McLeod, S. (2021, June). Innovating out of the pandemic. Keynote address given for the BigBlueButton World Conference, Ottawa, Canada.
McLeod, S. (2021, March). 10 building blocks for transforming learning, teaching, and schooling. Keynote address given at the Central and Eastern European Schools Association Annual Conference, Budapest, Hungary.
McLeod, S. (2021, February). Leveraging technology for deeper learning and student engagement (even during a pandemic). Keynote address given at the Missouri Educational Technology Leaders CTO Clinic, Kansas City, MO.
McLeod, S. (2020, September). School innovation and evolution (even during a pandemic). Keynote address given at the Colorado Association of School Executives Superintendents Conference, Breckenridge, CO.
McLeod, S. (2020, August). 2020 in LCPS: Realignment, reinvention, and rising to the challenge. Keynote address given at the Loudoun County Public Schools ALT Conference, Ashburn, VA.
McLeod, S. (2020, June). The power and potential of deeper learning. Keynote address given at the Spring Branch Independent School District Leadership U Conference, Houston, TX.
McLeod, S. (2020, June). The power and potential of deeper learning. Keynote address given for the Goochland County Public Schools, Goochland, VA.
McLeod, S. (2020, June). Can online learning also be DEEPER learning? Keynote address given at the Rutgers University Online Learning Conference, New Brunswick, NJ.
McLeod, S. (2020, February). Provocations on the future of learning, teaching, and schooling. Keynote address given at the 5Sigma Educon, Centennial, CO.
McLeod, S. (2020, January). How should we think about the future of schools? Keynote address given at the Wisconsin Association of School Boards Annual Education Conference, Milwaukee, WI
Richardson, J. W. (2019). Understanding school leadership through frames. Keynote address given at Global 21st Century Learning Conference, Hong Kong, China.
McLeod, S. (2019, August). Transforming student work for deeper learning, greater student agency, more authentic work, and rich technology infusion. Keynote address given for the Whitehall-Coplay Schools, Whitehall, PA.
McLeod, S. (2019, August). Transforming learning in the Northern Lehigh Schools. Keynote address given for the Northern Lehigh Schools, Slatington, PA.
McLeod, S. (2019, August). The power and potential of transformative learning. Keynote address given for the Northwestern Lehigh Schools, New Tripoli, PA.
McLeod, S. (2019, June). The moral urgency of p-based learning. Keynote address given for the Albemarle County Public Schools, Charlottesville, VA.
McLeod, S. (2019, May). School models that foster deeper learning and student engagement. Keynote address given for the Central New York School Boards Association, Skaneateles Falls, NY.
McLeod, S. (2019, May). The challenge ahead: Relevance, redesign, and the 5 Cs. Keynote address given at the Virginia Association of School Superintendents Annual Spring Conference, Roanoke, VA.
McLeod, S. (2019, March). Big questions to ask ourselves as school systems. Keynote address given for the Lehigh University School Study Council, Bethlehem, PA.
McLeod, S. (2019, February). School technology leadership: Embracing a vision of future ready schooling. Keynote address given at the Colorado Association of Leaders in Educational Technology Winter Conference, Westminster, CO.
McLeod, S. (2018, July). The present and future of learning, teaching, and schooling? Keynote address given at the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents Executive Institute, Mashpee, MA.
McLeod, S. (2018, April). The relevance gap: 6 arguments for why schools need to be different and personalized. Keynote address given at the EdTechTeacher Innovation in Education Conference, Woodstock, VT.
McLeod, S. (2018, March). School models that foster deeper student learning and engagement. Keynote address given for the Bismarck Public Schools, Bismarck, ND.
McLeod, S. (2018, January). School models that foster deeper student learning and engagement. Keynote address given at the EdTechTeacher Summit, Palm Springs, CA.
McLeod, S. (2017, December). Classroom models that foster student agencyand authentic work. Keynote address given at the TIES Annual Education Technology Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
McLeod, S. (2017, November). How innovative schools foster deeper student learning and engagement. Keynote address given at the Idaho School Boards Association Annual Conference, Coeur d’Alene, ID.
