Volunteer at the 2018 Oregon Game Project Challenge Main Event

Oregon Game Project Challenge (OGPC) is looking for volunteers to help put on its 11th annual Main Event on Saturday, May 12th at Western Oregon University in Monmouth. Last year, over two hundred students on fifty-seven teams participated in the event and providing a great experience to those students requires lots of help. The biggest […]

Those of you who are subscribed to OCSTA blog updates (link at the bottom of this page) or the OCSTA mailing list (link: OCSTA Mail List Subscription) know that Governor Kate Brown has proclaimed this week in Oregon to be Computer Science Education Week and has been visiting schools to promote the importance of providing […]

Question: What is up with new CSTA Standards? A teacher recently asked a group of other OCSTA members the following and sparked a good discussion: Have you tried aligning your curriculum to the standards? https://www.csteachers.org/page/standards Did you notice the following? By 2nd grade, students should be able to “develop programs with sequences and simple loops, […]

Bandon School District is seeking a high school and middle school computer/technology teacher.  The position is part time and located at Bandon High School and Harbor Lights Middle School.  Classes are 2 periods of middle school and two periods of high school. Candidate must have a current Oregon Teaching License; preferred candidate will be highly […]

This summer marked the 2nd year for the Northwest Advanced Programming Workshop (NWAPW). Like the inaugural 2016 NWAPW, students with advanced computer science skills were recruited and recommended by their teachers to participate in this summer’s free project-based workshop. This year 48 new high school students were recruited to work in teams of three on […]

I missed posting last week’s update – I’ll blame having to prepare my taxes 😉 – so this update will be for the last 2 weeks. On Saturday, April 8 the Oregon Game Project Challenge (OGPC), sponsored in part by the OregonCSTA, held its annual Main Event at Western Oregon University in Monmouth. This year’s […]

It’s been a quiet week for the OregonCSTA as we, like all Oregon educators, have enjoyed the spring break.  Things will pick up next Saturday, April 8 when the Oregon Game Project Challenge (OGPC), sponsored by OregonCSTA, holds its annual Main Event at Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR. For 2017, the tenth annual event, […]

2017 SuperQuest Spring Conference Recap On Saturday, March 18 we held our 1st professional development event of 2017. The 2017 SuperQuest Spring Conference & High School Programming Contest was combined event held at George Fox University in Newberg, OR.  SuperQuest Spring Conference attendees had the choice to attend either 1 day long workshop or 4 […]

Just a quick update about recent past and upcoming events.  On Saturday, March 18 we held our 1st professional development event of 2017. The 2017 SuperQuest Spring Conference & High School Programming Contest was a combined event held at George Fox University in Newberg, OR.  I will post a recap of those events later this […]