January 2026
St Louis Univ High School, St Louis MO
December 2025
Moms for Liberty debate, Washington DC
November 2025
MICDS Freshmen, Ladue MO
October 2025
MORENet, Osage Beach, MO
Edwardsville IL High School
September 2025
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Sacred Heart, Springfield IL
Mt Vernon Schools, Mt Vernon IN
Clayton Schools, Clayton MO
August 2025
Meriden Schools, Meriden CT
June 2025
Diocese of Louisville, KY
April 2025
Marquette High School, Chesterfield MO
International Visitor Leadership Program, St Louis MO
March 2025
Tuscola School District, Tuscola IL
St Louis University High School, St Louis MO
February 2025
Rancho Santa Margarita High School, Los Angeles CA
Rockwood “Community Reads” event, Chesterfield MO
INTED Conference, Valencia Spain
St Joseph High School, Frontenac MO
January 2025
Cerro Gordo School District faculty, Cerro Gordo IL
Incarnate Word faculty, St Louis MO
St Joseph Schools, St Joseph MI
November 2024
Alabama Independent School Association Conference Keynote, Montgomery AL
Calhoun High School, Calhoun IL
Incarnate Word parents, St Louis MO
Edwardsville High School parents, Edwardsville IL
October 2024
Bishop Blanchet High School, Seattle WA
Michigan Ed Tech Conference Keynote, Berrien Springs MI
St Gabriel School Parent Group, St Louis MO
World Affairs Council, St Louis MO
Anna/Jonesboro High School faculty, Anna IL
September 2024
Great Neck Schools, Great Neck NY
Holy Infant School, St Louis MO
Jerseyville ROE, Jerseyville IL
MICDS Students, St Louis MO
Cor Jesu Faculty, St Louis MO
Incarnate Word Students, St Louis MO
August 2024
Santa Margarita High School, Rancho Santa Margarita CA
Nerinx Hall Faculty, St Louis MO
Ladue High School, St Louis MO
Piasa School District, Piasa IL
Ephrata Schools, Ephrata WA
July 2024
Missouri After-School Leadership, Columbia MO
June 2024
ROE 39 Workshop, Decatur IL
Ladue School District Administrators, St Louis MO
May 2024
Chicago Height School District, Chicago Heights IL
April 2024
Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St Louis MO
March 2024
Keynote University of Alabama Tech Conference, Tuscaloosa AL
AI Workshop, INTed Conference, Valencia Spain
Libertyville Parent Group, Libertyville IL
NYSCATE Keynote, Corning NY
Weeklong “Virtual Assemblies” for NY State High Schools
February 2024
Weeklong “Virtual Assemblies” for NY State Middle Schools
Keynote, Idaho Educational Technology Conference, Boise ID
Anna Community HS, Anna IL
Zion Lutheran Church, St Charles MO
Germantown Hills Middle School & Parent Group, Peoria IL
January 2024
Camdenton High School, Camdenton MO
Metamora High School, Metamora IL
Germanton High School, Germantown IL
St Ambrose Parish, St Louis MO
Lindbergh School District, St Louis MO
Middle Schools throughout New York (virtual)
Mount Prospect, IL
November 2023
Metamora High School, Metamora IL
Cooperstown NY
Ladue Parent University, St Louis
Lee’s Summit, MO
Notre Dame High School Faculty, St Louis MO
October 2023
St Margaret Mary Parish – St Louis, MO
Notre Dame High School Faculty – St Louis, MO
Missouri Association of School Librarians Fall PD – Keynote Clayton, MO
GSC BOCES Librarian AI Training – Watkins Glen, NY
East Alton/Wood River High School Students – Wood River, IL
September 2023
Intercessions Conference – St Louis, MO
St Paul’s Lutheran Church – Chesterfield, MO
MICDS Freshman Class – Clayton, MO
#DigLitCon Keynote – virtual
August 2023
Faculty AI Workshop – Tashkent Uzbekistan
Student AI Workshop – Tashkent, Uzbekistan
ROE Unit 53 Full-Day Workshop – Peoria, IL
Alton School District Half-Day PD – Alton, IL
Affton School District Half-Day PD – Affton, MO
May 2023
Lutheran Principal Association – St Louis, MO
Planeta Formacion – Barcelona, Spain
Administrator Day – Oneonta, NY
Riverside Unified Schools Keynote – Riverside, CA
Directions Conference – Collinsville, IL
April 2023
Churchill School Parent Group – Town & Country, MO
Full Day Teacher Workshop – Oneida, NY