McLeod, S. (2017, November). Closing relevance gaps, empowering students. Keynote address given for the Butler Technology and Career Development Schools, Hamilton, OH.
McLeod, S. (2017, October). Assessment of deeper learning. Keynote address given at the BrightBytes / Technology & Learning Big Data Summit, Denver, CO.
McLeod, S. (2017, September). What can we learn from innovative schools? Keynote address given at Digit@lend, Istituto Tecnico Tecnologico Statale “Alessandro Volta,” Perugia, Italy.
McLeod, S. (2017, August). Do we have to settle for normal? Or can we get to amazing? Keynote address given at the Eagle County Schools Educator Academy, Edwards, CO.
McLeod, S. (2017, June). Fostering deeper student learning and engagement. Keynote address given at the Innovative Education Colorado Leadership Academy, Keystone, CO.
McLeod, S. (2017, June). Powerful technology integration. Keynote address given at the Innovate@BVSD Conference, Boulder, CO.
McLeod, S. (2017, June). When we move toward student agency, amazing things happen. Keynote address given at the St. Vrain Valley School District Tech Camp, Longmont, CO.
McLeod, S. (2017, March). From fear and control to empowerment and engagement. Keynote address given at the Southwest West Central Service Cooperative Education Technology Conference, Pipestone, MN.
McLeod, S. (2016, November). Key questions about personalized learning, blended learning, and the present and future of education. Keynote address given at the Terra Foundation Urban Education Conference, Syracuse, NY.
McLeod, S. (2016, August). The journey toward powerful student engagement. Keynote address given at the Eagle County Schools Educators Academy, Edwards, CO.
McLeod, S. (2016, April). Personalized learning: Exemplars and pitfalls. Keynote address given at the Iowa ASCD Conference, Cedar Rapids, IA.
McLeod, S. (2016, April). Can’t we be innovative too? Keynote address given at the Iowa 1:1 Institute, Des Moines, IA.
McLeod, S. (2015, October). Overcoming obstacles: From ‘yes, but’ to ‘why not?’ and ‘how can we?’ Keynote address given for the K12 Online 2015 conference. Available at k12onlineconference.org.
McLeod, S. (2015, September). Imagination unleashed. Keynote address given at the International School of Brussels In The Zone event, Brussels, Belgium.
McLeod, S. (2015, June). What does ‘personalized learning’ really mean? Keynote address given at the Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit E-Learning Revolution Conference, Lancaster, PA.
McLeod, S. (2015, June). Schools that are awesome. Keynote address given at the Greencastle Community Schools TechCon15 Conference, Greencastle, IN.
McLeod, S. (2015, April). Rethink, redesign: Shifting the customers’ experience. Keynote address given at the STEM Educator Symposium, Fort Collins, Colorado.
McLeod, S. (2014, December). What does effective technology integration look like? Keynote address given at the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators School Leaders Advancing Technology in Education Conference, Wisconsin Dells, WI.
McLeod, S. (2014, December). Student empowerment: Yes, at school! Keynote address given at the Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Williamsburg, VA.
McLeod, S. (2014, October). Designing learning for a digital, global era. Keynote address given at the St. Vrain Valley Schools Real World, Right Now: The Next Generation of Middle Level Education Symposium, Longmont, CO.
McLeod, S. (2014, October). Digital possibilities in social studies education. Keynote address given at the Iowa Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Altoona, IA.
McLeod, S. (2014, September). From there to here. Keynote address given at the Northwest Iowa Community College 21st Century Teaching & Learning Conference, Sheldon, IA.
McLeod, S. (2014, August). Purposeful technology integration. Keynote address given for the Hudson School District, Hudson, WI.
McLeod, S. (2014, August). 2:1 students: Are we ready? Keynote address given at the Kirkwood Community College Kcamp, Cedar Rapids, IA.
McLeod, S. (2014, August). Recognizing and facilitating effective technology integration. Keynote address given for the Zionsville Community Schools, Zionsville, IN.
