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In addition, to the tools used in school, students also participate in technology events outside of school. Some events that staff and students have participated in include. COVID may impact the availability of these events. Please check their websites.
UMass Amherst's Women in Engineering Day . This annual event provides a keynote speaker, lunch discussion and several breakout sessions where students collaborate with hands-on STEM related activities. A great opportunity to hear from industry professionals, college professors and students. Last posting October 2019.
The Massachusetts Green High-Performance Computing Center. A state of the art-green data center that provides tours for interested schools and students. A must see facility!
Fitchburg Programming Competition. This bi-yearly high school programming competition provides opportunities for teams of up to 4 students. Teams work together to solve problems by writing and testing code. Teams are scored based on correct responses and the time required to complete the problems.
The Hour of Code. I have worked with students k-12 during National Computer Science Ed Week to run Hour of Code activities since it's inception. After my first successful year at the high school, I developed a program providing opportunity for high school students to become district ambassadors. These students not only ran sessions in the high school for their peers but they also traveled to other schools in their district to run programs for the younger grades.
Digital Cafe. The Digital Cafe events were designed for students and staff to showcase their works and how technology impacts their life and learning. We always have an amazing group of students and staff with ideas to share. Last run in May of 2017 when working as a coach at the Groton-Dunstable Regional High School. Alternative resource.
The Technovation Challenge. A great opportunity for young women entrepreneurs. Teams of up to 5 young women each, work together to design a mobile app while covering all of the other bases needed to build a start up. It's much more than coding. Think business plan, logo design, marketing research, surveying your audience and then some.
Outside of student events and opportunities, I have been a member of the Computer Science Teachers Association since 2012. I am in my second term as the Greater Boston chapter Co-President. In July of 2021 I became the National K-8 representative. In addition to this role, I provide professional development opportunities for educators that focus on digital literacy and computer science.
CSTA New England Regional Conference lead organizer in 2019 at Boston University and again in 2020 in our first virtual conference.
Scratch Meetup Co-Founder of the Groton Educator Meetup. We held the first ever virtual meetup in March of 2019 as a result of the COVID shutdown.
Workshops for educators thanks to funding by @CSforMA.
Online graduate course facilitator.
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