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CSTA 2020 Virtual Conference

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Speakers

Michelle Friend (she/her)

CSTA Board Member

Corrinne Sande

Conference Presenter

Nancy Stevens

Conference Presenter

Andrea Wilson Vazquez (she/her)

Conference Presenter

David Pratt

Conference Presenter

Staci Trekles

Conference Presenter

Katie Henry

Conference Presenter

Samantha Lindgren

Conference Presenter

Shana V. White (she/her)

CSTA Equity Fellow

Kristeen Shabram (she/her)

CSTA Conference Committee Member

Kristina Wambold (she/her)

Conference Presenter

Shaun Hurley

Conference Presenter

Shanti' Coaston

CSTA Equity Fellow

Daniel Moix (he/him/his)

CSTA Conference Committee Member

Michelle Wendt (◕‿◕✿)

Conference Presenter

Charity Freeman (she/her)

CSTA Equity Fellow

Noelle Valentine

CSTA Equity Fellow

Bob Irving

Conference Presenter

Bill Marsland 🏳️‍🌈 (he/him/his)

Conference Presenter

Jason Bohrer

CSTA Chapter Relations Manager

Jana Sebestik

Conference Presenter

Ron Woerner (Volunteer)

Conference Presenter

Bert Jacoby

Conference Presenter

Kelly Lougheed

Conference Presenter

Pamela Whitlock

Conference Presenter

Brianna Wilkinson (she)

Conference Presenter

Douglas Edwards

Conference Presenter

Stacy Byous

Conference Presenter

Philip East

CSTA Conference Committee Member

Jake Baskin (He/Him/His)

CSTA Executive Director

Alexis Menocal Harrigan

Conference Presenter

Bryan Twarek

CSTA Director of Education

Erika Burt

CSTA Project Manager

Yana Baker

CSTA Office Manager

Stacy Jeziorowski

CSTA Marketing and Communications Manager

Daniel Rosenstein CSTA (He/Him)

CSTA Manager of Philanthropy and Community Partnerships

Michelle Burton (she/her)

CSTA Event Manager

Emma Nyssen (she/her)

CSTA Events Intern

Hilah Barbot [Amazon Future Engineer]

Conference Presenter

Caroline Meeks

Conference Presenter

Chris Proctor

Conference Presenter

Charlotte Dungan

Conference Presenter

Daryl Pfeif

Conference Presenter

Diane Levitt

Conference Presenter

Ed Campos Jr

Conference Presenter

Halie Waddell

Conference Presenter

Eva Bradshaw (she/her)

Conference Presenter

Beryl Hoffman

Conference Presenter

Ian MacIntyre

Conference Presenter

Jacqueline Russell

Conference Presenter

Jared Amalong

Conference Presenter

Sarah Jenevein

Conference Presenter

John Balash

Conference Presenter

Jessie McKinley (he/him) 🏳‍🌈

Conference Presenter

Karen Brennan

Conference Presenter

Katie (she/her) Hessen

Conference Presenter

Laura Peters

Conference Presenter

Lisa Bohaty

Conference Presenter

Maria Olekheyko

Conference Presenter

Chris Mayfield

Conference Presenter

Mariana Hernandez

Conference Presenter

Mary Fries (she or they)

Conference Presenter

James (Jimmy) Newland

Conference Presenter

Mark Miller

Conference Presenter

Francisco Nieto

Conference Presenter

Pat Yongpradit

Conference Presenter

Pauline Lake (She/Her/Hers)

Conference Presenter

Alli Pontious

Conference Presenter

Rachelle Haroldson (she/her/hers)

Conference Presenter

Ruth Farmery (she/her)