McLeod, S. (2014, June). Getting to deeper learning. Keynote address given at the Green Hills Area Education Agency Southwest Iowa Google Summit, Glenwood, IA.
McLeod, S. (2014, June). What does effective technology integration look like? Keynote address given at the Litchfield 1:1 Conference, Litchfield, MN.
McLeod, S. (2014, June). What does effective technology integration look like? Keynote address given for the Warsaw Community Schools, Warsaw, IN.
McLeod, S. (2014, April). Are we ready for the schools of tomorrow? Keynote address given at the Iowa Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Spring Conference, Dubuque, IA.
McLeod, S. (2014, March). Building capacity: Taking leaders from vision to implementation. Keynote address given for the online School Leadership Summit, Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership, Santa Cruz, CA.
McLeod, S. (2013, October). Extracurricular empowerment. Keynote address given at the West Central Iowa Technology Institute, Coon Rapids, IA.
McLeod, S. (2013, October). Don’t believe the media hype: Empowering student agency and voice. Keynote address given at the Illinois Principals Association Annual Professional Conference, Peoria, IL.
McLeod, S. (2013, October). What’s holding you back from being amazing? Keynote address given at the Iowa Student Learning Institute, Waukee, IA.
Couros, A., & McLeod, S. (2013, April). Co-creating our digital reality. Keynote address given at the Iowa Youth and Shelter Services Risky Business Conference, Ames, IA.
McLeod, S. (2013, April). Powerful technologies, powerful students. Keynote address given at the Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools Spring Educators Conference, Bangkok, Thailand.
McLeod, S. (2013, March). Schools, technology, and learning: Are we preparing students for the next 50 years or the last 50? Geisler-Penquite Educational Excellence Endowed Lecture given for Central College, Pella, IA.
McLeod, S. (2013, February). Consumption v. production: Student agency, voice, and empowerment in a digital, global world. Keynote address given at the Illinois Computing Educators Conference, St. Charles, IL.
McLeod, S. (2012, February). Cognitive complexity, technology infusion, and student agency: Big shifts for students and educators. Keynote address given at the Webster City Community Schools Technology Day, Webster City, IA.
McLeod, S. (2012, November). Leading cognitively complex, technology-suffused schools. Keynote address given at the AdvancED Latin American Conference, Atlanta, GA.
McLeod, S. (2012, October). Digital society. Digital students. Analog schools. Keynote address given at the Southern Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
McLeod, S. (2012, September). Leadership for deeper learning. Keynote address given at the Jefferson County Public Schools Gheens Institute for Innovation Excellence in Education Innovation Symposium, Louisville, KY.
McLeod, S. (2012, September). Innovation in higher education. Keynote address given at the Drake University Tech Jubilee, Des Moines, IA.
McLeod, S. (2012, May). Getting beyond the fear: What the social media revolution means for our programming and our youth. Keynote address given at the Iowa Youth and Shelter Services Risky Business Convention, Ames, IA.
McLeod, S. (2012, March). Designing for the new ecology. Keynote address given at the Kentucky Society for Technology in Education Spring Conference, Louisville, KY.
Usher, E. L., & Richardson, J. W. (2011, March). Rethinking motivation in Society 3.0: Enhancing personal and collective agency. Keynote address given at the Red Conference: Rethinking Education in the Knowledge Society, Ascona, Switzerland.
McLeod, S. (2011, December). The lines are blurring: Translating changes in our information, economic, and learning landscapes into school practice. Keynote address given at the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators School Leaders Advancing Technology in Education Conference, Wisconsin Dells, WI.
Wilhoit, G., McLeod, S., O’Hair, M. J., Hensley, D., Young, L., & Parrent, J. (2011, December). Designing new systems for learning. Part II: Shaping the future. Keynote symposium given at the AdvancED Innovation Summit, Lexington, KY.
McLeod, S. (2011, November). The lines are blurring: The growing disconnects between schools and our digital, global society. Keynote address given at the Pennsylvania Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Annual Conference, Hershey, PA.
