Presentations

This is a list of my presentations and workshops from 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007 (and earlier). Occasionally, the presentations are recorded, and I have included links to those recordings.

2011
Conference presentations and workshops
  • Brennan, K. (2011, July). Mind the gap: Differences between the aspirational and the actual in an online community of learners. Presentation conducted at Computer Supported Collaborative Learning conference, Hong Kong.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, June). More than code: The significance of social interactions in young people's development as interactive media creators. Presentation conducted at ED-MEDIA, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, June). Getting started with Scratch. Discussion session conducted at ED-MEDIA, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Daily, S., Brennan, K., & Picard, R. (2011, April). Empathy development environments: A framework for supporting the cultivation of empathic capacities. Presentation conducted at American Educational Research Association conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Brennan, K., Maloney, J., & Roque, R. (2011, March). Teaching and learning with Scratch. Discussion session conducted at SIGCSE conference, Dallas, TX.
  • Wolz, U., Brennan, K., Maloney, J., & Roque, R. (2011, March). What makes a good Scratch program? Examining structure and style in Scratch programs. Discussion session conducted at SIGCSE conference, Dallas, TX.
  • Brennan, K., & Monroy-Hernandez, A. (2011, March). Designing for designers: Exploring ways in which online community settings support young people's participation as digital media creators. Workshop conducted at Digital Media and Learning conference, Long Beach, CA.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, March). Getting to know Scratch. Workshop conducted at Cyberlearning Tools for STEM Education (CyTSE) conference, Berkeley, CA.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, March). Scratch and ScratchEd. Demonstration conducted at Cyberlearning Tools for STEM Education (CyTSE) conference, Berkeley, CA.
Invited presentations and workshops
  • Brennan, K. (2011, October). Designing for designers: Exploring how online community supports young people's participation as creators of interactive digital media. Invited lecture, T526, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, September). Creative expression with Scratch. Invited workshop, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
  • Resnick, M., & Brennan, K. (2011, July). Happily ever after: Digital storytelling with Scratch. Invited workshop, Building Learning Communities Conference, Boston, MA.
  • Resnick, M., & Brennan, K. (2011, July). Let's play! Game design and Scratch. Invited workshop, Building Learning Communities Conference, Boston, MA.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, July). Making projects, making friends: Online community as catalyst for interactive media creation. Invited webinar, PEAR series webinar "Youth as contributors: The role of new media & technology. (Video)
  • Brennan, K. (2011, July). Remixing learning. Invited workshop, Benesse Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, July). Getting started with Scratch. Invited workshop, The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, LEAD Centre, Hong Kong.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, July). Getting started with Scratch. Invited workshop, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, June). From unaware to everywhere: Young people as designers of interactive media. Invited keynote, UK Teachers' conference, University of Birmingham, England. (Video)
  • Brennan, K. (2011, June). Let's play! Game design and Scratch. Invited workshop, Games+Learning+Society conference, Madison, WI.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, May). Creativity is for everybody. Invited keynote, Digital Film Festival, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, May). Young people as designers of interactive media. Invited lecture, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Birmingham, AL.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, April). Designing, personalizing, collaborating, reflecting: Supporting young people as designers of interactive media. Invited lecture, HUDK 4035 - Technology and Human Development, Columbia University, New York, NY.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, April). Best of both worlds: Issues of structure and agency in computational creation, in and out of school. Invited lecture, Cyberscholars Working Group, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, April). Young people as designers of interactive media. Invited webinar, Games and Learning course, The University of Michigan.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, March). Young people as designers of interactive media. Invited keynote, RYMAEC, Web 2.0pen Mic, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA.
  • Brennan, K. (2011, March). Creative expression with Scratch. Invited workshop, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA.
  • Klopfer, E., Brennan, K., Bull, G., Eisenberg, M., Norris, C., Powell, A., & Soloway, E. (2011, February). Trends and tools for teaching digital age learners. Invited panelist, AACTE Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
2010
Conference presentations and workshops
  • Brennan, K., & Resnick, M. (2010, December). ScratchEd: Working with teachers to develop design-based learning approaches to the cultivation of computational thinking. Poster presented at NSF DR K-12 PI meeting, Washington, DC.
  • Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., Resnick, M., & Brennan, K. (2010, August). Scratch: Programming for everyone. Presentation conducted at Constructionism conference, Paris, France. (Video)
  • Brennan, K., & Resnick, M. (2010, August). Getting to know Scratch. Workshop conducted at Constructionism conference, Paris, France.
  • Brennan, K., & Resnick, M. (2010, June). We do WeDo and Scratch. Workshop conducted at ISTE conference, Denver, CO.
  • Brennan, K. (2010, June). ScratchEd: Supporting teachers working with Scratch. Poster presented at ISTE conference, Denver, CO.
  • Daily, S., & Brennan, K. (2010, April). Trajectories of identity: Designing a collaborative learning environment that supports the development of empathy. Poster presented at American Educational Research Association conference, Denver, CO.
  • Brennan, K., Daily, S., & Resnick, M. (2010, February). Programming and pluralism: Diversifying participation in computational creation. Presentation conducted at Digital Media and Learning conference, La Jolla, CA.
  • Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., Resnick, M., Fields, D., Diazgranados, A., Brennan, K. et al. (2010, February). Cultivating creativity and criticality in schools and after-school programs with Scratch. Presentation conducted at Digital Media and Learning conference, La Jolla, CA.
Invited presentations and workshops
  • Brennan, K., & Roque, R. (2010, December). Scratch dance party! Invited workshop, MIT Women in Science and Engineering Mentorship Program, Cambridge, MA.
  • Moss, F., Minsky, M., Egozy, E., Hawley, M., Viegas, F., & Brennan, K. (2010, October). Media Lab Five x Five. Invited panelist, Media Lab 25th Anniversary, Cambridge, MA. (Video, begin at 56:10)
  • Resnick, M., & Brennan, K. (2010, October). Scratch. Invited workshop, Massachusetts Computer Using Educators conference, Foxborough, MA.
  • Blikstein, P., Berland, M., Brennan, K., Buechley, L., Millner, A., Sipitakiat, A., Urrea, C., & Wilkerson, M. (2010, August). Young constructionists under construction. Invited panelist, Constructionism conference, Paris, France. (Video)
  • Brennan, K. (2010, June). Working with Scratch: An international perspective. Invited keynote, Look to the Future conference, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland.
  • Brennan, K. (2010, June). Scratch. Invited panelist, MIT Alumni Association Tech Reunions K-12 Education Panel, Cambridge, MA.
  • Brennan, K. (2010, March). Media Lab dedication. Invited speaker, MIT Media Lab building dedication, Cambridge, MA. (Video, begin at 50:37)
  • Brennan, K., & Chang, A. (2010, February). Scratch rocks! Invited workshop, MIT Women in Science and Engineering Mentorship Program, Cambridge, MA.
2009
Conference presentations and workshops
  • Brennan, K. (2009, June). Scratch-Ed: An online community for Scratch educators. Poster presented at National Educational Computing Conference, Washington, DC.
  • Brennan, K., & Resnick, M. (2009, June). Using Scratch in your classroom. Workshop conducted at National Educational Computing Conference, Washington, DC.
  • Brennan, K. (2009, June). Scratch-Ed: An online community for Scratch educators. Poster presented at Computer Supported Collaborative Learning conference, Rhodes, Greece.
  • Brennan, K., & Resnick, M. (2009, June). Scratch: Creating and sharing interactive media. Workshop conducted at Computer Supported Collaborative Learning conference, Rhodes, Greece.
  • Brennan, K. (2009, May). Scratch-Ed: Designing an online community for Scratch educators. Presentation conducted at Canadian Society for the Study of Education conference, Ottawa, Canada.
Invited presentations and workshops
  • Brennan, K. (2009, September). Programming and beyond: Enabling creative learning through Scratch. Invited lecture, CD173, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
  • Brennan, K. (2009, September). Scratch as a pathway to math and programming. Invited webinar, Math 2.0.
  • Brennan, K. (2009, June). Broadening participation in the creative society. Invited lecture, IDC Herzliya, Israel.
  • Brennan, K., & Monroy-Hernandez, A. (2009, April). Scratch! Invited workshop, KEYs Middle School Mentorship Program, Cambridge, MA.
  • Brennan, K., & Monroy-Hernandez, A. (2009, March). Getting started with Scratch. Invited workshop, Microsoft DigiGirlz workshop, Cambridge, MA.