Conference Presenter

Ryan Lindsay

Conference Presenter

Shaina Glass

Conference Presenter

Sarah Wharton

Conference Presenter

Philip Taylor

Conference Presenter

Travonte' Easley

Conference Presenter

Wendy Lint

Conference Presenter

Grant Smith

Conference Presenter

Valerie Brock

Conference Presenter

Barbara Ericson

Conference Presenter

Brian Harvey

Conference Presenter

Barbara Liedahl

Conference Presenter

Betty Love

Conference Presenter

Brandy Hicks

Conference Presenter

Donald Slater

Conference Presenter

Elissa Hozore

Conference Presenter

Emily Gray

Conference Presenter

Mayra Bachrach

Conference Presenter

Florence Sullivan

Conference Presenter

Joe Mazzone

Conference Presenter

Kathleen Kalata

Conference Presenter

Kathleen Fugle

Conference Presenter

Maria Yniguez

Conference Presenter

Merijke Coenraad

Conference Presenter

Neil Rickus

Conference Presenter

Nathaniel Stottlemyer

Conference Presenter

Andrew Petusky

Conference Presenter

Nicholas Zufelt

Conference Presenter

Sheena Vaidyanathan

Conference Presenter

Mike Zamansky

Conference Presenter

Jihye Kim

Conference Presenter

YOUNGMI KANG

Conference Presenter

Taylor Want

Conference Presenter

Caitlin Quarrington (she/her)

Conference Presenter

Joe Coglianese

Conference Presenter

Kiran Bhardwaj

Conference Presenter

Jeffrey Popyack

Conference Presenter

Deborah Seehorn

Conference Presenter

Amanda Glover (she/her)

Conference Presenter

Kris Beck

Conference Presenter

Miles Berry

CSTA Board Member

Katie Hendrickson

Conference Presenter

Corey Rogers (she|her)

Conference Presenter

Jen Smith

CSTA Conference Chair

L Susan Brown

Conference Presenter

Amy Hobson

Conference Presenter

Vicky Sedgwick (she/her/hers)

CSTA Conference Committee Member

Jen Manly

CSTA Conference Committee Member

Dr. Abigail Joseph (she/her)

CSTA Equity Fellow

Jared O'Leary (they/he/she)

Conference Presenter

David Weintrop

Conference Presenter

Jonathan Montoya

Conference Presenter

Baker Franke

Conference Presenter

Andrew Pasquale

Conference Presenter

Lionel Bergeron

Conference Presenter

Lois Byars

Conference Presenter

Brandon Milonovich

Conference Presenter

Joseph Yavelak

Conference Presenter

Maria Sellers

Conference Presenter

Ramsey Young

Conference Presenter

Todd Lash (He/Him)

CSTA Equity Fellow

Mary Wilson

Conference Presenter

LaVar McCline

Conference Presenter

Chuck English

Conference Presenter

Ivy Daniels

Conference Presenter

Dana Saito Stehberger

Conference Presenter

Katherine Livick (she/her)

Conference Presenter

Jake Duke 🏳‍🌈 (he/him/his)

Conference Presenter

Maureen Reyes

Conference Presenter

Philip Peavy

Conference Presenter

Tim Gallagher

Conference Presenter

Emily Smith

Conference Presenter

Deborah Kariuki

CSTA Conference Committee Member

Dan Schneider (He/Him/His)

CSTA Conference Committee Member

Derek Babb (he/him)

CSTA Conference Committee Member

Crystal Furman

Conference Presenter

Kelly Powers

Conference Presenter

Erica Roberts (she/her)

Conference Presenter

Sabrina Grossman

Conference Presenter

Kristin Sweeney

Conference Presenter

Rosemary Bianchi

Conference Presenter

Marnie Hill (she/her)

Conference Presenter

Dave Ballard

Conference Presenter

Leiny Garcia

Conference Presenter

Sarah Judd (they/them)

Conference Presenter

Kimberly Hermans

Conference Presenter

Erin Cawley

Conference Presenter

Michelle Kennedy

Conference Presenter

Eric Brown

Conference Presenter

Rebecca Luebker (She/Her)

CSTA Equity Fellow

Kibret Yebetit

Conference Presenter

Natalie Freed

Conference Presenter

Shameeka Emanuel

Conference Presenter

Justin Cannady

Conference Presenter

Lissie Fein

Conference Presenter

Cassy Soden

Conference Presenter

John Kelly

Conference Presenter

Cheri Bortleson 🏳‍🌈 (she/her/hers)

