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June 28, 2007
Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta, GA
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Speaker Biographies
Tucker Balch
Tucker Balch is director of the Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE) and associate professor in the school of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. Tucker's robotics research interests include machine learning for robot navigation and large-scale multi-robot systems. His recent work with IPRE is focused on understanding how robots can be used to help students learn more effectively. Balch received the B.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech in 1984 and 1998 respectively. From 1988 to 1995 he flew F-15s in the US Air Force. He has published more than 80 technical articles and two books.
Daryn Bee
Daryn Bee has been a technology learning coordinator with the Thames Valley Board of Education for five years. As a learning coordinator, his primary goal is to help teachers improve learning through the use of technology in the classroom. His teaching background is at the secondary level in communications technology, where students were involved in the production of news and live video announcements and computer programming. Daryn has presented for numerous organizations including E.C.O.O. (Educational Computing Organization of Ontario), O.B.E.A. (Ontario Business Educator's Association) and most recently O.S.A.P.A.C. (Ontario Software Acquisition Program Advisory Committee) in conjunction with Macromedia Canada. Daryn's workshops are fast-paced, fun, and packed with ideas that will help you get started with technology integration in your classroom. Daryn is currently seconded to the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario as a web-developer utilizing ASP, Flash and SQL server.
Peter Beens
Peter Beens is Technical Director at Westlane Secondary School in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. A teacher since 1993, Peter teaches Electronics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Communications Technology, and Integrated Technology. He also teaches the pre-service Computer Science teacher qualification course for Brock University in St. Catharines. Peter regularly makes presentations to teachers in the areas of Electronics, Computer Interfacing, and the use of Computer Technology in the classroom. As an executive member of the Association for Computer Studies Educators, Peter helps coordinate an annual summer institute as well as an annual conference for Computer Science and Computer Engineering teachers in Ontario.
Andrew Begel
Andrew Begel is a researcher in the Human Interactions in Programming group at Microsoft Research. His research looks at the human factors in software development, particularly in learning, agile development methodologies and search. Working with Professor Susan L. Graham, Andrew received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in 2005. While at Berkeley, Andrew developed several programming environments designed to make programming more accessible. SPEED is a voice-based programming environment for software developers suffering from repetitive strain injuries. Along with MIT Professors Mitchel Resnick and Eric Klopfer, Andrew is also involved in the design and development of StarLogo and StarLogo TNG, environments for learning about science and programming through the construction of simulations and games.
Tim Bell
Tim Bell is an Associate Professor in the department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. His current research interests include computers and music, public understanding of (computer) science, and educational applications of podcasting. He received the Science Communicator Award from the New Zealand Association of Scientists in 1999, and an inaugural New Zealand Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award in 2002. He has appeared with his "Computer Science Unplugged" show at the Edinburgh International Science Festival, the Dunedin International Science Festival, and the Australian Science Festival. He is also a qualified musician, and performs regularly on instruments that have black-and-white keyboards. He is co-author of the books Text Compression and Managing Gigabytes.
Bernadette Bruette
A native of Chatham, Ontario, Canada, Bernadette graduated from the University of Windsor with both her B.A. (Honours) and M.A. in Geography, followed by her B.Ed. from Queen’s University. She began her teaching career at Sandwich Secondary School in Lasalle, Ontario, and taught most of the geography courses offered in the Ontario curriculum, including the grade 12 Geomatics course which focuses on geotechnologies such as GIS and GPS. Bernadette is also a Sessional Instructor at the University of Windsor, teaching first to third year courses in areas such as climatology, geomorphology, cartography and air photography. After a year and a half as Vice Principal at Harrow District High School, Bernadette is currently enjoying her new position as Vice Principal at Tilbury District High School where she is still able to teach geography.
Debbie Carter
Debbie Carter is a Technology Facilitator at Lancaster Country Day School in Lancaster, PA, where she teaches computer science and assists faculty with technology integration. She has taught Advanced Placement and introductory Computer Science for 13 years and served as a reader and question leader for the AP Computer Science Exam. Previously, she worked for 12 years as a programmer/analyst for an accounting software developer. She was the primary author of the College Board’s new AP Computer Science Teacher’s Guide. She also sits on the Board of Directors for the Computer Science Teachers Association, where she chairs the Research Committee and is the project leader for the CSTA Source Web Repository.
Steve Cooper
Steve is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Saint Joseph's University and the Director of the Center for Visualization. His research areas lie in program visualization and semantics. He has
been developing Alice-related curricular materials since 1998, and has conducted numerous Alice professional development workshops and lectures throughout the United States. He has been working with Dr. Wanda Dann (Ithaca College) and Dr. Randy Pausch (Carnegie-Mellon University). Along with Dann and Pausch, he has written many technical papers on Alice, as well as a textbook, Learning to Program With Alice.
Philip East
Philip East received his doctorate in computer science education from the University of Oregonin 1984. He began studying the teaching of computing in earnest when he recognized that he was unable to tell his CS Ed students how to teach computing. Since then, Philip has actively sought to better understand the teaching and learning process in general and of computing in particular. His goals are to
enhance his own teaching and his students’ learning, and to advance the field of computer science education. He has written and presented in a variety of venues since about 1980.
Carla Faini
Carla Faini is the Academic Programs Manager for K-12 Strategic Initiatives at Microsoft. She focuses on partnering with non-profit organizations, educators, and university faculty to engage more US K-12 students in pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math studies and careers. Prior to joining Microsoft, Faini was Executive Director of Oregon MESA (Math Engineering Science Achievement) at the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University. After completing her doctoral studies at Stanford, Faini founded a mentoring program that matched underrepresented middle school students with college students to empower youth to excel in math and science studies while preparing for college. She worked on science and technology issues for a US Congressman in Washington, DC. Faini has taught at Seattle University and Stanford University.
