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Toshiba Education Grant
- 2009 - awarded $3,890 - for K'Nex to create a hands on learning project for Force and Motion unit
Hill Country Education Grants
- 2011 - 2012 - awarded $2,044 - For microscopes, electronic microscope, slides, and to help fund a grade level trip into a preserve
- 2012 - 2013 - $2,409.08 Science equipment - Group Grant
- 2013 - 2014 -$2,202 For various science apparatus to help turn abstract concepts into more concrete concepts for students throughout the 8th grade science curriculum
- 2015 - 2016 - $2,119 For science probes that show the Ph vaues of items to allow help students make connections between Ph and every day objects - like food
Junior League of Austin - ABC grant
- 2012-2013 Grant for $991.33 to fund various apparatus to show students human impact on the Earth, with such things as a ground water model that shows how pollutants move through soil, ground water, and into the nearby aquifer
Leander Education Excellence Foundation
- 2014 - 2015 Grant for $500 to enhance the science curriculum through reading by purchasing books that engage students in math and science concepts such as manga & comics teaching physics
- 2016 - Fall - Grant for $500 to help launch a robotics club at the high school

SITE 2014 - solo - round table- published in proceedings - Utilization of a LMS
SITE 2014 - group - poster - published in proceedings - Engineers Needed: Help Tamika Save the Farm
EdMedia 2014 - partner - virtual poster- published in proceedings - Cognitive Apprenticeship Through Problem-Based Learning.
EdMedia 2014 - solo - virtual poster - published in proceedings - Media Evolution
UNT 2015 - dissertation - Transmedia STEM intervention book in middle school for educational change.
SITE 2016 - poster - Reflection of Being new to Digital Fabrication
CSEDU 2016 - poster - Assessing Project Based Learning with 3D Printing
EdMedia 2016 - virtual poster - Constructivism Through Projec Based STEM Transmedia
ICALT 2016 - Short Paper - Digital Fabrication for STEM Projects

ISTE 2014 - group - poster -Transmedia Book, Engineers Needed: Help Tamika Save the Farm
UNT COI Research Exchange 2014 - Partner - round table - Perceptions of Online Assessments of Students with Disabilities
UNT COI Research Exchange 2014 - Partner - round table - Project-Based Learning Through Cognitive Apprenticeship, Leander ISD
Leander ISD Continuing Improvement Conference - 2014 - solo - Using a LMS for student Independence
PLTW Texas Conference 2017 - Solo - Using the Canvas LMS for Teachers
Leander ISD Continuing Improvement Conference - 2016 - Solo - Google Form Quizzes
PLTW Texas Conference 2017 - Solo - Intro to Introduction to Computer Science
PLTW Summit 2017 - Team Member - Introduction to Computer Science Essentials and Teacher Lerning Progressions.

Group project creation of Transmedia STEM book for middle school - "Engineers Needed: Tamika Saves the Farm!"
Chapter Reviewer for: Wright, R. (2015). Student-teacher interaction in online learning environments. Information Science Reference. Hershey, PA.
Co-Chapter author for book chapter "Technology Integration Models in K12 Education: The Why, How, and When" for the book "Conversations from a Graduate Classroom on Implementing Technology and Current Issues in Instructional Technology"

2016 the 16th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
- 2016 ICALT Best Short Paper Award
2015 University of North Texas Honors Day Award
- Outstanding Doctoral Student in Learning Technologies Research Project
2015 University of North Texas Graduate Exhibit -
- 3rd place in the Computer Science and Information Technology Category
Emergent Scholar Award
Texas Distance Learning Association
- Served on award committee for 2013 conference
Association of Texas Professional Educators
- Member from 2008 - 2016