Conference Presenter

Jackie Corricelli

CSTA Equity Fellow

Alfred Thompson (he/him)

Conference Presenter

Eoghan Casey

Conference Presenter

Tammy Pirmann

CSTA Conference Committee Member

Maya Israel

Conference Presenter

Dominic Letarte

Conference Presenter

Colleen Lewis

Conference Presenter

Rene Wilson

Conference Presenter

Michael Pothast

Conference Presenter

Alexandra Harman

Conference Presenter

Nicki Washington

Conference Presenter

Francis Vigil

Conference Presenter

Frieda McAlear

Conference Presenter

Kim Scardino

Apple Education

Rafi Santo

Conference Presenter

Arelia Jones [GitHub] (she/her)

GitHub Education

Cassandra Fernandes

Google

Brendan Chan (he, him)

Google

Stellaluna Lopez-Ramirez

Student Conference Presenter

Mya Tomoto

Student Conference Presenter

Linda Liukas

Keynote Presenter

Lana Student

Student Conference Presenter

Jean J. Ryoo

Conference Presenter

Roxanne Moore

Conference Presenter

Leon LaSpina

Conference Presenter

JonAlf Dyrland-Weaver

Conference Presenter

Natasha Singer

Conference Presenter

Michelle G. Lee (she/her)

Equity Fellow

Saber Khan (he/him)

Conference Presenter

Blythe Samuels

Conference Committee Member

Danyelle Larkin

Conference Presenter

Ryan Somma

Conference Presenter

Han Liu

Conference Presenter

Grant Hosford

Conference Presenter

Mary Holmes

Conference Presenter

Lisa Ferran

Conference Presenter

Lien Diaz (she/her)

Conference Presenter

Andrew Berns

Conference Presenter

Suzy Cox

Conference Presenter

Shuchi Grover

Conference Presenter

Leanna Prater

LEGO Education

Angi Chau

Conference Presenter

Matt Mena-Landry

Conference Presenter

Ruha Benjamin

Keynote Presenter

Tina Ornduff

Google Presenter

Jennifer Parham-Mocello

Google Presenter

Chris Stephenson

Google Presenter

Jeff Olson

GitHub Education Presenter

Shayla Sharp

Student Presenter

Nick Grzeda

LEGO Education Presenter

Tara Lash

Conference Presenter

Scott Nichols

Conference Presenter

Hadi Partovi

Keynote Presenter

Cindy Wong

Equity Fellow

Andrea Cohan

Google Presenter

Cynthia Estrada

Conference Presenter

Jason W. Bohrer

CSTA Chapter Relations Manager

Anupama Shekhar

Conference Presenter

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Hosted by

Computer Science Teachers Association

CSTA is a voice for teachers, driven by teachers. We plan events to help teachers come together to share resources for their students.

Booths

CSTA

Connecting CS Teachers Globally

Amazon Future Engineer

Computer science opportunities, from childhood to career

Amazon Future Engineer

Computer science opportunities, from childhood to career

Microsoft

Computer Science with Minecraft: Education Edition

Microsoft

Computer Science and Computational Thinking

Google

Thank you for your dedication to teach, inspire, & motivate students in all circumstances.

Google

Speak with the Google team & PD Providers about our programs

LEGO® Education

Hands-On Playful STEAM Learning

Dominion Energy

Visit Dominion Energy’s exhibit booth to learn more about our commitment to clean energy and enter for a chance to win one of three sets of hanging solar outdoor lights. The first 100 people to view our video and chat with us about our solar fleet’s rank in the U.S. will be entered to win.

GitHub Education

Real-world tools for you and your classroom

GitHub Education

Real-world tools for you and your classroom

Edhesive

A complete program for any school

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Offering graduate programs in CS Education

Wonder Workshop

We’re helping you create tomorrow’s out-of-the-box innovators.

The College of St. Scholastica

The National Center for Computer Science Education

Girls Who Code

Teaching girls to code and change the world!