Betsy Frederick
Betsy Frederick has taught computer programming and been a resource teacher for enhancing instruction through computer applications. She planned implementation of WANs and LANs for a large school district. After she retired, and hungry for more bandwidth, she launched an ISP (Internet Service Provider). However, she has now abandoned the business world and works in PreK-12 supporting literacy, math and science. She is a manager of the Supercomputing Challenge http://challenge.nm.org.
Joanna Goode
Dr. Joanna Goode is an assistant professor of Teaching and Learning at the University of Oregon. She received her Ph.D. in education, specializing in urban schooling, from UCLA. She holds a Master of Education degree and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics, with a specialization in computing. Dr. Goode spent five years teaching mathematics and computer science in a highly diverse urban high school. Her research examines institutional and psychological reasons preventing females and students of color from studying computer science in high school. Currently, Dr. Goode directs the instructional programs of the Computer Science Equity Alliance, a UCLA and Los Angeles Unified School District alliance which prepares urban educators to teach computer science and provides intensive support for high school students enrolled in AP computer science.
Sandy Graham
Sandy Graham is a lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. She is also the High School Liaison in Computer Science for the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo. Sandy completed a Bachelor of Mathematics, Computer Science Major from Waterloo. After graduation, she went on to teach high school computer science and mathematics in northwestern Ontario before returning to Waterloo in 1998 and completing her MMath degree in Computer Science. Some of her liaison activities include organizing a yearly four-day professional development conference for high school computer studies teachers and a yearly week long seminar designed to attract grade 9 and 10 female high school students into Computer Science.
Mark Guzdial
Mark Guzdial is a Professor in the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology ("Georgia Tech"). Mark completed a joint Ph.D. in 1993 in Education and Computer Science at the University of Michigan. His research area is in learning sciences and technology, with a particular focus on collaborative learning and on computer science education. He has written a textbook on object-oriented programming in Squeak and co-edited another book on advanced uses of Squeak. He has recently written Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python: A Multimedia Approach on his media computation approach and has co-written Introduction to Computing and Programming in Java: A Multimedia Approach with Barbara Ericson.
Krishna Kumar
Krishna Kumar is the Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist for the Midwest and is responsible for fostering relationships between Universities and Microsoft. He works with the university leadership, faculty, and students and helps facilitate the incorporation of technology both within and outside the classroom. He has been working with XNA since Beta 1 and is currently investigating the integration of XNA with Robotics Studio and his Lego NXT.
Doug Peterson
Doug Peterson is the Computers in Education Program Consultant for The Greater Essex County District School Board in Southwestern Ontario. An educator since 1979, Doug has taught Data Processing, Computer Science, Accounting, General Business Studies, and Mathematics at the secondary school level and was the Director of Business Education at Sandwich Secondary School in Lasalle, Ontario. Doug’s formal education includes a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Toronto.
Pat Phillips
Pat taught Computer Science at Craig High School in Janesville, Wisconsin, for 20 years and was awarded the Radio Shack award for excellence in teaching of technology. She is currently the editor of the CSTA Voice newsletter and a consultant specializing in teaching strategies and curriculum design for computer science and technology. She has worked extensively with Microsoft computer science and technology education initiatives.
Alfred Thompson
Alfred Thompson was a high school computer science teacher for eight years. He has also been a technology coordinator responsible for both academic and administrative computing at the elementary and high school levels. He has written a number of high school text books and collections of programming projects. He is currently an Academic Relations Manager at Microsoft where his job is to help support K-12 computer science teachers and other educators with technology. Prior to teaching and Microsoft he was a software developer for many years.
Fran Trees
Fran Trees has worked with AP CS since 1983 as an AP CS teacher, exam reader and leader, test development committee member, workshop consultant, and AP Central content advisor. Presently Fran is the College Board Advisor on the AP CS Test Development Committee. Retired from public school teaching, she currently teaches mathematics and computer science at Drew University in Madison, NJ.
Anita Verno
Anita Verno is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Information Technology at Bergen Community College in New Jersey where she has taught since 1999. She has over 30-years experience teaching and working with computer technology in business and education. Anita holds dual NJ teaching certification in Elementary Education and in Data Processing. She has taught Information Technology and Computer Science within the corporate sector; in private and public high schools; in addition to the collegiate level, encompassing both undergraduate and graduate coursework. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Computer Science Teachers Association where she also serves as Chair of the Curriculum Committee. Anita is a contributing author of The ACM Model Curriculum for K-12 Computer Science and The New Educational Imperative: Improving High School Computer Science Education.
Andrew Williams
Dr. Andrew B. Williams is an associate professor in Computer and Information Sciences at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA and the principal investigator on a National Science Foundation Broadening Participation in Computing joint demonstration project for Computer and Robotics Education (C.A.R.E.) with Carnegie Mellon University. He is actively involved in recruiting, retaining, and motivating underrepresented students to pursue undergraduate and graduate computing careers through computer and robotics summer camps, competitions, curriculum development,t and research experiences. Dr. Williams founded and directs the SpelBots Four-Legged Robot soccer team which competed in the international robotics and artificial world championships, RoboCup 2005 in Osaka, Japan and RoboCup 2006 in Bremen, Germany. The SpelBots are an all women, African American team of undergraduate students from Spelman College, a historically black college for women.
John Zelle
John Zelle earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin and has over 16 years experience teaching computer science to college students. He is currently Professor of Computer Science at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. He is an advocate of extensive programming as a foundation of the CS curriculum and is convinced that students learn better starting with very high-level, dynamically-typed, interactive language environments. He is the author of the popular textbook Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science.
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