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Jeff is a Computer Science Instructor at Shasta College, located in Redding, California. Prior to this position, he taught Business and Technology classes at the high school level for 15 years. He earned a B.S. in Management Information Systems from California State University, Chico, and then an MBA from Corban University in Salem, Oregon. Jeff is currently working with his area high schools to help integrate CS programs that include App Inventor, Vex Robotics, and Python programming. He is also working with his peers to incorporate App Inventor into the Intro to Computer Science courses at Shasta College. Jeff is passionate about teaching and encourages students from all disciplines to learn App Inventor because it is a fun way to discover coding. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, which includes traveling, playing roller hockey, going to see movies, and gaming with the family.

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Bryan Twarek ("BT") is the computer science coordinator for the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), where he is working to expand CS instruction to all students and all schools within San Francisco public schools (see ). He oversees policy, curriculum development, and professional development.

Previously, he worked as middle school dean, teacher, and technology integration specialist. BT graduated from Yale University with a degree in psychology and human neuroscience. He earned his master's degree in urban education policy and administration from Loyola Marymount University.

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Ann is in her 10th year of teaching. She teaches Computer Science and Engineering at Centaurus High School in Colorado. She started her teaching career in Bratislava, Slovakia teaching IB Chemistry and IB Math at a K-12 international school. She hung up her chemistry beaker upon returning to the U.S. and has taught math and/or AP Computer Science since then. Prior to teaching, Ann worked as a software engineer for nearly 10 years at Xilinx and Intel. She has a B.S. degree in math and computer science from Purdue University and a M.S. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Colorado. When not teaching, she enjoys trail running with her dogs, reading, gardening and traveling.

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Kristin Violette is a teacher of Computer Science at Newtown High School and Manchester Community College in Connecticut. Kristin is certified in Technology Education, English, TESOL and CWE-DO. At the high school, Kristin teaches Web Design, CT Innovation Academy, AP Mobile Computer Science Principles and 蜜豆视频 App Inventor. She also offers courses in App Inventor at Tunxis and Manchester Community Colleges. In addition she has run several Mobile App Academies at for CPEP, Catalysts Powering Educational Performance, a non-profit agency supporting under-represented youth in STEM. Over the years, Kristin participated in the 蜜豆视频 App Inventor Summit and has presented on mobile app curricula at the CSTA Annual Conference.

Michael Wilkosz is a Technology and Engineering teacher at Hall High School in West Hartford, CT. He has taught at Hall since 2009 and was a member of the second cohort of teachers trained at Trinity College as part of the Mobile CSP Project during the summer of 2014. He has been teaching Mobile CSP since and has guided more than 10 sections of students to success on the AP CSP Exam since its first year in 2017. Aside from CS, Michael also teaches Engineering & Architectural Design, Engineering Applications, Computer Maintenance & Repair, Game & Web Design, as well as Robotics & Electronics. He also is an Adjunct Professor at Central Connecticut State University teaching a robotics course for preservice educators focused on presenting best practices and the realities of using various robotics competitions as a focus for STEM in the middle school and high school setting. Outside the classroom, Michael is the advisor for Hall鈥檚 VEX Robotics teams as well as a certified Event Partner for the REC Foundation. Michael is also an eSports coach and led Hall鈥檚 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Varsity Team to become the CIAC 2022 Spring Champions.

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As a former teacher advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Center for Teaching Quality, the Teaching Channel, and Hillsborough County, Florida, Ryan advocates for hybrid teaching roles called Teacherpreneurs, which encourage teacher leaders to advance their profession without completely leaving the classroom. His primary interests are online learning, teacher professional development, and design-thinking in STEM education. A Google-certified Teacher (Level 2) and 2016 PBS Learning Media Digital Innovator who has taught students of all levels and ages, Ryan offers schools and organizations professional development focused on prototyping with AppInventor in any subject.

Joe Kupiszewski is entering his 7th year teaching at Maclay School in Tallahassee Florida. He is the department chair for the Computer Science and Engineering program and coaches golf and soccer and sponsors the Student Astronaut Challenge team. Also, from time to time he assists the CIO with special networking and infrastructure projects. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Florida State University. Prior to joining Maclay, he worked in the Internet industry for a startup, national and finally international Fortune 500 company. He also worked for the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) as the Manager of Network Infrastructure, later as a consultant for Florida鈥檚 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) and finally as their Network Manager before joining Maclay. In his spare time, he enjoys running, golfing, swimming and spending time with family and friends.