EiE, Museum of Science Boston

Create a Generation of Problem Solvers

College Board

Clearing a path for all students to own their future

WeTeach_CS - UT Austin

WeTeach_CS and you can too!

CodeCombat

The most engaging way to learn computer science

The Digital Academy

Teach CS Remotely

Firia Labs

Leading Python & Robotics Curricula

CYBER.ORG

Empowering Educators to Teach Cyber

Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

Rewarding & Inspiring Great Teaching Since 1983

Popfizz Computer Science

Online CS Pathway for Grades 6-12 & PD for Educators

UTeach Computer Science

Project-based, personally meaningful curriculum for AP CS Principles and AP CS A (College Board–endorsed provider)

VEX Robotics

The Leader in Educational Robotics

Technology Student Association

CS Competitions to Enhance Curriculum

ReadyAI

Empowering all students to improve our world with AI

Robolink

Teaching coding drones, AI, and self-driving car technology for the classroom

Make School

A new college in the heart of San Francisco focused on Applied Computer Science

Infosys Foundation USA

Advancing CS and maker ed across the US

Nearpod

Nearpod / Flocabulary

Creating Apps in Code.org's App Lab

Learn how to use App Lab for your students to design their own mobile app.

Beauty and Joy of Computing

An AP CS Principles Course

UBTECH Education

Informed by science standards, inspired by the joy of the build, and engineered to develop real-world skills

EarSketch

Remix Your Code

CMU CS Academy

Computer science free for everyone, designed for you.

BootUp Professional Development

Now, Coding is Elementary

Certiport

Globally recognized coding, programming, and security certifications for college and career readiness

Phidgets Inc.

Enhance your STEM class with Phidgets.

Terminal Two

Play! It's in our code. Engage your students to learn Computer Science concepts and computational thinking with tools they already love to play.

CreatiCode

Coding and AI Curriculum for Primary Schools

Oracle Academy

Advancing computing education around the world

Learn2Code.Live

Integrating Computer Science in K-12 Classrooms

CompTIA

Information Technology (IT) Certifications

IBM

Free credential-earning online courses

CEROC @ Tennessee Tech University

The Place to Be for Cyber in Tennessee

Co-Robotics Curriculum: Robots, Drones, + Humans

This poster presents a co-robotics curriculum, designed to broaden the participation of middle-school Latina girls in CS, which combines humans, robots, and drones in a disaster recovery challenge.

Golden ratio of 90-minute makercoding training program

This session presents a formula for a 90-minute makercoding training program for creating a smart police robot, developed at the Daegu National Science Museum. The golden ratio includes 10 minutes of model story, 35 minutes each of block assembly and coding, and 10 minutes of visual storytelling.

Programming in the Palm of your Hand with Ozobots!

Ozobots are small robots that can be programmed on paper, via apps, and on PCs or Chromebooks. Students learn sequential thinking, syntax, and debugging while playing games and creating racecourses.

Research Experience for Teachers as Professional Development

This poster session will provide an overview of a two-summer research experience for teachers at Rice University and its results for AP Physics classroom instruction.

Rollin' with Robots

This session explores ways to incorporate robots in the middle school CS curriculum. I will share my successes with Ozobots and Cue Roborts and help you organize and learn from my experiences.

You Don't Have to be a Genius to Learn How to Code

This poster shows how I created a comprehensive CS curriculum for grades seven and eight, using robotics, Scratch, Code.org, and other platforms.

Introducing Computer Science with Processing

Our school uses Processing (Processing.org) to introduce students in grades six and up to Java programming. This poster will include static student work, and screens will be used to demonstrate dynamic capabilities.

Playing with Purpose: More Ideas to "Play" in Your Classroom

Using three books as inspiration, I will explore how purposeful play, inclusive environments, and a positive culture improve student outcomes.

Preparing the K-20 Cybersecurity Workforce

This session teaches how to build from scratch and/or enhance an existing STEM or cybersecurity program at minimal or no cost, by partnering with NICERC and the Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Academy.