Ken Cone (kencone@gmail.com) has 14 years of experience with LEGO robotics. He has taught classes for ORTOP, SuperQuest, and assisted in school classrooms. He has been an ORTOP head Judge and teaches ORTOP Coaching workshops. Ken is one of the primary developers of the SuperQuest video training lessons. Ken has extensive technical background in LEGO Mindstorms.
Ken Cone
Janice Jones
I have a Bachelors In Business from Oregon State University and a Master in Education and a Library Media Specialist Endorsement from George Fox. I was the Library Media Specialist for Salem Keizer School District for 11 years. I am currently the technology teacher and STEAM teacher at North Marion Intermediate School (Grades 3-5).
Laser Cutter Workshop for Makerspace Educators!
Skill Level: Beginning through advanced classroom educators are encouraged to attend. Description: The laser cutter is every maker’s dream tool. Whether you want to etch detailed graphics, cut intricate patterns, or fabricate complex 3D objects, this tool will do it. Whether you’ve got access to a laser cutter or not, this class will teach you […]
Overlearning AP CS Java – Advanced CS Topics
Day 1: Review encapsulation, inheritance, abstract classes and interfaces and potentially recursion. Day 2: Advanced Collections: linked lists, hash maps and tree maps. Day 3: Advanced Sorting techniques – algorithm, coding, speed and purpose – Shell, radix, quick and heap. Additional topics: AP Exam Helps – “”Smart and Lazy”” tricks for teacher who has taught […]
Teaching Cybersecurity in HS: A Crash Course
Cyber security is one of the most in-demand technology jobs in the world with an incredible employment gap. This workshop focuses on giving technology teachers enough resources and background on cyber security so that they can consider offering either a semester-long, or even year-long course in cyber security topics. Participant should bring their own laptops–Windows, […]
Game Design with Unity3D & Agile Development
Create a game using the Unity framework in this hands-on workshop. We will practice Agile Development to set goals and track our progress. We will base this course on Unity’s free Educator Toolkit. All work will be done on Windows PC’s using free software. We will supply computers and software. Bring your enthusiasm and your […]
Curriculum, Pedagogy and Dual Credit
Teach smarter, not harder. Topics include: Review of free MOOC's, self graded formative and summative assessments (Examview and Flubaroo), AP CS Curriculum, and Design Thinking game engines, using Google Forms to gather student growth data for teacher evaluation, and much more...
CS Sampler: Robots (Ozobots, OSMO, Dot, Dash) & Scratch / Code.org
This course is for teachers in Kinder through 5th grade, or grades higher that have no experience with computer coding, or with robotics. We will be demonstrating and giving teachers the opportunity to experience the learning process to usee Ozobots, OSMO, Dot, and Dash Robots. To teach coding we will use OSMO as well as […]
CS Principles Workshop
The new AP CS Principles course is designed to be a college level course that focuses on topics in Computer Science beyond programming (although it includes that as well). It is appropriate as both a rigorous first course in CS for students with little to no experience, as well as a course to expose students […]
Chromebooks in the Classroom
This three day workshop leads participants through a developmental sequence of instruction aimed at building competence and confidence to successfully use Google Apps in teaching, curriculum design, and professional practice. Day 1: Google Apps Production Tools Understand Google Drive as a functional umbrella Use Google Docs effectively Organize content in Google Drive Day 2: Google […]