Notre Dame High School – Utica, NY
Seton High School – Binghamton, NY
ForumEduca Conference Keynote – Jerez, Spain
Webster Creativity & Innovation Conference – Geneva, Switzerland
March 2023
Carlinville Teacher PD – Carlinville IL
Holy Cross High School – Dewitt, NY
Syracuse Diocesan Teachers – Syracuse, NY
EMTA Video Presentations for New York
World Affairs Council – St Louis, MO
February 2023
Stockbridge Valley High School – NY
Camden Middle School -NY
Madison Central – NY
Professional Development Workshop – Oneida, NY
ForumEDUCA – Jerez, Spain
IDEACon Thought Leader – Schaumburg, IL
Christ the King – St Louis MO
Our Lady of Lourdes – St Louis MO
St Genevive Dubois – Warson Woods, MO
Nerinx Hall High School – Webster Groves MO
January 2023
Clayton High School Parent Group – Clayton MO
Canastota High School – Canastota, NY
Baker High School – Baldwinsville NY
Durgee Junior High – Baldwinsville NY
November 2022
State Department Visitor’s Group from India – St Louis MO
Baker High School, Baldwinsville NY
Durgee Junior High, Baldwinsville NY
Full week residency, Oneida NY
October 2022
Immaculate Conception School, St Louis MO
Madison County Teacher Institute, Collinsville IL
Spirit of St Louis Women’s Fund Speaker Series, St Louis MO
EMTA Digital Citizenship Zooms, across New York State reaching 7800 students
University of Maryland Speaker Series
September 2022
Principia College, Elsah IL
Mehlville Schools, Mehlville MO
St Gerard Majella, Kirkwood MO
St Joseph Schools PD, St Joseph MO
August 2022
GoShareMo Keynote, Troy MO
St Louis Counseling Group, St Louis MO
OCM BOCES ful-day PD, Syracuse NY
July 2022
EDULearn, Mallorca Spain
Inland Empire Google Camp, Riverside CA
St Charles School District PD on Media Literacy, St Charles MO
June 2022
ROE #40 Professional Development Day, Edwardsville, IL
FORUMEDUCA Bogota, Columbia Keynote
Assoc of CA School Administrators, Rancho Mirage CA
Friends of the Facts, University of Missouri Columbia
April 2022
Fort Zumwalt PD Day, St Charles MO
Gage Middle School, Riverside CA (virtual)
March 2022
Featured Speaker, INTED Valencia Spain (virtual)
ETMA Keynote, Syracuse NY (virtual)
February 2022
ROE 40 Schools in Madison County, IL
January 2022
Jerseyville Schools, Jerseyville IL
Principia Schools, Clayton MO
December 2021
YPO Spouse Group – St Louis MO
MICDS Parent Group – St Louis MO
November 2021
Professional Development Day, Marceline Schools – Marceline MO
St Louis Social Studies Teachers – Misinformation Workshop
Illinois ROE #40 Professional Development – three virtual sessions
John Burroughs School Parent Group – St Louis MO
John Burroughs School Student Assembly – St Louis MO
Holy Cross Academy Parent Group – Webster Groves MO
BOCES Professional Development Day – Corning, NY
June 2021
Keynote, Directions Conference (virtual)
April 2021
Keynote, Tashkent Media Conference – Uzbekistan (virtual)
St Charles Borromeo Parent Group
Kirkwood School District Professional Development (virtual)
Walker School of Business & Technology Faculty PD (virtual)
March 2021 (all virtual)
RCE T-SW Conference
January 2021 (all virtual)
Lindbergh School District Parent Speaker Series
Wentzville School District Professional Development
November 2020 (all virtual)
MORENet Conference Keynote
IETC Conference Keynote
October 2020 (all virtual)
AAUW Meeting, Chesterfield MO
Facebook Live with Burgess Consulting
August 2020 (all virtual)
Edwardsville Rotary Club Guest Speaker, Edwardsville IL
June 2020 (all got rescheduled)
Directions Conference Keynote, Collinsville IL
Dave Burgess Consulting PirateCon, San Diego CA
Missouri Show-Me Conference Keynote, St Louis MO
International Media Literacy Research Symposium, Porto Portugal
May 2020 (all got rescheduled)
Madison/Onedia BOCES, New YOrk
April 2020 (all got rescheduled)
Canton Schools, Canton MO
Shelby Schools, Shelby MO
Hillsboro Schools, Hillsboro MO
Kirkwood School District, Kirkwood MO
Missouri Association of School Librarians, Lake Ozark MO
March 2020
