FTC

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. […]

Don Domes gives his class of teachers a small number of LEGO pieces, access to some student-appropriate internet resources, a worksheet, markers, whiteboards, lots of hands on time to practice, and very little lecturing. Some teachers have no previous experience, some have a couple of years, but all are engaged and making progress at showing […]

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 […]

Oregon has multiple robotics organizations and leagues supporting authentic STEM learning. In no particular order: Oregon Robotics Tournament and Outreach Program runs the tournament circuits for FIRST(tm) robotics. FIRST is an international organization For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, spearheaded by the inventor of the Segway, Dean Kamen. Junior FIRST LEGO League, ages […]