Selected Presentations

Keynote Speeches

• "Making Learning Happen in Ways That Range from the Fairly Sensible to the Barely Imaginable."  Keynote speech delivered to English teachers in the Daytone Beach School District, August 7, 2002.
• "Un-covering the Curriculum:  Constructing an Interactive Classroom."  Keynote speaker and workshop presenter at the Hawaii Preparatory Academy's summer institute for teachers, Kamuela, Hawaii, August 4-7, 1996.

Conference Sessions Presented

• "More Ways to Hangle the Paper Load"  National Council of Teachers of English, New York City, 2007.
• "After Students Have Read It, What Do I Do?"  National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, TN, 2006.
• "The Teacher as Manager of a Communication Environment."  National Council of Teachers of English, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005.
• "After Students Have Read It, What Do I Do?"  National Council of Teachers of English, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005.
• "How Technology is Changing Instruction:  Five Reports From Cyberspace."  My topic:  "What's With All This 'Star Wars' Stuff?"  National Council of Teachers of English, San Francisco, CA,  November, 2003.
• "Making Learning Happen Through Engagement and Reflection."  The 9th Annual Secondary Reading Conference, Largo, FL, May 11, 2002.
• "Making Critical Thinking Happen Through Engagement and Reflection."  Manatee Community College Faculty Professional Development Day conference, Sarasota, FL, February 18, 2002.

Workshops Conducted

• Reading/Writing Workshop for high school teachers and area community college faculty at Western WY Community School, Rock Springs, WY, January 2007.
• Content Area Reading Workshop conducted for the Lewiston School District, Lewiston, ID, October 2006.
• "Making Writing Happen." A half day workshop conducted for teachers in the Boston Collegiate Charter School, Dorchester, MA, September, 2005.
• "Making Reading Happen in the Classroom."  A three-hour workshop conducted for teachers in the Polk County, FL, schools, June 5, 2003.
• Conducted a two-week workshop on "Constructing an Interactive Classroom" for Secondary English teachers at a summer institute sponsored by the Lee County Public Schools, Fort Myers, Florida, June, 1995.