Franklin & Marshall University, Lancaster PA
EMTA Keynote, Syracuse NY
February 2020
Tuscumbia Schools, Tuscumbia MO
Webster University, Tashkent Uzbekistan
January 2020
Ethical Society of Mid-Rivers, St Peters MO
Troy Buchanan High School, Troy MO
YPO GOLD, Ladue MO
November 2019
Mehlville School District Librarians, St Louis MO
Selvidge Middle School, St Louis MO
St Simon’s School, St Louis MO
Sperreng Middle School, St Louis MO
Mehlville Parent Speaker Series, St Louis MO
ELA Summit, Keynote Imperial, MO
IETC Keynote, Springfield IL
October 2019
Christ Prince of Peace School, St Louis MO
Delta Kappa Gamma Event, St Louis MO
Kentucky Convergence Conference, Keynote Louisville KY
September 2019
St Claire of Assisi School, St Louis MO
August 2019
Troy Buchanan High School, Troy MO
Fort Zumwalt Schools, St Charles MO
Calvary Lutheran High School, Jefferson City MO
Principia Schools, St Louis MO
June 2019
National Association for Media Literacy Education Conference – DC
May 2019
Keynote, New York State Library Association Conference, Syracuse NY
April 2019
Keynote, Fort Zumwalt Schools PD Day, St Louis
Temple Israel, St Louis
Visitation Academy Parent Group, St Louis
St Francis of Assisi Parent Group, St Louis
Miriam School, St Louis
Concord School Parent Group, St Louis
United in Christ Lutheran School, Perryville MO
March 2019
INTED19 Conference, Valencia Spain
Oneida BOCES Professional Development Day Keynote, Utica NY
Keynote ASHA Conference, Chapel Hill, NJ
St Stephen Middle School, St Louis
February 2019
Lutheran North High School PD Keynote, St Louis
Keynote, Lancaster Learns Conference, Lancaster PA
ICE Conference, Schaumburg, IL
Crestview Middle School Parent Group, St Louis
January 2019
Queen of All Saints Middle School, St Louis
St. Stephen Protomartyr Parent Group, St Louis
November 2018
Elon University, Burlington NC
Marian Catholic High School, Chicago IL
Keynote, Southern District Teacher’s Conference, Gulf Shores AL
October 2018
Stafford High School, Fredericksburg VA
Featured Speaker, ICE Conference, Indianapolis IN
MORENet Conference, Osage Beach MO
Week-long residency for schools in Syracuse NY area
Queen of All Saints Parish, St Louis MO
MICDS Mother’s Club, St Louis, MO
September 2018
Missouri Humanities Council “Think and Drink: Fake News”, St Louis MO
Featured Speaker, DigCitDay & DigCitSummit, St Louis, MO
Homer High School, Homer NY
Homer Middle School, Homer NY
August 2018
CCLS Faculty & Staff, St Louis MO
Fort Zumwalt School District, St Charles MO
July 2018
EduLearn18, Mallorca Spain
Lutheran Principals of Missouri Retreat
June 2018:
Summer Spark, Milwaukee WI
Directions Conference, Collinsville IL
May 2018:
Mexico, NY
Administration Breakfast, Syracuse NY
Tully High School, Tully NY
WCNY Media Literacy Conference Keynote, Syracuse NY
COPS Group, St Louis MO
Webster University Collaboratory, St Louis MO
Richmond Missouri Schools, Richmond MO
April 2018:
Fort Zumwalt Leadership Conference, St Charles MO
Hermann High School, Hermann MO
St Margaret Mary, St Louis MO
St Justin’s, St Louis MO
Lindenwood School of Education, St Charles MO
Fake News Panel, Kirkwood Public Library, Kirkwood MO
Tuscumbia Schools, Tuscumbia MO
Washington University Pediatric Faculty Breakfast, St Louis MO
St Louis University High School, St Louis MO
O’Fallon Distinguished Speaker Series, O’Fallon, IL
Sacred Heart, Valley Park MO
March 2018:
Immaculate Conception Parish – O’Fallon, MO
Wentzville School District – Wentzville, MO
SXSW – Austin, TX (had to cancel at last minute, sadly)
CUE18 – Palm Springs, CA
February 2018:
Ladue Schools Administrator Meeting – via Skype
Weill-Cornell Medical School Wellness Symposium – Doha, Qatar
St Joseph’s Schools – St Joseph, MO
St Gabriel’s School – St Louis, MO
ICE Conference – Chicago, IL
January 2018:
Notre Dame High School Teachers
John Burroughs School
Tuscumbia, MO teachers and students
Fort Zumwalt Digital Citizenship Summit
Clayton Schools PTO
Catholic Family Services Staff Training
