Past Presentations:

ISTE 2010, Denver, Colorado:
Facilitator, Virtual Environments Birds-of-a-Feather session at ISTE 2010 Conference and Exposition in Denver, Colorado June 27 through 30, 2010. More information is available at http://sigve.iste.wikispaces.net.

Facilitator, "SIGVE Virtual Environments Playground" at ISTE 2010 Conference and Exposition in Denver, Colorado June 27 through 30, 2010. The Playground ran the entire conference and featured live and virtually live presentations from leading pioneers in educational use of virtual worlds. More information is available at http://sigve.iste.wikispaces.net.

and panelist, "Distance Learning Comes of Age," with:
Dr. Kecia Ray, Director of Federal Programs, Metro Nashville Public Schools; Mr. Scott Parks, Superintendent, Howe Schools, Howe, OK; Dr. Howie DiBlasi, Former Technology Director, Durango Schools, CEO, Digital Journey, President of SIG-IVC; and Ms. Cathi Swan, State Coordinator of K-12 Distance Learning, Arkansas (full description at http://www.iste2010.org/forum/topics/distance-learning-comes-of-age-4? commentId=4157629:Comment:9468)

ISTE TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE WEBINAR SERIES:
Virtual Environments: a Sense of Place at Distance and Why You Want It
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

NECC 2009, Washington, DC:

Quest Atlantis
Scott Merrick, University School of Nashville/Vanderbilt CSO with Marianne Malmstrom, Peggy (Norton) Sheehy and Bronwyn Stuckey

Second Life as a Professional Learning Network!
[Formal Session: Birds-of-a-Feather]
Scott Merrick, University School of Nashville/Vanderbilt CSO

Educators' Toolbox and Skill Set: Instruction and Presentation in Second Life
Scott Merrick, University School of Nashville/Vanderbilt CSO with Marianne Malmstrom, John Miller, Peggy (Norton) Sheehy, Bronwyn Stuckey and Cathy Walker

Introduction to Education in Second Life: n00bs UNITE!
Scott Merrick, University School of Nashville/Vanderbilt CSO with Jeff Agamenoni, Lisa Linn, John Miller, Peggy Sheehy, Cathy Walker and Jane Wilde
Tuesday, 6/30/2009, 8:30am–11:30am
Highly experienced ISTE Second Lifers helped interested but "skills-challenged" educators explore this rich virtual platform for its value in teaching and learning.

January, 2009 "Why Second Life?," for faculty and staff at the Vanderbilt School for Science and Math and the Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach

November, 2008 "What the Read/Write Web means for parents and students," Family Science Night at Cane Ridge High School for Middle Schoolers and parents

October, 2008, "Engaging Podcast Content" at Vanderbilt University for faculty and staff in the VU Webspiders program

September, 2008, "Virtual Worlds: The Future is Now" panel and "Real Experiences in Virtual Worlds" panel at the fall meeting of Internet2 in New Orleans, LA

September, 2008, "Real Life Experiences in Virtual Worlds" panel at the fall meeting of Internet2 in New Orleans, LA

July, 2008, "Web20forUs!," weeklong workshop for Metro Nashville Public School teachers at University School of Nashville in Nashville, Tennessee

July, 2008, "Sledupotential," 3-hour hands-on workshop with 8 other educators from 8 other states at the National Educational Computing Conference in San Antonio, TX

July, 2008, "Virtual World as Professional Learning Network" at at the National Educational Computing Conference in San Antonio, TX

July, 2007, "Web20forUs!," weeklong workshop for 12 faculty and staff at University School of Nashville in Nashville, Tennessee

June, 2007, "Windows Podcasting: Tips, Tricks, and StraTegies for Success," Presentation Session at the National Association for the Education of Young Children's annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia

June, 2007, "Virtual Worlds and Second Life," Birds-of-a-Feather Session at the National Association for the Education of Young Children's annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia

November, 2006, "Age Appropriate Content for K-2 Students at UpToTen.com," Technology Resource Room Session at the National Association for the Education of Young Children's annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia

July, 2006, "“Looking for Mr. Goodware” “Birds-of-a-feather” session at the International Society for Technology in Education’s National Educational Computing Conference in San Diego, California

July, 2006, "K2K Connections and Collaborations: Get Your Project and Partner Here!” “Birds-of-a-feather” session at the International Society for Technology in Education’s National Educational Computing Conference in San Diego, California

July, 2006, "“Truly Engaging Content from the Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach” IVC Showcase session at the International Society for Technology in Education’s National Educational Computing Conference, California

March, 2005, "Introduction to Desktop IVC" USN Evening School class, 1 hour hands-on workshop open to the public

December, 2004, "A Teacher's Technology Toybox" and "K12 Interactive Videoconferencing: Why It's Still 'The Next Big Thing' in Tennessee" at the Tennessee Education Technology Conference in Nashville with Jan Zanetis, Director of the Vanderbilt Virtual School

November, 2004, "What Works for Us (and What Doesn't)" at the Tennessee Video Conference Summit with Brandon Herrenbruck. This was a seminal meeting in the process to create a new Tennessee Distance Learning Association

October, 2004, "Videoconferencing, the 'Orphan Technology' - a Model of Adoption" via IVC to multiple sites nationally at the Keystone Conference in Indianapolis, IN, with Brandon Herrenbruck

October, 2004, "Sharing the Best Space: Live from Dyer Observatory" via IVC to teachers at the Governor's Wisconsin Educational Technology Conference in Wisconsin Dells, WI

June, 2004, "Limited $$$? You Can Still Videoconference!" at the National Educational Technology Conference in New Orleans

March, 2004 "Tech Toys for Everyone" at Business Professionals of America state convention, Nashville, Tennessee

December, 2003--"Tech Toys for Teachers" at the Tennessee Education Technology Conference, Nashville, Tennessee

September, 2003--"Virtual" presentation, the Interactive Multimedia & Collaborative Communications Alliance (IMCCA) conference on Videoconferencing, Denver Conference Center, presenting on classroom uses of videoconferencing and business outreach to education

February, 2003--"Virtual" presentation, Project DIANE and Vanderbilt University Virtual School "Videoconferencing K12 Workshop" for Teachers, Adventure Science Museum, now Discovery Science Center.

October, 2002--Sole "Virtual" Panel Participant (of four panelists), introductory session for the Regional Technology in Education Consortia’s (RTEC) National K-12 Interactive Videoconferencing Project, Dallas Texas Infomart. nearly 100 K-12 educators from 31 states gathered at the symposium to hear how videoconferencing is used in classrooms across the country. See the NW Regional Educational Laboratory site for more information.

Summer 2002--Development Team and Presenter, STEP teacher workshops for VideoTeleConferencing skills-building, at University School of Nashville, June 5-7 and July 8-10

2002--Colloquium Presenter, Hyogo University of Teacher Education in Japan: "SCOPE and USN: Increasing Student Focus and Teacher Creativity through VideoTeleConferencing"

Presenter ("NetMeeting: An Educator's Toolbox"), WNPT "National Teacher Training Institute in Math, Science, and Technology." A full day of workshops for teachers in surrounding states. This was Vanderbilt University's Virtual School's first year collaborating with our local National Public Television affiliate, and I was pleased to be a part of that new partnership. View a letter of thanks from NPT and its accompanying certificate of participation