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Lisa Saunders is Computer Science Specialist for the Pine Crest School in Boca Raton Florida. She has been an educator for eight years and currently teaches computer science to grades 6-8. She has designed and implemented CSTA standards based curriculum for middle school students using 蜜豆视频 App Inventor 2, Robotics and Arduino programming. She is also responsible for designing and presenting professional development for faculty with a focus on enhancing core curriculum with computer science. Prior to teaching, she was a software engineer for Motorola specializing in communication and operating system software.

Krishnendu Roy is an associate professor of computer science at Valdosta State University (VSU), a public regional university in South Georgia. At VSU Krishnendu has organized computing summer camps for local middle and high school students for the past five summers. In these camps students are exposed to computing (often for the first time) through activities using novice programming environments like App Inventor, Scratch, Lego NXT, and Alice. Krishnendu has also organized Google CS4HS workshop for local K12 teachers in 2012 and 2013 where the teacher were involved in computing related activities. Krishnendu teaches a CS0 course at VSU using App Inventor and has created several introductory video tutorials on App Inventor that are available on YouTube. He is interested in developing instructional resources for novice programming environments like App Inventor for various outreach activities. Prior to joining VSU, Krishnendu completed his MS and PhD from Louisiana State University and BS from University of Calcutta, India.

Dr. Hsu is Associate Professor of Educational Technology at Boise State University, and teaches graduate courses on graphic design, mobile app design, and maker tech for STEAM education. His research interests include mobile app programming, physical computing, collaborative learning, and computational thinking. Dr. Hsu is an App Inventor Summit invited speaker from 2012 to 2014. He designed and taught online graduate courses on mobile app design since 2011. He also offered summer courses on mobile app design to Idaho TRiO students (low income, first generation pre-college students) since 2012. Dr. Hsu's graduate students from his mobile app design class and submitted their final projects for a competition won the first and second place in 2012 蜜豆视频 App Inventor App Contest for their creativity, interface design, and the educational values of the mobile apps. His recent grant award (2015-2017) funded by the National Science Foundation focuses on helping STEM major students integrate trigonometry in mobile app programming.

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Nakeia C. Jones is a former Baltimore City Public School Educator who now works as a Lead Program Associate for the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. She has a B.S. in Hospitality Management with a concentration in Marketing and a M.Ed. in Secondary Education. She enjoys working with diverse learners and prides herself on creative, out of the box thinking in order to solve problems. She completed the 蜜豆视频 App Inventor Master Trainer certification in August 2017.

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Ingrid Roche is a Computer Science and Technology Educator in Boston Public Schools. She is currently teaching 11th and 12th grade , working with , and enjoying the teaching and learning experience. She leads workshops on technology, educator training, and teaching strategies. You can learn more on her . She began teaching in 1997 in Greenfield MA, teaching French and Spanish. Since that time, she has continued educating and has had the opportunity to teach and volunteer in several places around the world. In 2011 she was awarded the City of Boston Educator of the Year Award for Excellence in Teaching. Teaching has taken her on an interesting journey that has led to a keen interest in technology, programming, and of course App Inventor!

Mark has worked with teacher and students of all ages, helping them learn about engineering, robotics, and computer science. He has run workshops is India, China, and many sites in the US. Mark has a Ph.D. in Computer Science specializing in CS Education research at UMass Lowell. He has prepared teachers for using Scratch, Snap!, 蜜豆视频 App Inventor, and the Beauty & Joy of Computing curriculum in their classrooms. Mark is also into rock climbing and helps run a Boston-area community theater company.

Before becoming an 蜜豆视频 App Inventor Master Trainer, Ed taught middle school and high school students math in a public school for 19 years. In addition to 蜜豆视频 App Inventor, he is very familiar with "The Beauty and Joy of Computing", which is one of the curricula for the new AP Computer Science Principles class using the Snap! language, earning a certificate from University of California, Berkeley in 2012. Through self-study Ed has learned the new "Digital Literacy and Computer Science" standards of Massachusetts, and could tailor a training to these standards. Ed believes 蜜豆视频 App Inventor is a valuable creative tool which any interested person, young or old, can learn. It also has, he believes, the potential for making the person who doesn't believe they're interested in programming or Computer Science, become interested, and he is eager to spread the word and see this happen.