Christ Community Lutheran School
December 2017:
Poughkeepsie BOCES, Poughkeepsie NY
Christian Brothers College, St Louis MO
Sperreng Middle School Students, St Louis MO
November 2017:
Truman Middle School Students, St Louis MO
Northwest High School Teachers, Cedar Hill MO
MSTA, Columbia MO
Holy Infant School Parent Group, Ballwin MO
Hazelwood teachers, Hazelwood MO
Maryville University
NCTE Book Signing, St Louis MO
Rockwood Librarians, Ballwin MO
Webinar, Under a Tree Inc, New York NY
October 2017:
Keynoted “Teaching With Technology” conference, Baltimore, MD
Hosted #worldgeochat on Twitter featuring media literacy
Presented at MORENet, Osage Beach MO
Featured in Journalism Education Association “Facebook Live” event
Spoke to Orchard Farm High School Students about social media & digital identity
September 2017:
PD at Jackson School District, Jackson MO
Keynoted Lincoln Educational Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hosted Journalism Education Association Twitter Chat on Media Literacy
PD at Senath Schools, Senath MO
PD at Knox/Palmyra Schools, Edina MO
Humanities Speaker Series Featured Speaker at Elgin Community College, Elgin IL
Spoke to parent group at Queen of All Saints Parish, St Louis MO
Spoke in Bonhamme Presbyterian Church Speaker Series
Presented at Focus on Teaching with Technology conference at UMSL, St Louis MO
Spoke to Pattonville High School seniors about fake news
August 2017:
PD at St Joseph’s Academy, St Louis
PD at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St Louis
PD at Tuscumbia, MO
PD at Fort Zumwalt School District, St Charles
PD at Metamora Schools, Metamora IL
Attended Gateway Media Literacy Partners Board of Directors Retreat
Hosted Missouri State Teacher’s Association Twitter Chat
Spoke to parent group at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish on social media
Interviewed by Missouri State Teachers Association on Google Hangout re Media Literacy
July 2017:
Presented at NPS, Philadelphia PA
Keynoted Oklahoma Social Studies Conference, Oklahoma City, OK
June 2017:
Featured Speaker at 4Cs Conference, Mt Vernon IN
Keynoted Catholic Health & Safety Conference, St Louis MO
Presented at NAMLE, Chicago IL
Keynoted Rockwood Summer Teacher Summit, St Louis MO
May 2017:
Spoke to parent group at St Catherine Laboure, St Louis MO
Spoke to parent group at Ascension School, Chesterfield MO
Presented to Ascension Middle School students, Chesterfield MO
Presented at NISOD, Austin TX
April 2017:
Spoke to parent group at Ladue Middle School, Ladue MO
Spoke to parent group at St Joan of Arc, St Louis MO
Presented to parent group at Rockwood Schools, St Louis MO
Spoke at Holy Cross Academy, St Louis MO
Presented at St Monica’s Parent Group, Creve Couer, MO
Spoke to Girl Scouts at Our Lady of Lourdes, University City, MO
Featured presenter for West Plains Schools, West Plains MO
Featured speaker for Civitas Group, Creve Couer, MO
March 2017:
Presented at INTED17 in Valencia, Spain
Presented at NAPDS in Washington, DC
Provided PD for Utica Schools, Utica NY
Spoke to students at Baldwinsville Middle School, Baldwinsville, NY
Presented for OCM BOCES, Syracuse, NY
Featured speaker at MASL, St Louis MO
Speaker at SouthTalks, St Louis MO
February 2017:
Spoke to 9th graders at Vianney High School, St Louis MO
Spoke to Vianney Parent Group, St Louis MO
Provided PD for Francis Howell Schools, St Charles MO
Presented at METC, St Charles, MO
Presented at Webster University Teaching Festival, St Louis MO
Keynoted MCSS Convention, ,St Charles MO
Featured presenter for Wichita Schools, Wichita, KS
Spoke to parent group at St Elizabeth/St Rober’s School, St Charles MO
Spoke to parent group at Premier Charter School, St Louis MO
January 2017:
Spoke to parent group at City Academy, St Louis MO
Provided PD for Troy, MO schools
PD for Timberland HS in Wentzville, MO
Spoke to parent group at St Justin’s School, St Louis MO
Provided PD for SIUe Faculty on classroom engagement tools