Computational Thinking

Promised updates to previous OCSTA event presentations are up: BEC STEMConnect 2016 Impact and Stakeholder reports posted.  Summarized: Chris Stephenson from Google on “And Now the Hard Work Begins: Achieving the Promise of Computer Science Education”, original slides included. Summarized: Exploring CS and NCWIT resources for inclusive CS education with Joanne Goode, UO, and Jane Krauss, NCWIT. […]

SuperQuest Eugene wrapped Friday, August 5, but not before we got a great talk from Joanna Goode, one of the co-authors of the Exploring Computer Science Curriculum, and her occasional colleague and co-champion of inclusive pedagogy, Jane Krauss. They talked about Equity and Inclusion in Computer Science. Joanna, from the University of Oregon’s School of […]

Chris Stephenson‘s SuperQuest presentation “And Now the Hard Work Begins: Achieving the Promise of Computer Science Education” was live-posted from SuperQuest in early August and I have now added the promised summary/scaffolding. Chris Stephenson is the Head of CS Education Programs at Google, the former founding Executive Director of ACM’s Computer Science Teacher Association, and a Eugene resident. […]

To paraphrase Ruthe Farmer, the White House’s Tech Inclusion Advisor: We must include everyone, not just for the social and economic justice issues, but for the necessary diversity of thought to drive innovation. We must recognize the components of equity:   Diversity: counting who is in the room. Access: Who knows the room exists? Who has […]

Saturday morning bright and early 70+ people gathered at Mentor Graphics Commons to discuss Computer Science (CS) Education in Oregon. The packed half-day agenda was put together by the Oregon Computer Science Teachers Association (OCSTA), and gives OCSTA food for thought for similar events in the future. Speakers and their bios are listed here. Key […]

 Registrations for all 7 sites now open. More Graduate Credit options approved. More courses at multiple sites. New courses. FAQ added to the pulldown menu. Change of venue in Wilsonville. Check it out at oregoncsta.org. Changes have been coming fast and furious — kinda like playing PacMan or Asteroids, so I have been mostly absent from […]

Where can I register? Everywhere I click on the photo, I end up in Wilsonville. Oops! Apologies, we left up a prototype. We expect to have it fixed by Monday. As of Friday, June 10, 6:49 pm, click on these links for more info and to find the bright orange registration buttons under the list of […]

Congratulations to Dr. Chris Stephenson, Eugene resident and resident Google guru of CS Education. Chris, the former (and first) executive director of the national Computer Science Teachers Association, has been awarded the Association of Computing Machinery’s Presidential Award, in recognition of her landmark work in CS education advocacy. And, because Chris is Google’s lead on […]