What I Do
Real solutions for schools that take teaching seriously.
Twenty-five years in classrooms and technology departments. Tailored to your school — not a generic slide deck.
MRD specializes in empowering schools, businesses, and organizations with custom professional development, strategic edtech planning, and comprehensive technology consulting. Whether you're seeking to elevate your educational technology strategy, optimize your tech infrastructure, or inspire your team with cutting-edge professional development, MRD is here to support your unique needs and goals.
Professional Development
Seth has been providing customized training sessions to educators for twenty-five years. As the founder of both JEDcamp and the EdTech30, he has demonstrated a creative and innovative approach to solving the challenge of effectively meeting teachers' diverse learning needs.
Comfortable working with groups of any size — from 1-on-1 coaching to conference keynotes — he is an effective mentor, an experienced pedagogue, and an entertaining and enlightening presenter.
Recent presentation topics include:
- AI in the Classroom: Practical, Honest, and Not Breathless About It
- The iPad-Only Classroom Teacher
- What School Leaders Can Learn from CompSci Nerds
- Tech Tips for School Administrators
- A Pause for "Why?"
Most recently, Seth presented at the Future of Educational Technology Conference in Orlando, COJDS's JEDIT Conference on Long Island, and at the annual conference of the International Society for Technology in Education.
Strategic EdTech Planning
After serving as Director of Technology at several schools and consulting for many others, Seth has helped schools and businesses launch technology initiatives of all shapes and sizes. He can help leadership teams develop multi-year plans which incorporate:
- LLMs and other task-specific AI tools
- MDM and 1-to-1 Mobile Device Programs
- Blended and Project-Based Learning
- Google Workspace and Apple School Manager
- Learning Management Systems
- Flipped Classrooms
Corporate Consulting
Seth's ability to understand complex technology systems and communicate effectively with non-technical users enables him to assist corporations in planning, developing, rolling out, and training on technology systems. His superpower is translating from Nerd to Normal.
His experience in the marketing research, not-for-profit, manufacturing, and distribution industries means he has seen the challenges that companies face at scale — and helped them discover or develop solutions on time and under budget.
"Seth has a rare ability to meet teachers where they are and bring them somewhere new — without making anyone feel like they're being lectured."Head of School, New England Independent School
"We've had a lot of consultants. Seth is the one our teachers still talk about."Director of Curriculum, Mid-Atlantic Day School