Presentation archive · 2012–2026

Every deck, in one place.

Presentations I’ve built for students, faculty, residence life staff, and local businesses, shared as they were delivered. A unified redesign is on the way.

Presentations
18
Slides
322
Topics
5
Years
2012–26

The decks

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Download the original PowerPoint files. Older decks reflect the research, laws, and language of their time. Prezi presentations will be added soon.

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AI & learning technology

AI literacy for students, faculty, and local businesses.

  1. Working with AI, Not Letting It Work You

    An AI literacy session on using AI as a spotter, not a crutch: prediction versus knowledge, verification, privacy, academic integrity, and hands-on prompting practice.

    Student session, in person and online

  2. Pedagogy First: A Needs-Driven Framework for Technology Integration

    A decision framework for choosing analog methods, standard edtech, or generative AI based on where students are struggling, with a worked scenario and responsible-AI guardrails.

    Framework talk for faculty and academic leaders

  3. AI for Herkimer County: Practical Tools for Your Small Business

    A jargon-free introduction to generative AI for local business owners: realistic scenarios, a free starter toolkit, and the risks of hallucination, privacy, and copyright.

    Chamber of Commerce lunch-and-learn, November 2025

Accessibility & learning design

Redesigned portfolio decks drawn from current practice and research.

  1. Accessibility as an Everyday Practice

    Moving from isolated fixes to a durable system that connects policy, remediation, faculty support, and evidence.

    Portfolio deck

  2. Learning as an Adventure

    Game-based learning design built on choice, feedback, flow, and reflection, drawn from the 2018 thesis.

    Portfolio deck

  3. The Long Tail Needs an Open Road

    The 2014 Long Tail and net neutrality project, revisited for today.

    Portfolio deck

Prevention education

Delivered 2012–2013 through the Herkimer County Prevention Council at Herkimer College. Statistics, laws, and language reflect that time.

  1. Resident Advisor Staff Training: Substance and Alcohol Program Overview

    Alcohol and drug basics, warning signs, when to call 911, and how the campus first- and second-offense programs worked, prepared for residence life staff.

    Herkimer College RA training, August 2013

  2. Drugs 101: Smoking and Toking

    Cigarettes and marijuana compared: chemistry, health effects, New York law at the time, and where to get help.

    Drugs 101: Prevention Ed. series, April 2013

  3. Drugs 101: Alcohol, Athletics and Academics

    How drinking affects muscle recovery, learning new plays, sleep, and grades.

    Drugs 101: Prevention Ed. series, March 2013

  4. Drugs 101: All About Heroin

    The history of heroin, how it is used, its short- and long-term effects, and local treatment resources, prompted by rising youth opioid use.

    Drugs 101: Prevention Ed. series

  5. Substance and Alcohol Overview

    A classroom overview of alcohol, marijuana, and other substances, including the signs of alcohol poisoning and what to do.

    Class presentation, Herkimer College

  6. Synthetic Substances: K2 and Bath Salts

    What synthetic cannabinoids and cathinones are, where they came from, and why “legal” did not mean safe.

    Prevention presentation

College teaching

Class materials from courses taught at Herkimer College.

  1. Chemical Dependency: Screening, Diagnosis, Assessment, and Referral

    Lecture slides on screening instruments such as CAGE, MAST, AUDIT, DAST, and SASSI, along with diagnosis, assessment, social history, and working with denial.

    HS201 Chemical Dependency, Fall 2019

  2. Chemical Dependency: The Substance Abuse Spectrum

    A short class activity on DSM-5 substance use disorders and the spectrum of severity.

    HS201 Chemical Dependency, Fall 2019

  3. First Year Seminar: Course Introduction

    Week-one slides covering the purpose of the seminar, course objectives, grading, attendance, and campus involvement.

    FS100 First Year Seminar, Fall 2016

Graduate coursework

Presentations made as a student at SUNY Empire State College.

  1. The Long Tail: New Media, New Literacies

    The original Long Tail project slides with Anne McDonough: power-law curves, niche markets, new literacies, and net neutrality.

    New Media, New Literacies, with Anne McDonough

  2. Virtual Practicum: Who Are We?

    An introduction for a virtual practicum course: professional background, skills, and a focus on game-based learning.

    Virtual Practicum, Fall 2014

  3. Professional Background

    An introductory deck for a course on emerging technologies: prevention work, teaching goals, and a growing interest in educational technology.

    Learning in Emerging Technologies: Theories and Practice