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.
Teachers
Gary Laipply
Gary Laipply will share some of his experiences from five years of managing 30 iPads in his 6th-grade Social Studies classroom at Talent Middle School.
Pete Steinfeld
Pete Steinfeld is recently retired from IBM after 41 years as a software developer and development manager. He’s practiced Agile Development for over 10 years.
Chris Bartlo
Chris’ “fairly broad background” in professional, academic and educational fields supports developing interesting curriculum that is relevant to students. He still does occasional development work (making websites, designing financial models, etc.) as well as working on a few secret projects for his classroom.
Dale Jordan
Dale has been a stalwart support on the ORTOP tournament circuit as FTC Judge Advisor and FTC Field Tech Advisor. Dale has been bringing his soft-spoken expertise to ORTOP training seminars and SuperQuest workshops for years.
Chris Winikka
Chris Winikka always loved computers ever since he wrote his first program in the mid-80s on an Atari 800. Even though he majored in writing, he was drawn back to computers when a friend taught him to code his first website on TextEdit in 1995.