Presentations
A Primer on All Things AI – Lancaster AI Symposium – Millersville University, April 2026
Media Literacy in Education – Hourglass Lancaster Forum, May 2025
Information Privacy and Cyber Security: Responsibilities, Liabilities, Strategies – Saxton & Stump School Law Workshop, November 2024
AI in Education Summer Institute, Panelist – Millersville University, June 2024
Guardians of the Data Realm: Personal OpSec Practices for Educators – Pennsylvania Department of Education Data Summit, March 2024
AI Demystified: Fact, Fiction, and Exponential Change – Pennsylvania Department of Education SAS Institute, December 2023
A Modern High School Design Equates to a Flexible, Collaborative Environment – Association for Learning Environments: A4LE Northeast Region Conference, Philadelphia, April 2023
Testimony on Student Data Privacy and Protection – Pennsylvania Senate Education and Senate Communications and Technology Committees, October 2022
Twelve Years of Linux at School – Linux User Group Bolzano-Bozen-Bulsan, Italy, October 2022
Meet the IT Professionals – Lombardo College of Business, Millersville University, October 2022
A Shift in the Paradigm: A Curriculum and Instruction Leadership Perspective – Google Edu Roundtable, January 2022
An Agile and Open High School Learning Community – Agile Alliance XP, June 2021
Creating the Open Source Classroom – Red Hat Summit, June 2021
The Empowering AND Disempowering Influence of Technology – Millersville University Learning Institute, January 2021
Cybersecurity in Digital Meetings and Online Learning – PA School Boards Association, September 2020
Cultivating a Local Computer Science Community in Lancaster – Hourglasss First Friday Forum, August 2020
AI and Education – Lancaster Rotary South, April 2020
Tomorrow's IT Workforce Starts Today – Pennsylvania Digital Government Summit, December 2019
Lancaster Tech Industry Partnership panelist, November 2019
AI 2019: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Learning – PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference, October 2019
Beat the Machine: Rethinking Schools In The Age Of AI – Lancaster Hourglass Foundation, October 2019
Educating the Digiterati Generation To Manage their Digital Blueprints – International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Philadelphia, June 2019
Building an Open Source Student Learning Community – International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Philadelphia, June 2019
The Mind Electric: Schools in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – Lancaster-Lebanon School Business Officials (LLSBO), May 2019
Working & Thriving Solo or as a Small Agency, Keynote panel moderator – WordCamp Lancaster, Lancaster, April 2019
AI Demystified: Fact, Fiction, and the Future of Learning – National School Boards Association Annual Conference (NSBA), Philadelphia, March 2019
School of FLOSS: Free/Libre and Open Source Software in K12 – Open Education Week, Center for Academic Excellence, Millersville University, March 2019
Radio, Robots, and Real-time video: A showcase of student technology projects – Central PA Open Source Conference (CPOSC), December 2018
Future Ready Schools are Open Source Schools – All Things Open, Raleigh, October 2018
AI Demystified: Fact, Fiction, and the Future of Learning – PA School Boards Association Leadership Conference (PSBA), Hershey, October 2018
AI for Educators – Coding Confidence for School Teachers guest lecture at Millersville University, June 2018
Red Hat Presents: The Power of Open – 1776 Washington DC, March 2018
The Future of Education is Open – CPOSC, November 2017
Transforming Education with FLOSS and WordPress – Philly 'burbs WordPress Meetup, Philadelphia, September 2017
The Future of Education is Open – FOSSCON, Philadelphia, August 2017
Why Education Needs the Open Source Community – Red Hat Summit, Boston, May 2017
Student Online Safety Symposium – IU13 Lancaster, April 2017
The Open Schoolhouse: A Model for Student Empowerment – CPOSC, November 2016
Blueprints for Open Source Schools – All Things Open, October 2016
From Old School to New School: Penn Manor Website Case Study – WordPress Lancaster, October 2016
Puppet and DevOps for Linux Management: A Penn Manor Case Study – Lancaster Linux Users Group, May 2016
Building an Open Student Help Desk Community – Tech Talk Live, May 2016
Free Software + Student Internships = Amazing & Affordable Technology Learning Programs – National School Boards Association Conference, Boston, April 2016
