Welcome!
Thank you for your interest in participating in our computer science day that leads up to Computer Science Week! The Santa Clara County Office of Education, Silicon Valley Education Foundation, Tech Interactive, and the Krause Center for Innovation have collaborated to create this opportunity. This site will include information on the presenters, schedules, times, and any indoor masking policies that need to be followed during the in-person event. We hope that you enjoy it and will be excited to participate!
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General Information
Locations
In-Person
Santa Clara County Office of Education (Light Breakfast provided)
1290 Ridder Park Dr., San Jose, CA 95131
Online
Time
9 AM to 1 PM
Policies
If you are attending in-person, you must wear a mask at all times in the Santa Clara County Office of Education unless actively eating or drinking.
Prior to entry, you will also need to do a "health check". You will see a table set up at a door near the main entrance. You will show your health check there and will be allowed to enter.
WiFi is available at SCCOE. You must log in to SCCOE Visitor.
Presenters: Standard HDMI cables are available for your presentations. Please bring the appropriate dongle if you need one for your presentation.
General Schedule (For All)
9 AM - 9:45 AM: Welcome and Keynote
10 AM - 10:45 AM: Breakout session 1
11 AM - 11:45 AM: Breakout Session 2
12 PM - 12:45 PM: Breakout session 3
12:45 PM - 1 PM: Closing
Keynote
Carolyn Henry
Intel Corporation
Vice President and General Manager Americas Field Marketing
Carolyn Henry is the Vice President, GM of Americas Regional Marketing at Intel. In this role she is responsible for Intel’s exciting marketing activations across Canada, the United States, and Latin America. She leads a group of 70+ marketers across consumer, commercial, and gaming segments as well as enterprise and data center marketing. Carolyn holds a BA from Connecticut College, a Masters in Technical Communications from Northeastern University in Boston, certificates in marketing from Northwestern University in Chicago, and a certificate in poetry from Washington University. She is an active and passionate board member of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation focusing on STEM education for underserved young people in the Bay Area. Carolyn is a champion of women in technology and a believer in the power of technical education to help improve lives. She is an avid traveler, when the world permits, and enjoys learning new languages including Spanish, Portuguese and French. She lives and works in the Bay Area, California with her husband and young daughter.
Presenters
Connecting Micro:bit to Girls of Color
K-8 Teachers
11 AM to 11:45 AM
12 PM to 12:45 PM
Online
Cracking the Code: Integrating Cybersecurity into Your Curriculum
K-12 Teachers
11 AM to 11:45 AM
12 PM to 12:45 PM
Online
Leveraging "Non-Coding" CS Activities to Teach Science and Math Concepts
6-12 Teachers
10 AM to 10:45 AM
11 AM to 11:45 AM
Online
Arduinos: More Than Teaching Code
9-12 Teachers
10 AM to 10:45 AM
In-person (Oak Grove Room)
CS+Elementary is CS for All! Integrating Identity in CS through Scratch
K-5 Teachers
11 AM to 11:45 AM
12 PM to 12:45 PM
In-person (San Jose Room)
Opportunities in Computer Science Professional Learning and Supplementary Authorizations
K-12 Teachers
10 AM to 10:45 AM (***online)
11:00 AM to 11:45 AM
12:00 PM to 12:45 PM
In-person (ERC Room)
Inclusion, Empowerment & Joy in Mixed-Level Technical Classrooms
6-12 Teachers
11 AM to 11:45 AM
In-person (Oak Grove Room)
The Necessity of Computer Science Exposure
9-12 Teachers
12 PM to 12:45 PM
In-person (Oak Grove Room)
Using Scratch and Intermediate projects to practice STEAM + Literacy skills
3-8 Teachers
10 AM to 10:45 AM
12 PM to 12:45 PM
Online
General Schedule
In-person Schedule
10 AM to 10:45 PM
Anupama Gupta (San Jose Room)
Jim Burnham (Oak Grove Room)
Doreen Bonde (Morgan Hill Room)
11 AM to 11:45 AM
Bryan Flaig (San Jose Room)
Virginia Lehmkuhl-Dakhwe (ERC Room)
Lizzy Brooks (Oak Grove Room)
12 PM to 12:45 PM
Bryan Flaig (San Jose Room)
Virginia Lehmkuhl-Dakhwe (ERC Room)
Ashley Redhill (Oak Grove Room)
Online Schedule
10 AM to 10:45 PM
Jason Pittman (Breakout Room 1)
Julie Goo (Breakout Room 2)
Sean Glantz (Breakout Room 3)
Virginia Lehmkuhl-Dakhwe (Breakout Room 4)
11 AM to 11:45 AM
Carla Neely (Breakout Room 1)
Julie Goo (Breakout Room 2)
Sean Glantz (Breakout Room 3)
Svea Anderson (Breakout Room 4)
12 PM to 12:45 PM
Jason Pittman (Breakout Room 1)
Carla Neely (Breakout Room 2)
Svea Anderson Breakout Room 3)
Presentation Descriptions
Carla Neely, M.Ed. "Connecting Micro:bit to Girls of Color"
How to gain and sustain the interest of girls of color in Science and Computer Science by using the micro:bit. It is important to see that computer science can be integrated into all subjects. In addition, in order to increase the percentages of girls of color involved in CS, we have to change how CS is delivered to them.
