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.

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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

What is Solve in Time!®? Solve in Time!® is a gamified design thinking activity. The goal is to creatively explain a solution to a relevant, real-world problem within a set time limit. Up to six teams of 2-4 people can play using a single deck and can be facilitated live or virtually, low-tech or high-tech. Pick the problem, let’s solve it!

Solve in Time! Gamified Design Thinking

Experience Designer

Dee Lanier is a passionate educator and edtech leader dedicated to creating equitable learning experiences. As Lead Education Experience Designer at Lanier Learning, Dee empowers educators and students through innovative technology and design. With a strong background in sociology and over two decades as an educator, Dee is a sought-after speaker, author, and coach who inspires educators to transform classrooms into creative and collaborative learning spaces.