Open Source Everywhere Keynote Panel – WordCamp Lancaster, March 2016
Teaching the Next Generation of WordPress Bloggers and Hackers – WordCamp US, December 2015
Rewiring Generation Z – All Things Open, October 2015
Why Aren't Schools Using Open Source Software? – Central PA Open Source Conference, October 2015
Lessons from the Open Source Schoolhouse, Keynote – MoodleMootUS 2015, August 2015
WordPress in Education Panel – WordCamp Philly, June 2015
Super Tech Secrets and Tricks – PA School Board PAEOP Conference, April 2015
Lessons from the Open Source Schoolhouse, Keynote – WordCamp Lancaster, February 2015
Student-run Help Desk Programs Models – PETE&C, February 2015
Privacy, Surveillance and the K12 Classroom – PETE&C, February 2015
Best of Open Source Tools for Schools 2015 – PETE&C, February 2015
Linux at Penn Manor School District – Central PA Linux Users Group, January 2015
Rooting for the Kids: High School 1:1 Program – Linux Action Show, November 2014
DevOps is Cool for Schools – Central PA Open Source Conference, November 2014
Lessons from the Open Source Schoolhouse – All Things Open, October 2014
Open Source Schools: More Soup, Less Nuts – All Things Open, October 2014
Set Your Work Free: An Introduction to LibreOffice – Philadelphia Area Computer Society, September 2014
Lessons from the Open Source Schoolhouse – FOSSCON Philadelphia, August 2014
Mobile Technologies and 1:1 Programs – Millersville University Educators Institute, June 2014
Building an Open Source 1:1 Laptop Program – Acer Education Webinar, May 2014
Enabling Students in the 21st Century: Open Source Schools – TEDx Lancaster, May 2014
Visual Communications 101 – PA Association of Educational Office Professionals Conference, May 2014
Building an Open Source 1:1 Laptop Program – Tech Talk Live Conference, May 2014
Building an Open Source 1:1 Laptop Program – PETE&C, February 2014
Best of Open Source Tools for Schools – PA Business Education Association Conference, November 2013
Open Source in the Hands of Every High School Student – Central PA Open Source Conference, October 2013
Android Tablets: Power Up Mobile Classrooms – PETE&C, February 2013
Rock the Schoolhouse with Open Source – Central PA Open Source Conference, October 2012
Panelist: Open Campus Partnership – PA State Leadership Committee for Credit Flexibility, July 2012
100 Years: A Tale of Culture, Innovation and Change – Lancaster Career and Technology Center, June 2012
Linux Laptops: An Open Road to Road Savings – Tech Talk Live Conference, May 2012
100 Years: A Tale of Culture, Innovation and Change – IU13 Leadership Convention, April 2012
100 Years: A Tale of Culture, Innovation and Change – Lancaster Hourglass Foundation Forum, April 2012
Linux and Open Source Desktop Solutions – PASBO Annual Conference, March 2012
Linux Laptops: An Open Road to Cost Savings – PETE&C, February 2012
Going Global in Our Shifting World – Education Personnel Workshop at IU13, October 2011
School of Excellence in Technology Showcase – PA School Boards Association Annual Conference, Oct 2011
Surviving the Internet Underground – 18th Annual IU13 Education Conference, Lampeter-Strasburg, June 2011
Educating Your Children about Internet Safety and Privacy – Wyomissing School District, December 2010
Building a Sense of Urgency: Empowering Administrative Teams to Deal with Difficult Economic Conditions – IU13 Business Managers Workshop, Penn State, November 2010
Panelist: Open Source Solutions – Regional IU Tech Collaboration Day, PaTTAN Philadelphia, May 2010
Panelist: School CyberSecurity – CyberSafe Partnership Conference, Millersville University, May 2010
Moodle for Middle School – CCIU/PDE Moodle Webinar, April 2010
Social Media Connections: Making them work at work – PASBO Annual Conference, March 2010
Help Wanted: Hiring and Managing Great Tech Teams – PETE&C, February 2010
Headline: Take Your Student Newspaper Online – PETE&C, February 2010
Build a Free Blogging Empire with WordPress MU – PETE&C, February 2010
Online Safety, Security & Privacy – HACC Workshop on Media and Youth Culture, March 2009
CyberSafety: A Higher Ed, K-12 Partnership Model – PETE&C, February 2009
WordPress Blogging Basics for Public Relations – IU13 Public Relations Consortium & PenSPRA, November 2008
Emerging Technologies and Trends for 21st Century Students – Albright College, October 2008
1983
The Solar System and Beyond – Presented to Ann LeTort Elementary students – Washington Boro PA, 1983 – Thank you, Mrs. McKain!