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Speaker Profile

John T. Spencer, EdD

Assistant Professor of Education, George Fox University; Technology Specialist; Former 6-8th Grade Teacher; Co-Founder/Tech Developer of the blogging platform for K-12 students, “Write About”; Author, The Depth Advantage: Deeper Learning in a Distracted World (2025), The A.I. Roadmap: Human Learning in the Age of Smart Machines (2023), and Vintage Innovation: Leveraging Retro Tools and Classic Ideas to Design Deeper Learning Experiences(2019); Co-Author, New Teacher Mindset (2024), Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning (2017), and LAUNCH (2016)

Past Talks

Teaching Generation AI-Z

Advancing Schooling, Skills, Relationships, and Learning in a Distracted, Uncertain, AI Age

The Fairmont SF, San Francisco, CA

February 13-15, 2026

Teaching Stronger Brains

Promoting Student Strengths, Character, Compassion, Hope, and Autonomy in a Deficit-Focused Age

Fairmont San Francisco or Virtually via Zoom

February 20-22, 2025

The Science of Teaching During a Pandemic

Creating Motivated, Focused, Active, Autonomous Learners

Virtual Conference

February 20-20, 2021