Beyond the Bell CS programs and activities

We will explore CS Family Nights, CTE Community Nights, competition clubs, “birds of a feather” clubs as well as clubs for the fun of high tech tinkering and making. We will focus on the marketing, promotion and academic extension of high tech education in your school and community. You will walk away with strategies for […]

An information session for anyone who works with high school students who are applying to college in CS or a related field. Learn about the differences between programs at Oregon universities, about community college transfer and terminal programs.

My intent is to give teachers a hands on experience with coding and robotics to see that there are wonderful opportunities for elementary school students to give them a taste of technology and programming. I want to show teachers that you don’t need a degree in computer programming to give students a meaningful exposure to […]

Are you interested in bringing digital learning into your classroom? This workshop is especially for teachers who are learning along with their students. We will explore different ways to integrate coding and other digital skills into your existing lessons across several disciplines as well as giving you some new lesson plans to take back to your students. We will give you sample lesson plans and show how they relate to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

We welcome elementary school teachers and middle school teachers (new to computer science education) to sign up for this free, high-quality professional development workshop from an experienced computer science facilitator. The workshop will provide an intro to computer science, pedagogy, overview of the online curriculum, teacher dashboard, and strategies for teaching “unplugged” classroom activities. Day […]