SuperQuest2015: Eastern Oregon

SuperQuest 2015@Eastern Oregon
June 22-25
Umatilla High School
1400 7th Street
Umatilla, OR 97882

Registration Fee: $0. Includes 1-4 days of instruction, breakfast and lunch. Registration is required.

Questions? Contact Katie Butterfield, kbutterfield@eou.edu

Schedule

• 8:30am – 9:00am — Registration
• 9:00am – 12:00pm — Course instruction
• 12:00pm – 1:00pm — Lunch-N-Learn
• 1:00pm – 4:30pm — Course instruction

 Workshops Offerings
Note: Participants will have the option of signing up for multiple courses.

CTE & Pedagogy (Jun 22 only)
Terrel Smith, Sherwood High School
In this session, we will answer the question, “how to teach smarter not harder”? We will explore concepts of online self-graded assessment engines-ExamView and Flubaroo; Moving to a higher Boom’s level of teaching; Flipped classroom strategies and resources such as Treehouse, Code Academy, Learnkey, Programmr.  We will discuss Badging and point achievement system for student tracking and motivation. High Tech course implementation and Cohort Learning-managing multiple courses in a single period will also be discussed.

Introduction to Arduino/Galileo (Jun 22 only)
Derek Runberg and Jeff Branson, SparkFun Electronics
SparkFun Electronics in Partnership with Intel is pleased to announce our Arduino/ Galileo for Educators class. In this class we will introduce the basics of circuits, electricity, engineering and computing using Arduino. We will focus on activities and content knowledge to implement in a project-based STEM classroom. Some of the tools we will use are the Processing programming language, the SparkFun Inventor’s Kit for Arduino, and the Intel Galileo.  This class is designed to give a basic foundation to start working with students in this heavily relevant programming and engineering setting. As an introduction to programming and exploring interactive computing, we will be using the Processing programming language. Processing is an open source programming language and environment that was designed for artists and non-technical individuals. Finally, we will be exploring the Intel Galileo; a microcontroller board developed by Intel that incorporates the Intel Quark Processor into the DIY projects and STEM classrooms. This class will not only leverage the ability to program the Galileo in the Arduino development environment similar to a basic Arduino, but also explore embedded linux, networking and the Internet of Things in small digestible chunks. Participants will walk away with a basic knowledge and a set of hardware so they can keep exploring the world of embedded electronics on their own.

Code.org Curriculum Workshop – An Introduction to a Complete Curriculum for Introducing K-12 Learners to Computer Science (Jun 22-23 only)
Chris Bartlo, Wilson High School
Day 1: After the impressive success of the Hour of Code, Code.org extended the activities into a complete K-5 curriculum. All the activities are developed by K-5 educators with an eye to engaging young learners. This course will be an introduction to aspects of the curriculum (including both the Online and Unplugged elements of the course). The materials are free, include detailed lesson plans (including ties to the standards) and really engage students! Come join us for a full day of Professional Development! (PS-We have swag bags!) . This is a bring your own device event…you will need it to test out the curriculum!
Day 2:  In this session we will be expanding on themes and lessons from the original Code.org training you have attended this year (or the previous day)!  In particular, we are going to look at updated and new lessons created by Code.org (including Course 4).  We will continue the TLO model and also look at extensions outside of what is provided by Code.org (exploring iPad apps and board games that encourage programatic thinking in students).  note: Registrations for the code.org session are processed separately.  Please register here if you want to attend the code.org session.