2008
Conference presentations and workshops
  • Brennan, K. (2008, October). Illusions of ambiguity: Signaling presence and representation of gender identities on a programmable media website for young people. Presentation conducted at Association of Internet Researchers conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Daily, S.B., & Brennan, K. (2008, May). Utilizing technology to support the development of empathy. Poster presented at Interaction Design & Children, Chicago, IL.
  • Brennan, K. (2008, March). The Jared phenomenon: Intergenerational learning in a teacher education context. Presentation conducted at American Educational Research Association conference, New York City, NY.
Invited presentations and workshops
  • Brennan, K. (2008, December). Scratch. Invited lecture, Massachusetts Computer Using Educators conference, Sturbridge, MA.
  • Brennan, K. (2008, September). Programming and beyond: Enabling creative learning through Scratch. Invited workshop, Winchester School District Professional Development Day, Winchester, MA.
  • Brennan, K. (2008, September). Programming and beyond: Enabling creative learning through Scratch. Invited lecture, CD173, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
  • Brennan, K. (2008, September). Scratch. Invited keynote, Women in Games, University of Warwick, England.
  • Brennan, K., & Monroy-Hernandez, A. (2008, August). Culture jamming: Deconstructing and reconstructing media messages. Invited workshop, Computer Clubhouse Annual conference, Boston, MA.
  • Brennan, K., & Monroy-Hernandez, A. (2008, June). Scratch. Invited panelist, Creativity and Media Literacy forum, Digital Natives, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
  • Brennan, K. (2008, June). Programming and beyond: Enabling creative learning through Scratch. Invited lecture, Network of Educators in Science & Technology, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
  • Brennan, K. (2008, April). Sowing the seeds for a more creative society. Invited lecture, Open World Learning, Denver, CO.
2007 and earlier
Conference presentations and workshops
  • Brennan, K., Hall, L., Hara, H., & Trey, L. (2007, November). Reuse & recycle: Collective acts of identity on (creative) commons materials. Presentation accepted for Association of Internet Researchers conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Brennan, K., Hall, L., Kojima, D., & Petrina, S. (2007, June). Methodologies for researching cognition and technology: Dynamically responsive learning environments. Presentation conducted at ED-MEDIA, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Brennan, K., Hara, H., Trey, L., & Hall, L. (2007, June). A community of (new media) practice: Examining learning stories from a videoblogging collective. Presentation conducted at ED-MEDIA, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Kim, S., Brennan, K., & Petrina, S. (2007, June). The sources of production: Open source, philosophy, policy and practice. Poster presented at ED-MEDIA, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Brennan, K., & Clarke, T. (2007, May). Recent B.Ed. graduates returning to campus to facilitate instruction for current B.Ed. students: A case of intergenerational learning? Presentation conducted at Canadian Society for the Study of Education conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • Brennan, K. (2007, March). New media and pre-service professional development: Using blogs for student teacher e-portfolio creation and open source programming. Presentation conducted at Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education conference, San Antonio, TX.
  • Brennan, K., Feng, F., Hall, L., & Petrina, S. (2007, February). Complexity of technology. Presentation conducted at Complexity Science and Educational Research, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Morton, C., & Brennan, K. (2006, May). Bulletin board technology in the classroom: A demonstration of and discussion about online musical communities. Presentation conducted at Investigating Our Practices conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Nicol, C., Baird, J., Barney, D., Brennan, K., Burgess, D., Hamilton, D., et al. (2006, May). Action research: Investigating practice, practicing change. Poster in group presentation conducted at Investigating Our Practices conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Dean, V., & Brennan, K. (2006, February). Planning your professional teaching portfolio. Presentation conducted at WestCAST conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Dean, V., & Brennan, K. (2005, May). Technology support for pre-service teachers. Presentation conducted at Investigating Our Practices conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Invited presentations and workshops
  • Brennan, K., & Stern, T. (2007, December). Getting started with Scratch. Invited lecture, Kean University, NJ.
  • Dean, V., & Brennan, K. (2005, February). Professional teaching portfolios. Invited lecture, North Vancouver School District, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Jean, L., Dean, V., Cardwell, S., & Brennan, K. (2004, December). Going beyond school boundaries: Building sustainable learning communities. Invited panelist, National Staff Development Council, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.