Svea Anderson "Cracking the Code: Integrating Cybersecurity Into Your Curriculum"
Introducing students to Cybersecurity curriculum and careers is essential. In this workshop, I will introduce educators to resources that will seamlessly integrate quality, vetted, cybersecurity lessons into their curriculums. Educators do not need to teach CS or Cyber. The lessons were developed by classroom educators for educators who don't have CS backgrounds.
Sean Glantz "Leveraging "Non-Coding" CS Activities to Teach Science and Math Concepts"
We will explore how several different short lesson sequences from units 1-3 of code.org's free AP CSP curriculum can be used to teach stem concepts including number systems, ecological networks, and waves. We will also demonstrate how teachers and students can use App Lab with no prior coding experience to create simple apps that demonstrate learning about any topic.
Anupama Gupta "Coding with Dash Bots"
Teachers will learn how to code using the Blockly app and use the Dash Robots to solve a problem. Teachers will go through the Engineering Design process to solve a problem in the classroom.
Jim Burnham "Arduinos: More Than Teaching Code"
Integrate Arduino's, Sensors & Coding into any class (Have Fun Building Rube Goldberg Kinetic Machines & Teaching lot's of other sensor/data based Science)
Bryan Flaig "CS+Elementary is CS for All! Integrating Identity in CS through Scratch"
Using Scratch in 4th Grade to customize sprites to represent how you look and what's important to you.
Dr. Virginia Lehmkuhl-Dakhwe "Opportunities in Computer Science Professional Learning and Supplementary Authorizations"
Learn about the Professional Learning opportunities in interdisciplinary and computer science offered collaboratively by the San José State University Jay Pinson STEM Education program and on- and off- campus partners and organizations.
Lizzy Brooks, MFA "Inclusion, Empowerment & Joy in Mixed-Level Technical Classrooms"
Learn how to engage and empower learners coming from a wide variety of middle school experiences in Computer Science and Electronics. Participants will learn great strategies for creating equity and balanced engagement at all levels of a multi-skilled classroom. Participants will engage with Circuit Python, Trinket microcontrollers and neopixel light rings.
Doreen Bonde "Makey-Makey for Elementary!"
The Makey Makey is an invention kit for the 21st century that allows you to turn everyday objects into touchpads and controllers. In this introductory workshop, you'll learn how to use a Makey Makey to not only get students familiar with the basic components of a circuit (power source, wires, input and output) and how circuits interact with computers, but also how they can design and create game controllers, invent musical instruments, light up paper circuits, and more!
Julie Goo "Getting Started with Scratch"
Getting started with Scratch! No computer science experience? No problem! Come and learn about Scratch and some ready-to-use resources with your students. Recommended for Grades 4 - 8.
Ashley Redhill "The Necessity of Computer Science Exposure"
Learn why it’s essential to create a computer science program at your school that reflects the diversity of Silicon Valley. You will walk away with ready to use resources for any time and reasons for your students to persevere in CS.
Jason Pittman "Using Scratch and Intermediate projects to practice STEAM + Literacy"
Learn how to integrate computer science into all STEAM areas to help improve literacy. Teachers will walk away with tangible projects to practice with their students that are easy to use and engaging.