Hi everyone!
My name is Pedro Gabriel, I’m a game developer in Porto Alegre, Brasil, have my own company. In fact, I am new as a professor, teaching game development for technical courses for 6 months.
My goal is to bring the computer science teaching in my state, creating a complete education in game development since elementary school to graduate school. 
My name is JoBeth Marano. I am the computer instructor for a private school, Orlando Christian Prep. I teach grades 1st through 5th. I starting using code.org in class and love how it requires students to focus on math skills, reading and following directions. I am very interested in developing my skills in this area. My favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate.
I am Kristen Burkemper from Columbia, Missouri. I am a Library Media Specialist at Eliot Battle Elementary in the Columbia Public School District. This is my third year as a media specialist. I taught both second grade and kindergarten before becoming a media specialist. My school is a K-5 building that just opened this school year. We have around 400 students and are a Title One building.
You can follow me on Twitter at @BurkemperEBE or my school at @BattleElem.
I have done Hour of Code with my students for the past two years and this year we worked on Kodable curriculum with kindergarten and first grade students. I am looking forward to implementing more computer science in our Media Program in the coming year.
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My name is Peter Kuhns, and I currently teach at the Renew Cultural Arts Academy in New Orleans, LA. I teach 5th and 6th grade science, and am excited to join this community to know to best teach my students how to code. My favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate chip.
You can connect with my on linkedin: Peter Kuhns
Hello, my name is Michael Smethurst. I teach Year 6 at Kingston Heath Primary School in Melbourne, Australia. I need to learn how to code as it’s the future and therefore , I will need to teach it to the students. I also have a personal interest. Thank you for letting me participate.
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My name is Jill Rust. I teach Pre-K in St. Mary’s County Maryland. I know nothing about coding but I am always looking for ways to enhance my teaching and my personal knowledge. Also, my favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate chip, yummy!
Hi everyone!! My name is Amelia Sims and I am the Technology Facilitator (computer lab teacher) for Malcolm Elementary School in Maryland. I instruct K-5th grades. The 2015-2016 school year is my very first year teaching. Prior to that, I was a computer install technician for the US Senate in Washington, DC. With having some coding/ programming experience, I jumped right into teaching Code.org to my students. I hope to gain some valuable information on formally teaching the subject to better prepare myself for next school year.
Hello fellow Southern Marylander! I teach in Charles Co.
Bonjour & Hola…Kelley Jordan-Monné…language teacher in Atlanta. So excited to go through this self paced course. I have had exposure to Jeroo and did a few modules of online coursework in Python. I am looking forward to learning this intro. to teaching coding. Yeah
My name is Tayson Gaines. I have taught Middle School Math for 6 years a George Washington Carver Middle School in Delray Beach, Fl. I am looking forward to learning about coding. I do not hav any prior experience but I am highly motivated to learn.
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My name is Shawn Smith. I am teaching at a Barstow school in South Korea. I am currently teaching Grade 1 and have been asked to learn about coding and be able to teach it to grade 1 students. I have no experience with this area, but am willing to learn and hope to do so.
My linkedin account is https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-david-smith-66643086?trk=hp-identity-name.
Hello Shawn,
Welcome to the Code.org community! A great resources is the CS Fundamentals courses that are targeted for K-5. You might not be able to find a Workshop, but the lessons are online and there are great tutorials for getting your students started. Let me know if you have any other questions and again, welcome!
Brad
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I’m Ruth Arjona and I’m the Technology Coordinator at Bernice Ray School, a public K-5 school school in Hanover, NH.
Our school participated in the Hour of Code events and were extremely popular with students so much so that I now do a Beyond the Hour of Code sessions for our K-3 students. The code.org courses 1 & 2 are so well-designed that young kids totally get what coding is all about.
Hello, I’m Doug Urner, from Gig Harbor, WA (just the other side of the infamous Tacoma Narrow Bridge from Tacoma). I teach high school (ECS, photography, and publications) in the Highline district just south of Seattle. My school is an IB school with a highly diverse service area. We’re located between the north-south highway (I5) and the eastern shore of Puget Sound under the approach path to the Seattle airport – some of our students drive BMWs and Mercedes to school, some of our families don’t have a car and the only computer in the family is a smart phone.
I’m interested in connecting with teachers from IB schools and learning more about differentiating in classes with wide ranges of ability and prior knowledge. One of the burning questions for me is how to help my students identify their interests and incorporate those into their projects.
My favorite ice cream flavor is Cherry Garcia, except for the days when it is pistachio, or mango, or ginger…
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My name is Denise and I teach Gifted and Talented to K-8th grade students at a charter school in Waco, TX. I am brand new to computer science. I’m really looking forward to teaching the Code.org curriculum next year and I’m looking forward even learning along side them.
My name is James Andrews, I teach 5th grade in Antioch Ca (Just outside San Francisco on the California delta). Antioch is consider the gate way to the delta and we have a diverse group of learners. I am looking forward to working with the code.org materials and cant wait for my 5th graders to dig in.
Howdy Everyone, My name is Kelley Huxtable. Currently I am working with Pre-K through 6th graders in Massachusetts on all things information tech and making. I myself am familiar with coding but am always looking for ways to improve the learning process. My students love Hour of Code both the plugged and unplugged content. Hoping this course can help me create the scaffolding I am striving for when teaching the fundamentals to students.
Hi, I’m Jennifer and I’m a librarian for grades 1-5 in Hudson Falls New York. I’ve worked with hour of code and this summer I will offer a half day week long coding program for about 15 students. I hope this program will get me up to speed
Hi! My Name is Heather Wilson. I am a K-6 librarian in South Kitsap School District.
I started using Code.org two years ago when I introduced Hour of Code to ALL of my students. Now, I use the Code.org modules with all of my students during their library time. I am excited to learn more because I am moving to a STEM school next year. I would like to start a coding club to dive in a little deeper with interested students.
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My name is Stephanie Yetter and I teach in Livonia, Michigan which is right outside of Detroit. I currently teach a 2nd-4th grade self-contained cognitively impaired classroom. I am interested in being part of this community to see if any other special education teachers are using coding and if so, how are they using coding in their classroom. This school year is wrapping up and I want to start using coding as enrichment come the next school year. I hope that this will help teach my students a new skill that they could use for the future.
I have a dog named Shelby who I love and I drive a Jeep Wrangler and love taking it off road. In the summers I spend my time in Northern Michigan going boating, hiking, camping, and off roading at Silver Lake Sand Dunes!