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Just a quick update about recent past and upcoming events.  On Saturday, March 18 we held our 1st professional development event of 2017. The 2017 SuperQuest Spring Conference & High School Programming Contest was a combined event held at George Fox University in Newberg, OR.  I will post a recap of those events later this […]

Almost two months into the new year, so time for a belated update on the Oregon CSTA’s upcoming events and workshops.  On Saturday, March 18 we will hold our 1st professional development event of 2017. The 2017 SuperQuest Spring Conference & High School Programming Contest will be a combined event held at George Fox University […]

Subscribers and newcomers to the OCSTA blog have probably noticed that things have been a little quiet around here lately.  It has been almost two months since our last blog post. That is about to change, starting with today’s blog post about next month’s upcoming Computer Science (CS) education events. One of the biggest CS […]

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity for Professional Development offered by the Oregon CSTA — Teachers teaching teachers. Learn about continued opportunities for receiving a stipend to join a Professional Learning Community (PLC), or how you can host a customized Pop-Up SuperQuest event at your school. Meet and network with other educators and CS professionals. […]

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. […]

Endgame: Connect industry with Oregon’s educational community, create student pathways to the world of work, develop student skills for success in life and in high-wage, high demand jobs, foster individual resilience and strengthen the workforce pipeline. Join us: people from technology industries, STEM programs, workforce organizations, expanded learning opportunity providers, K-12 and post-secondary computer science […]