McLeod, S. (2011, October). The lines are blurring: The disconnects between schools, universities, and our digital, global society. Keynote address given at the Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools Fall Leadership Conference, Athens, Greece.
McLeod, S. (2011, September). Are Kentucky schools dangerously irrelevant? Keynote address given at the Kentucky Association of School Councils Annual Conference, Louisville, KY.
McLeod, S. (2011, August). The lines are blurring, but where’s our sense of urgency? Keynote address given at the Nebraska Council of School Administrators Annual Leadership Conference, Kearney, NE.
McLeod, S. (2011, July). Fasten your seatbelts. The future of learning is coming up fast! Keynote address given at the Principals’ Partnership Summer Leadership Institute, Phoenix, AZ.
McLeod, S. (2011, June). The lines are blurring. Keynote address given at the TICL Conference, Storm Lake, IA.
McLeod, S. (2011, February). Two big shifts and one big problem: The growing disconnects between schools and our digital, global society. Keynote address given at the CORE Education Annual Learning@School Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand.
McLeod, S. (2011, January). 5 key questions you should be asking about ed tech. Keynote address given at the European League for Middle-Level Education Annual Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
McLeod, S. (2010, December). Two big shifts and one big problem. Keynote address given at the annual Chicago Public Schools TechTalk conference, Chicago, IL.
McLeod, S. (2010, October). The future of teaching, learning, and assessment. Keynote address given at the Nebraska Educational Administrators Technology Conference, Kearney, NE.
McLeod, S. (2010, October). Are your policies getting in the way of your progress? Keynote address given at the Nebraska Educational Administrators Technology Conference, Kearney, NE.
McLeod, S. (2010, October). Two big shifts and one big problem. Keynote address given at the North Iowa Cedar League Conference, Cedar Falls, IA.
McLeod, S. (2010, September). Preparing students for what is and will be, not what was. Keynote address given at the Kentucky Department of Education Next Generation Learning Summit, Lexington, Kentucky.
McLeod, S. (2010, June). Fasten your seatbelts: The future of learning is coming fast! Keynote address given at the TICL Conference, Storm Lake, IA.
McLeod, S. (2010, June). The impact of digital technologies on schools, universities, and our personal lives. Keynote address given at the Big 12 Alumni Staff Conference, Ames, IA.
McLeod, S. (2010, May). Teaching and learning in an era of disruptive innovation. Keynote address given at the Massachusetts Teachers Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
McLeod, S. (2010, February). A leaf falls on loneliness: 50 ways to find fertile ground with your social media marketing strategies. Keynote address given at the Iowa Public Relations, Advertising, and Marketing Conference, Ames, IA.
McLeod, S. (2010, February). Reconciling state accountability, NCLB, and the need to prepare students for a digital, global age: Questions I’d be asking if I were an elementary school principal. Keynote address given at the Minnesota Elementary School Principals Association Annual Institute, Bloomington, MN.
McLeod, S. (2009, December). 2 big shifts and 1 big problem. Keynote address given at the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools / Kentucky Council on Accreditation and School Improvement Annual School Improvement Conference, Lexington, KY.
McLeod, S. (2009, November). The impact of digital revolutions and globalization on Iowa schools. Keynote address given at the Iowa State Education Association Annual Student Conference, Des Moines, IA.
McLeod, S. (2009, October). The last 5,000 days. Keynote address given at the Nebraska Council of School Administrators Technology Conference, Kearney, NE.
McLeod, S. (2009, October). The information society is HERE: Are Nebraska schools ready? Keynote address given at the Nebraska Council of School Administrators Technology Conference, Kearney, NE.
McLeod, S. (2009, October). Transitioning our schools into the 21st century. Keynote address given at the Minnesota Association of Administrators of State and Federal Education Programs Annual Conference, St. Paul, MN.
McLeod, S. (2009, October). Societal shifts, digital learners, and schools:Questions I’d be asking if I were a media specialist or librarian. Keynote address given at the Minnesota Educational Media Organization Annual Conference, Rochester, MN.
