Setting up and Coaching OGPC Teams

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Setting up and Coaching OGPC Teams

  • September 17, 2017
  • Posted by: Randy Macdonald
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Whether you are a teacher, parent, or an enthusiastic volunteer, you can become a coach for Oregon Game Challenge Project teams. Whether coaching students of middle school, high school, local organization’s teams (Boys and Girls Clubs, 4-H, Campfire Girls, Scouts, etc.), or just a group of your student’s friends, you can help them develop a project to bring to the state-wide competition next spring.
You don’t need to know a computer language, have specific artistic software or hardware. If you have played some video games, other than solitaire, this might be a plus; some example “games” may be shared, too.
Come and find out what you need to know to develop a team and bring them to the annual Main Event for OGPC. It is a great student-centric event that student teams really enjoy attending. Over 50 teams, from around the state, attended last April, with students sharing and learning from each other, playing other’s game projects, and attending workshops in areas of interest. This is a great one-day event the students and their families enjoy.
We will also be sharing information about the student kick-off event, this fall’s OGPC Game Jam. This year’s date and locations information will be shared in the workshop. Students will want to attend this half-day event because they learn about the 2018 OGPC Main Event, and hear about the 2018 Theme.
If you have coached before, you may enjoy sharing your experiences during our discussions, but this may be a fundamental class on how to begin teams; it will be geared to anyone starting this year. Everyone will receive the general information about the 2017-2018 season’s Game Jams while attending this OCSTA event. The Event Theme will be announced – at the Game Jams.

Course Instructor/s:

Jan Boley

Jan Boley has her Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, and worked for the State of Oregon for over 8 years. Leaving the public sector, she returned to school to earn her Masters of Arts in Teaching, and has taught high school for the last 12 years in Oregon.

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