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Nifty Lesson Prestentors:
Grades 9 to 12
Tech Current Events - get your students talking about "the real world"! Have them talk about tech companies, debate different topics, and teach each other what is going on in the tech world.
Lori Piazza is a math and computer science teacher at Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren, NJ. She has been teaching AP CSP for 6 years using code.org’s curriculum.
Grades 6-8
JS Pong Game Tutorial - A Fun, Quick, and Easy-to-Implement Game Design Lesson
Toni Dunlap - My equity fellows bio: Toni Dunlap currently serves as a computer science (CS) educator and the Middle School Service-Learning Representative at Princeton Day School in New Jersey. She teaches CS at the 6th – 12th grade level. Toni – a native of Atlanta, GA – moved to Colorado pursue an undergraduate degree in CS from the University of Denver. During her time in college, Toni recognized she had a passion for working in roles that involve mentorship, lesson planning, community organizing, and exposing others (especially underrepresented communities) to CS/STEAM fields. This ultimately led her to pursue a teaching career, which has proven to be a perfect fit - a position that allows her to explore both her love of CS and people. In partnership with Princeton Day School, Toni got her start in education via the Day School Teaching Residency (DSTR) program at the University of Pennsylvania. The 2022-23 school year marks her 4th year of teaching.
Digital Citizenship in the Real World.
Sue Casey - Suzanne is in her 22nd year teaching as the K-8 Technology teacher at OLGC in Moorestown, NJ. She was the 2020 NJ Teacher of the Year (non-public). She was a coach for the First Lego League Robotics team, moderator for the school's TV News, and is passionate about all things tech.
Grades K to 5
Animated Fish Tank - Students upload fish tank background images and then use shapes in Google Drawings to create sea creatures. The sea creatures are then programmed to swim around.
Paige Besthoff has been a Computer Science teacher for 23 years, teaching elementary Computer Science for 7 of those years, and have been a CSTA member for 5 years. Formerly from NYC, I currently teach in Spotswood, NJ. She facilitate workshops in partnership with Code.org and the TCNJ Central New Jersey Computer Science Education Hub, Rutgers CS Hub, and the Kean University CS Hub and frequently presents at CSTA, ISTE, and other CS and technology education conferences across the country.
