[May 2024]
Exploring Innovative Language Pedagogy. University of California-Davis
Present ‘New Opportunities of Building Languages Through Making and Play.’
[October 2023]
FabLearn2023 + Constructionism Conference, Columbia University
Presented ‘Co-Constructing Language Learning through Tinkering with Wearable Soft Controllers in Galician Creative Libraries for Elementary Schoolers.’
[July 2022]
Connected Learning Summit (CLS) 2022 (Virtual)
Presented Using Paper Circuits in Elementary Schools to Promote Understanding of Sustainable Commuting through STEAM Activities’.
[April 2021]
American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2021 Annual Meeting (Virtual)
Presented 'Exploring Preschoolers' Collaborative Literacy Learning with an App: Bridging the Virtual and Real Worlds’.
[December 2020]
VILDIC'20 Conference on visual literacy and digital communication: The role of media in new educational practice (Virtual)
Presented 'the Use of Digital Media in Children’s Multilingual Learning: Considerations for Visual and Pedagogical Design’.
[October 2020]
International Conference on Linguistics, Seoul, Seoul National University, South Korea (Virtual)
Presented 'Children’s Foreign Language Practice Using Digital Media: Research, Design, and Implementation' for the second language learning and teaching session.
[August 2020]
International Conference on Culture, Languages and Literature. Ming Chuan University, Taipei, Taiwan (Virtual)
Presented ‘Exploring Assistance to Young Children’s Literacy Development with the Aid of Touchscreen Tablets in a School Setting.’
[March 2020]
American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference 2020. Denver, CO.
Scheduled to present ‘Young Children’s Alphabet Learning with iPads: Focus on Peer Interaction and Collaboration’ but the meeting was cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak.
[October 2019]
The Language and Social Interaction Working Group. Columbia University, New York, NY.
Presented an ethnographic case study that investigates collaborative social interactions among peers, as well as exploring how children may apply literacy information acquired from iPad activity
[October 2018]
Literacy, Culture, & Language Education Conference. Indiana University, Bloomington.
Presented a research on weekly iPad activities exploring collaborative early literacy learning.
[July 2017]
Value the Visual Literacies - Sheffield University. Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Presented creative design and the usability and affordances of tablets as educational resources.
[May 2017]
Web Publishing – CUNY – Bowling Green. New York, NY.
Presented the efficient way of designing and presenting Websites and discussed the current trends.
[July 2015]
Digital Literacy for Preschoolers Conference - McGill University. Montreal, Canada.
Presented a study in which children were engaged with an iPad application, Aniland, designed to improve early literacy skills
[March 2011]
Careers in Educational Media. The New School. New York, NY.
Invited presenter talk to senior year students in the design major on the job markets in educational animation and in the gaming industry.
[May 2010]
One Zero Symposium. The New School. New York, NY.
Presented a conference talk on “Trilingual Edutainment” based on linguistic research on young children’s linguistic development during Child’s Play session.
[June 2010]
Teachers College Educational Technology Conference. Columbia University, New York, NY.
Presented a lecture entitled, “Introduction to Multi-Lingual Education through Digital Media for Preschoolers.”
[June 2009]
Parsons and Tsinghua Collaborative Exhibition. Tsinghua University Beijing, China.
Presented a conference talk on how to produce educational language-learning animations and games to Chinese and American graduate students.
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