McLeod, S. (2009, July). The world has changed. Have you and your schools? Keynote address given at the Lawrence-Lewis BOCES North Country Educational Administrator’s Conference, Lake Placid, NY.
McLeod, S. (2009, June). Transitioning Iowa schools and community colleges into the 21st century. Keynote address given at the Iowa Department of Education Summer Science Standards Institute, Fort Dodge, IA.
McLeod, S. (2009, April). The digital natives are here. Now what? Keynote address given at the University of Iowa Tech Forum, Iowa City, Iowa.
McLeod, S. (2009, January). The jobs you’re preparing students for don’t exist anymore. Keynote address given for the Montclair State University Classroom 2.0 Learning Institute for Educators, Montclair, New Jersey.
McLeod, S. (2009, January). The information society is HERE: Transitioning Oklahoma schools into the digital, global age. Nancy O’Brian Endowed Lecture given at the University of Oklahoma K20 Center Annual Winter Institute, Norman, OK.
McLeod, S. (2008, October). The information society is HERE: Are our schools up to the task? Keynote address given at the Iowa State University Extension Office Assistants Development Conference, Ames, Iowa.
McLeod, S. (2008, August). Transitioning our schools into the 21st century. Keynote address given for the Mahaska County Educational Consortium, Oskaloosa, IA.
McLeod, S. (2008, August). The information society is HERE: Are our schools up to the task? Keynote address given for the Waukee Community School District, Waukee, IA.
McLeod, S. (2008, July). Transitioning our schools into the 21st century. Keynote address given at the West Virginia Department of Education Institute for 21st Century Leadership, Daniels, West Virginia.
McLeod, S. (2008, April). The information society is here: Are our universities up to the task? Keynote address given at the Iowa State University P&S Professional Development Day, Ames, Iowa.
McLeod, S. (2008, February). The information society is here: Are our schools up to the task? Keynote address given at the American School of Bombay Unplugged Conference, Mumbai, India.
McLeod, S. (2008, February). The times they are a’changin’: Transitioning schools into the 21st century. Keynote address given at the annual Minnesota Elementary Schools Principals Association Institute, Bloomington, MN.
McLeod, S. (2007, October). The times they are a-changin’: Preparing students for the 21st century. Keynote address given at the San Antonio Independent School District iLead Administrators’ Technology Leadership Seminar, San Antonio, TX.
McLeod, S. (2007, June). The times they are a-changin’. Keynote address given at the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction Conference for Law School Computing, Las Vegas, NV.
McLeod, S. (2007, June). 21st century schools: How to get from here to there. Keynote address given at the Minnesota Information Literacy Conference, St. Paul, MN.
McLeod, S., & Seashore, K. (2007, June). Using data to make decisions about learning; Results from the Minnesota Statewide Data-Driven Decision-Making Study. Keynote address given at the Minnesota Staff Development Council Annual Forum, St. Paul, MN.
McLeod, S. (2007, February). Preparing students for the new millennium. Keynote address given at the TIES Coordinator Conference, St. Cloud, MN.
McLeod, S. (2006, October). Looking ahead: What is the role of schools in our digital future? Keynote symposium conducted at the Minnesota Educational Media Organization conference, Bloomington, MN.
McLeod, S. (2006, September). Developing professional learning communities to focus on data. Keynote address given at the Minnesota Department of Education Early Childhood Fall Conference, St. Paul, MN.
McLeod, S. (2006, March). Data-driven schools: Moving beyond compliance. Keynote address given at the annual TetraData Institute, Greenville, SC.
McLeod, S. (2005, October). Data-driven school communities: Essential elements for improving student learning. Keynote address given at the St. Paul Public Schools Statewide Leadership / Site Council Conference, Brainerd, MN.
McLeod, S. (2004, December). Data-driven principles for data-driven principals. Keynote address given at the TIES Education Technology Conference Principals Luncheon, Minneapolis, MN.
