Presentations & Trainings
If you have attended a session or workshop presented by Vicky, you can find resources here.
Upcoming Presentations/Trainings:
Spring CUE (3/21/25 9am) -Peeking Under The AI Hood: (Mostly) Unplugged Activities For Grades K-2
Past Presentations/Trainings:
2024:
AI for CA CSEdWeek 2024 - Where Did AI Come From & Where Might It Be Headed?
CSTA Conference - Peeking Under The AI Hood: Unplugged Activities For Grades K-2
AI for CA Day of AI 2024 - How Can Computers Use Data To Understand The World?
RCOE AI Summit - Peeking Under The AI Hood - Teaching Elementary Students About AI
2023:
CA CDE: Demystifying AI: Looking Under the Hood (with Katherine Goyette, Rudy Escobar, & Matt Johnson)
AIforCA CSEdWeek 2023 - Teaching Impacts of CS with AI: How does technology change the way we tell stories with pictures?
CSTA CSEdWeek 2023 Preview: Sharing Ideas For Teaching Impacts Of Computing Through The Lens Of AI … and in other ways
Region 7 Computer Science Equity Network Meeting 11/2: Getting Ready For CSEdWeek
Region 7 Computer Science Equity Network Meeting 8/31: Peeking Under The AI Hood - Teaching Students About AI
Impacts of Computing Summit: Use Impacts of Computing Standards To Teach About AI In Elementary
CUE STEMposium: Computer Science is STEM (with Myra Deister)
CSTA GLA Sept 2023: Improving Your Practice With CSTA Standards For CS Teachers
2021:
To Code + Beyond: Toolkits for Change - Standards for CS Teachers and Related Resources (with Bryan Twarek, Deborah Seehorn, Shaina Glass, Janice Mak, Dianne O’Grady-Cunniff, & GT Wrobel) (Guidance for Reflective Teachers)
CSTA Future of CS Summit - Integrating AI in the K-5 Classroom Session (with Kelly Powers & Alexis Cobo)
2020:
Fall CUE Conference - Computer Science From a Distance (with Myra Deister)
CSTA 2020 Conference
Formative Assessment and Feedback for CS Learning (with Shuchi Grover, Kelly Powers, & Daniel Moix)
Learning Activities for Teaching AI in K–5 (with Kelly Powers)
Teaching AI Across K–12: What's New? (with Deborah Seehorn, Kelly Powers, Sheena Vaidyanathan, & Jared Amalong)
Constellations Virtual Computer Science Professional Development Summit - Panel: Why should Artificial Intelligence be part of Georgia's CS courses? (K-2 Slides)
Summer of CS: CSTA California Workshop for Teachers - K-2 Slides
Spring CUE Conference: Computer Science From a Distance (with Myra Deister)
2019:
CC Fest Los Angeles - Let's Get Physical With micro:bits
CSTA 2019 Conference - K-5 CS is NOT Just Coding: Teaching Non-Algorithms & Programming Standards Workshop (with Bill Marsland)
Arcadia Innovation Summit - Micro:bit 101
2018:
SDCUE Tech Fair - Micro:bit 101
SGVCUE Innovation Celebration - Micro:bit 101
CSTA 2018 Conference - Infusing Literacy in the K-5 Classroom with Computer Science Workshop (with Bill Marsland & Todd Lash)
CS for All Teachers Webinar - Fun with micro:bits! How this tiny computer can bring learning and fun to your classroom (with others)
OCCUE Tech Fest - Micro:Bit 101
2017:
San Diego CUE Tech Fair - Tynker-ing With Code
Gold Coast CUE TechTober 17 - Tynker-ing With Code
SGVCUE Innovation Celebration - Coding With Scratch Jr Workshop
CSTA 2017 Conference - Build Your K-8 CS Superpowers With Social Media (with Todd Lash)
SGVCUE Coffee Break - Scratching the Itch to Code
OCCUE Tech Fest - Coding (with Jennifer Wagner)
2016:
San Diego CUE Tech Fair - Primary Programmers & Super Coders
Gold Coast CUE Fall Expo - Super Coders
CUE Rockstar Black Label - Training the Wizards of the Future
CUE Rockstar Black Label - Primary Programmers
CUE 2016 National Conference - Computer Science across the Elementary Curriculum with iPad Apps
2015:
OCCUE Tech Fest - Take a Ride on Google Slides
CUELA Tech Fair - Take a Ride on Google Slides
SDCUE Tech Fair - Code to Create on Tablet Devices
Fall CUE Conference:
CUE Rockstar Jam Session - Sphero Speedway (with Sam Patterson)
San Gabriel Valley CUE Tech Fair - Creation Through Coding on iPads
GoldCoast CUE Tech Fair - Creating With Code on iPads
InTELA Tech Day - Creation Through Coding on iPads
Annual CUE Conference 2015 - Coding on iPads
Orange County CUE Tech Fest - Coding on iPads
TSS Teacher Technology Integration Day, Ventura County - Computer Science Across the Curriculum With Scratch
2014:
San Diego CUE Tech Fair - Coding on iPads
Fall CUE Conference - Coding on iPads & The Pedagogy of Programming (co-presented with Sam Patterson)
Gold Coast CUE Tech Fair - Computer Science With Scratch
San Gabriel Valley CUE Tech Fair - Computer Science With Scratch
CUE Annual Conference - Training the Wizards of the Future
Orange County CUE Tech Fest - Google Sites 101 & Beyond The Hour of Code - Infusing Computer Science into Middle School & High School Classrooms (co-presented with Myra Deister)
2013:
San Diego CUE Tech Fair - Digital Citizenship
SGVCUE Tech Fair - Programming
CUE Rockstar Solana Beach - Google Sites, Smart Phone Photography, Programming
2011:
Orange County CUE Tech Fest - Blogging with Students - Getting Started on Paper
T.E.L.L. Conference - Being A Lifelong Learner