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 […]
Heather Marrs
LEGO Robotics – Level 2, Mechanical
This level is for those who already have good programming skills with motors, touch sensors, and light sensors. You will build and program a series of LEGO mechanical apparatus that, combined with motors or sensors, allow us to accomplish tasks. We will start with grippers and then do lifting as well as a variety of […]
Teaching College Prep Computer Science
Want to teach high school college prep computer science? This workshop will combine pedagogy as well as course content for teaching a semester or full year CS course.
Becci Buenau
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 White
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
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 Richmond
Tisha is a passionate culinary arts teacher that loves bringing food and technology together to inspire students to learn in new ways.
JP Newman
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
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.
Greg Smith
Greg Smith (smith_greg@salkeiz.k12.or.us) is a veteran FIRST(tm) Tech Challenge (FTC) and VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) coach, and a long time teacher with a passion for helping students succeed. Currently, Greg teaches computer science, robotics and engineering courses at West Salem High School, while coaching an active VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) club of five to eight teams. […]