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July 8, 2006
Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA
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Speaker Biographies
Daryn Bee
Daryn Bee has been a technology learning coordinator with the Thames Valley Board 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 where a Northern Roadshow was orchestrated for North Bay and Sudbury. 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.
Andrew Begel
Andrew Begel is a researcher in the Human Interactions in Programming group at Microsoft Research. His research applies human-computer interaction to software development. 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 has also been involved in the design and development of StarLogo, a programming environment for students and teachers which enables them to learn about science by programming models of complex systems. Away from the computer, Andrew is an avid cook whose goal is to one day replicate all of his mother's dinner recipes.
Steven Burt
Steve has been working for clarity Innovations for the past four years as the content and research manager. He oversees the development of new solutions for Clarity’s clients which typically involves blending research-based practices with emerging technologies. He also presents workshops, trainings, and keynote presentations for corporations and conferences.
Prior to his work at Clarity, Steve was a high school administrator for three years. He also has worked as a tech coordinator and Webmaster. He began his career in education as a History and English teacher where he taught everything from AP courses to fine art.
In 2000, Steve was named by Realistar as one of America’s Top 100 Teachers and has been awarded Best of the Best at NECC for the past two years. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Learning Innovation and Technology Consortium and enjoys a good cigar.
Michael Dalton
Dr. Michael Dalton is currently a professor in the College of Education at Oregon State University (OSU) and Assistant to the Dean for Program and Research Development. He has teaching and administrative experience in the K-12 educational system and he also has teaching and administrative experience at the university level. Prior to joining the faculty at OSU, Dr. Dalton served as Coordinator of Oregon’s Title II Oregon Quality Assurance in Teaching (O-QAT) Program managed through the Oregon University System Chancellor’s office. O-QUAT was a three-year $5.5 million grant Title II grant.
Wanda Dann
Dr. Wanda Dann is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Ithaca College. Her research interests include visualization in programs and programming languages, and innovative approaches for teaching and learning object-oriented and event-driven programming. She has served as an active member of the ITiCSE Visualization Working Group, studying the effectiveness of visualization in computer science education. Her publications on the use of program visualization in computer science education include papers for SIGCSE, ITiCSE, and the Computer Science Education journal. She is the lead author of Learning to Program with Alice, Prentice Hall, 2005.
Philip East
J. Philip East has taught computer science and computer science education at the college level for about 25 years and written and made presentations on the teaching of computing during that entire period. He has been quite active in professional organizations, particularly SIGCS of ISTE and SIGSCE of ACM. He actively seeks to enhance his teaching, to better understand the teaching and learning process, and to communicate with others on these topics. Prior to his computer science education career, Philip taught mathematics to junior high students. A doctorate in computer science education from the University of Oregon allowed him to achieve his current position in computer science at the University of Northern Iowa.
Michelle Hutton
Michelle Friend Hutton teaches computer science at The Girls' Middle School in Mountain View, CA. She uses Stagecast Creator to teach students object-oriented programming concepts as a part of the three-year articulated curriculum she created. She supports teachers at GMS with technology integration. Michelle has bachelor’s degrees in biochemistry and chemistry education and a master’s of information science, all from Indiana University, as well as an Indiana teaching credential. Michelle is on the board of directors and is equity chair of the Computer Science Teachers’ Association.
Erin Lester
Erin Lester recently completed her M. Math Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, specializing in Human Computer Interaction. She has been involved in Computer Science education at both the secondary and university levels, including presentations at the annual Association for Computer Science Educators (ASCE) conference and Imperial Oil Computer Science Seminars for both secondary school educators and junior female students. She recently completed her B.Ed. at Queen’s University and looks forward to teaching secondary school Computer Science and Mathematics starting this fall.
Jane Margolis
Jane Margolis is a social scientist at UCLA who has been investigating why so few females and traditionally underrepresented students of color are learning computer science. Her work on the gender gap in computer science, done from 1994-1999 at Carnegie Mellon University, is discussed in the award-winning book Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing (MIT Press, 2002). For the last four years she has been investigating the computer science pipeline at the high school level in urban schools in Los Angeles. Margolis spent seven years as a telephone installer, before receiving her doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1990. In 2005, Margolis received the CRA Nico Habermann Award for her work on diversity in computing.