Sue currently teaches math and computer science at Berwick Academy, a college preparatory school in southern Maine. In over thirty years of teaching her courses have included AP Computer Science as well as electives based on robotics, app development, Visual BASIC, C++, Pascal, and long ago, Logo. Her classroom focus is learning-by-doing. The joy she witnesses as students conceptualize and realize programming projects reinforces her own love of computer science and the belief that all students should experience this way of thinking. She is particularly interested in encouraging young women to challenge themselves in this realm. When not in the classroom, Sue can be found in hiking with her camera, biking, or baking with chocolate.

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Clark is a maker who has built electric go-carts, scooters, bikes, and co-launched the first solar-charged, in the US. He holds 12 US patents ranging from Megawatt-scale power inverters to hydrogen fuel cell membranes. Before teaching, he worked 11 years in industry as an engineer for Westinghouse, Ford/Visteon, and General Motors R&D. His current research is on using smartphone technology to prevent automobile crashes. For fun he builds Arduino powered spiro-graph drawing machines.

Sade Osilaja Mitchell leads the Startup Tech program at NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship), a non-profit focused on activating the entrepreneurial mindset in youth in 19 regions across 9 countries. Sade overseas training, support and curriculum modifications for the program, implemented by over 50 tech-entrepreneurship teachers, and funded by Verizon and SAP. Prior to her current role, Sade was a Program Manager for NFTEs New York Metro region and led NYC Generation Tech, a summer program that teaches students coding skills (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) and culminates in a shark-tank style Demo Night where students pitch Android app-based businesses to a panel of judges for seed money. She has also worked at Teach for All and KIPP NYC Public Charter Schools. Sade studied Economics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University for her Masters and International Political Economics at University of Southern California (USC) for her Bachelors.

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Kelly Powers recently joined Education Development Center to work on the MassCAN state-wide Massachusetts initiative to assist teachers and districts with designing an implementation plan to bring Computer Science into their k-12 curriculum. She has taught Computer Science for the past 15 years and served as Computer Science Department Chair and curriculum leader at the Advanced Math and Science Academy, grades 6-12. Prior to teaching, Kelly worked as a large systems computing specialist for IBM, John Hancock, and Harvard University. Kelly co-founded the Greater Boston Computer Science Teachers Association Chapter in October 2010 and is an active advocate for CS in the state.

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Suzan has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with a minor in Electronics and a Master's degree in Computer Science-Cyber Security. Suzan Dalgic is a Computer Science teacher at Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences in Tulsa, OK. Suzan has been teaching Computer Science and Technology Applications for 8 years. She was also an IT Manager for the past 4 years. She did FLL and VEXIQ Middle School Robotics and attended to the competitions with her students for 4 years. Currently, Suzan is an FTC coach and is teaching 8-12 Computer Science programming classes. She is a Texas certified 8-12 Computer Science teacher, NISE certified STEM educator, Oracle certified Java fundamentals, and programming teacher and 蜜豆视频 certified Mobile Education Master Trainer.

Dr. Smith is an Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, OK where he has taught for 22 years. He is the founding and lead instructor for the college's Associate's Degree in Mobile Application Development in which students develop apps for iOS and Android Phone Platforms. He also teaches introduction to programming topics for Union Public Schools' Collegiate Academy and has been asked to develop mobile development classes for Tulsa Public Schools' EXCELerate program as well as TCC's summer College for Kids camps. He is also an adjunct instructor at Oklahoma State University and Nova Southeastern University.

Anne McGuirk began her career in education as a founding teacher for a charter middle school centered on entrepreneurship. As she helped her school grow to full capacity, she helped integrate business lessons into her science class and watched her students flourish. For the better part of the last decade, Anne has worked in schools in low-income communities in Atlanta, Memphis, and New Orleans. Her passion has always been connecting students with experiences outside of the traditional classroom. Currently, Anne is the Philadelphia area program manager for The Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). She coordinates programming and teacher support for almost 30 NFTE partner schools in the PA, Southern Jersey, and Northern Delaware metro regions. Part of her work is supporting NFTE's Startup Tech curriculum, which combines entrepreneurship education with 蜜豆视频 App Inventor lessons to inspire students to create app-based business ideas. Anne has a Master of Education degree in Secondary Science from Christian Brothers University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park. She also has experience coaching and supporting teachers through Teach For America and as an Assistant Principal with KIPP schools.

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