: Cultivating Dynamic Physical and Virtual Learning Spaces (March 2015)
• Alan November’s Building Learning Communities keynote 2015 (additional resources here)

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