Lanier Learning is dedicated to co-designing equitable learning experiences for school leaders, staff, and students. Lanier Learning also partners with non-profit and for-profit corporations that are committed to community good.
Lead Experience Designer, Dee Lanier is the author of Demarginalizing Design and co-author of The Promises and Perils of AI in Education. Dee is a passionate and energetic educator and learner with over two decades of instructional experience on the K-12 and collegiate levels. Dee holds Undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Sociology with special interests in education, race relations, and equity. Dee is an award-winning presenter, TEDx Speaker, Google Certified Trainer, Google Innovator, and Google Certified Coach that specializes in creative applications for mobile devices and Chromebooks, low-cost makerspaces, and gamified learning experiences. Dee is a founding mentor and architect for the Google Coaching program pilot, Dynamic Learning Project, and a founding coach of Our Voice Academy, a program aimed at empowering educators of color to gain greater visible leadership and recognized expertise. Dee is also the creator of the design thinking educational activities called, Solve in Time!® and Maker Kitchen™️ and co-host of the Liberated Educator podcast. Dee practices self-care by reading, playing percussion, and roasting, brewing, and drinking coffee.
Keynote Speaker
🚨🤖 Navigating the Emergent and Urgent Realities of AI: From Classrooms to Cabinets to Corporate Spaces.
🎤👨🏾🎓 Lessons Learned From My Hip Hop Heroes
and what they can teach us all about culturally responsive education.
AKA, parasailing past the pitfalls of poor pedagogical practices
👁️📐 Demarginalizing Design: by centering on Equity, Empathy, and Creativity in Problem-Solving.
Workshop Facilitator
Synthetic AI and Hip Hop Ethics
Ethical AI in Education: A Design Thinking Sprint
Culturally Responsive Teaching and AI
Solve in Time! Gamified Design Thinking