Teachers

John has been a CTE teacher for over 30 years. He currently is running the Oregon Fab Lab with the Northwest Regional Educational District.

Randy Macdonald is currently in his 1st year as a Computer Science Teacher at Corvallis High School. Randy recently obtained CTE Restricted Licence. Previously Randy served for 3 years as a Program Manager of Superquests for the Oregon CSTA. Randy also have extensive experience teaching Computer Science in Digital Literacy in the after school space, […]

Greg Mulder has been teaching physics and physical sciences at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, Oregon for the past 20 years. Classes that Greg teaches includes Physics, Astronomy, Energy and Society, Quarks to Cosmos, Computational Physics and a variety of other fun physical sciences classes. Greg is the faculty mentor of the LBCC Remotely Operate […]

Heather Marrs (hmarrs24@gmail.com) is a third grade teacher at Eagle Rock Elementary in Eagle Point, Oregon. She has been a classroom teacher for 10 years. In addition to being a teacher, Heather is also an EdTech Teacher Leader for the Eagle Point School District which includes providing EdTech Professional Development, mentoring, modeling, and supporting other […]

Becci Buenau (bbuenau44@gmail.com) earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics at Western Oregon University. Then earned a Master’s in Education from the University of Oregon. Becci has been teaching high school math for 12 years, and ECS for 3 years.

Katie is a certified classroom elementary teacher and a Technology TOSA in Beaverton, Oregon. She graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington and recently completed the MAET program at Michigan State University. She is a mom of two little girls, wife/travel partner, runner and fly fisher. For the last 9 years, her and her husband […]

Nikki Kolb is a teacher and FLL Robotics coach at Riverside Elementary in Grants Pass. She’s a graduate of the University of Idaho and currently a grad student at Western Governors University in Learning Technology.

Tisha is a passionate culinary arts teacher that loves bringing food and technology together to inspire students to learn in new ways.

JP Newman believes that appropriate use of technology can help everyone be a hero. He is committed to the joint concepts that technology enhances excellent instruction and that everyone can find success, given adequate instruction and support.

Melissa Kessler is the Technology Department Head at Valley Catholic and is a Digital Citizenship Certified Educator. Melissa also works with Saturday Academy teaching programming courses for beginners.