Doug Peterson
Doug Peterson is the Computers in Education Program Consultant for the Greater Essex County District School Board in southwestern Ontario, Canada. 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. His formal education includes a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Toronto. Ontario Ministry of Education and Training qualifications are in Data Processing, Computer Science, Accounting, and Mathematics.
Pat Phillips
Pat taught Computer Science at Craig High School in Janesville, Wisconsin, for 20 years. She is a member of the Faculty Advisory Board for Microsoft and Editor-in-Chief of MainFunction.com – a Web site supporting computer science teachers with resources and community. She initiated the Dreams Club at Craig High School for girls interested in math, science, or technology and has worked to provide motivation and opportunities for girls in related fields. She was awarded the Radio Shack award for excellence in teaching of technology.
Brian Scarbeau
Brian G. Scarbeau is a seasoned computer science teacher with experience teaching at the college, high school, and middle school levels. Presently, he's the Computer Science Department Head at Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando FL and teaches AP Computer Science, Web Design, Digital Design and Honors Programming.
For the past three years, he received the Most Valuable Professional award from Microsoft Corporation. He serves on the Faculty Advisory Board for Microsoft and has written curriculum for Microsoft as well. He has taught high school teachers in the US and Canada to use Visual Basic.NET and ASP.NET in their class, conducted a series of Webcasts on DotNetNuke, and presented at several conferences including AP National Conference, FETC, and FCIS. His programs at Lake Highland Preparatory School have been recognized by Microsoft, Intel, and .NET U magazine.
Kevin Schofield
Kevin Schofield is General Manager for Strategy and Communications at Microsoft Research. His organization drives consensus on technical strategy and priorities for Microsoft’s research efforts. He is also responsible for developing Microsoft Research’s relationships with academia, customers, press, analysts, and Microsoft’s own product groups. Mr. Schofield joined Microsoft in 1988, and has worked in Microsoft Research since 1997. Over the course of his tenure at Microsoft, he worked in both development and program management for a number of Microsoft product efforts, including networking, operating systems, MSN, and multimedia authoring tools. He is a Magna cum Laude graduate of Dartmouth College with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
Mr. Schofield has been deeply involved with the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research field for a number of years. He serves on the Executive Committee of ACM’s Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI), and previously served as Chair of SIGCHI and co-chair of the "CHI 96" Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. He serves on the advisory board of the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), the Board of Directors of the Friends of the University of Washington Libraries, and the Leadership Council of the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science. He is the co-author of three issued patents and several pending ones.
Mr. Schofield lives in Bellevue, Washington with his two daughters. Kevin also writes a blog that can be found at http://radio.weblogs.com/0133184
Ellen Spertus
Ellen Spertus is an associate professor of computer science at Mills College, where she heads the Mathematics and Computer Science department and the Interdisciplinary Computer Science program. In addition to her technical computer science work, which she currently does at Google, she is a long-time advocate for girls and women in computer science. She received her bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree in computer science from MIT. She has been written about in The New York Times, USA Today, and Wired. In 2001, she was named Sexiest Geek Alive.
Leigh Ann Sudol
Leigh Ann Sudol has been teaching AP Computer Science for the past 8 years, seven of which have been at Fox Lane High School in Bedford, NY. Leigh Ann earned her masters degree from Columbia University’s Teachers college in educational technology. She is one of the authors of Lewis, Chase, and Sudol’s Java Software Structures for AP Computer Science AB, and a recent contributor to Addison Wesley’s Review for the AP Computer Science Exam. She has been a contributor to AP Central, writing articles, textbook reviews, and a sample syllabus for the AP Computer Science AB course. Leigh Ann has been an AP Reader from 2001 until 2005 and a question leader in 2006.
Alfred Thompson
Alfred Thompson is a former high school computer science teacher and software developer. Currently an Academic Relations Manager for Microsoft he works with high school teachers on computer science curriculum issues and runs training sessions around the country and over the Internet. He is the author of several Visual Basic textbooks and an number of project workbooks.
Laurie Williams
Dr. Laurie Williams is an Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University. She received her undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University. She also received an MBA from Duke University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Utah. Prior to returning to academia to obtain her Ph.D., she worked in industry, for IBM, for nine years. Dr. Williams research interest include empirical studies of agile software development including the pair programming and test-driven development practices, software reliability, software testing, and software security.
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