Nominations are open for both the 2019 NWAPW and the High School Autonomous Vehicle Project summer programs! This past summer saw another crop of great first year projects which the kids presented in the atrium of the engineering building at PSU.  This was followed by the second and third year students giving a live demonstration of […]

Are you interested in traveling overseas to collaborate with educators in other countries and undertake professional development? The Fulbright program has multiple opportunities to do so. Applications will be available soon – you can sign up to receive notification using this link. FULBRIGHT DISTINGUISHED AWARDS IN TEACHING SEMESTER RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR U.S. TEACHERS (FULBRIGHT DA) […]

OregonASK is working with IBM to recruit fifty 7th and 8th grade girls who are interested in attending a full day workshop of learning and games about Cybersecurity on August 1st. The workshop is free (including lunch), and is a great opportunity to spark a new interest or help girls dive deeper.  The workshop is in […]

There is a Latino Tech Fest Saturday May 19th at the Intel Jones Farms Campus Conference Center from 8am to 5pm. Everyone is invited, not just Latinos. There will be a Professional Track and a High School Track –  the events expects to serve over 400 professionals and 100 high school students for a day of career development, diversity and networking. Register HERE […]

The Connectathon Challenge invites educators to their Student Showcase on May 17th from 5pm-7pm at The Arts & Communications Magnet Academy in Beaverton. At the event, teams of students will be presenting their innovative technology based solutions for improving the lives of people with diabetes. Register now for the Connectation Challenge: Diabetes Student Showcase The […]

Do you use Scratch in your classroom? Interested in meeting up with others to share tips and learn in an informal setting? Check out the PDX ScratchEd Meetup on May 12th from 11am-2pm. RSVP is required, see the event site for more details.

Oracle Academy wants to help you work smarter not harder this summer.  We have designed an efficient summer training schedule to meet all of your Computer Science professional development needs.  We have condensed our training schedule so you spend less of your summer “in-class” and can potentially finish an entire professional development session in as little […]

We want to remind middle and high school teachers that the priority deadline for the Code.org 2018 Professional Learning Program is this Friday, March 30th. Computer science opens up more opportunities than any other discipline and ensures students are well prepared for the future no matter what field they pursue. More and more schools are adding this […]

CSTA and Oracle Academy are delighted to announce that applications for Oracle Academy Scholars – CSTA Conference Scholarships are now open! For the third consecutive year, OracleAcademy will be helping to send outstanding first-time conference attendees to the annual CSTA conference. Thirty three scholarships will be awarded. To be eligible for the scholarship, teachers must fit the following criteria: Applicant is a […]

PSU’s math department is offering a course, that may be of interest to math teachers who want to incorporate computing into their mathematics courses: Topics in Computing for Mathematics Teacher Topics in Computing for Mathematics Teachers: June 25 – July 1, 8:00 – 10:15 am, Mon – Thurs. Topics in pre-calculus, probability, calculus, linear algebra, […]