Hello all. My name is Liza. I am new to learning how to code.
Hi everyone!
My name is Lorraine Magee, and I am a third grade teacher at a Title I school in Natick, Massachusetts. Fun fact: I teach in the same room where I was a third grade student! A lot of things have changed since I was a third grade student in 2002. Most notably, my district is getting really excited about computer science and coding.
At a recent professional development day, about 20 of us took a coding boot camp course where we were provided with Ozobots, robot mice, makey makeys, and Osmo Coding kits for our classroom. We were also encouraged to use Code.org, which is why I’m here! Coding is very new to me, but I am so excited to start teaching this important skill to my students.
My favorite ice cream flavor is an absolute tie between Mint Chocolate Chip and Rocky Road. You can find me on Twitter @MeetMissMagee.
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Hi! My name is Sarah Dabbs and I am the Instructional Technology Facilitator at Carl A Furr Elementary School in Concord, NC. I am interested in learning more about Code.org and it’s resources so that I can teach our K-5 students throughout the year.
This is my “stumped” face. It happens pretty often in IT here.
Favorite Ice Cream: Ben and Jerry’s Phish Food
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Greetings! I’m Carrie Fletcher, a second grade teacher from Broken Bow, Oklahoma! I just discovered coding during the Hour of Coding week, and I fell in love and volunteered to teach it three days a week in our after school program. I had heard of coding, but until I did it myself on code.org and realized how great it is for building confidence, problem solving and SO many other great transferable skills, I never had tried it. So now, I am using my Christmas break to learn to teach it! I have two daughters, Becca, who is nine, and Kella is three.
twitter: @fletchsclass
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Hi! I’m Becky Lapinson. I am a STEM teacher in New Jersey. I learned about code.org from a friend who teaches computer programming in a neighboring town. I am excited to learn more about coding and how to better instruct my students in this discipline. And much like Sarah…my favorite ice cream is Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food!
Hello, my name is Connie Miller and I’m a new K-5th grade computer teacher at Crossroads Christian Academy in Clinton, NJ. Before starting a family 19 years ago, I was an IT professional and I love to code. Teaching students how to code using Hour of Code has been thrilling for all of us and now we are going to start the full curriculum in January. I’m interested in joining this forum to hear tips and tricks and to share what I learn along the way.
While I love so many flavors of ice cream, I have to admit that my favorite always comes back to vanilla bean.
Welcome to the forum!
Hi there,
I am Daniela Lyra. A curious language teacher from Brazil willing to start coding. I work at a bi national center in Brasilia, and we have recently inaugurated a maker space down here. I hope I learn the basics and use my teaching expertise to help kids learn.
Makerspace website - http://thomas.org.br/makerspace/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/danilyra/
Hi, Deb Conroy here.
Instructional Tech Teacher in a K-8 school, MA
Absolutely adore Code.org and all the opportunities! Shared Hour of Code with 4th - 8th graders, and now working on K- 2nd - and trying to delve into the new IT framework for Massachusetts called Digital Literacy and Computer Science.
My social media main is Twitter.
Hello! My name is Michele Roberts. Let’s prioritize the welcome content by talking about the ice cream first. No contest: Baskin Robbins chocolate chip. Now on the remainder of the welcome: I am the CS Outreach Director at Indiana University; my passion is learning Computer Science right along side teachers. I honestly believe Code.org has the best pedagogical platform in all the land! Looking forward to learning with you.
Hi my name is Joanne Thompson a teacher in St Lucie County School District. I teach Computer Applications to students in 6th - 8th grade, and I am interested in incorporating code.org into our present curriculum. I believe being apart of this community could help me effectively accomplish this goal.
Hello! My name is Linda Pennington. I am an Elementary School teacher in the Connetquot School District. I teach at the Slocum Elementary School in Ronkonkoma, New York, I also live in the same town. I have taught 3rd & 4th grade, and am presently teaching kindergarten for the last 4 years. I am interested in the new CODE program as it seems to be the wave of the future. Our next year kindergarteners will be the class of 2030! I can’t even imagine what education will be like then! I’m excited to get starting on learning all about this!
Hello my name is Scott Sibbitt. I am a 1st-8th CS teacher at Maitland Montessori School in Maitland, FL… I have been teaching CS since windows 3.1 and IBM PC jr… I have been using code.org for at least 3 years, and last year i attended a professional development course provided by code.org. Coding has become a part of our overall curriculum and the students spend hours doing it. We have a lego robotics after school club that involves lots of coding (mainly blockly), and we just got a donated 3d printer. I don’t quite know what to do with the printer yet, but everyone is excited about it. We have invested in Raspberry Pi circuit boards to do more experimental coding, but implementation has been slow on that front.
Ice cream? The Sea Salt Caramel Gelato from Talenti is good 
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Hi there - My name is Anita Bala. I live in Reston VA and close to the nations capital WashingtonD.C. I am an Solutions Architect by profession and decided to join this wonderful community to spread CS knowledge and share the same motto as you do, which is spread the joy of learning computer science. I love butter pecan ice cream and reads books in my free time.
Thanks for reading my post.
Anita
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This is Angie Card. I teach 7th grade computer science & 8th grade science & PE in tiny Monroe, UT, near several of Utah’s scenic national parks.
I’m on here because for me there is a pretty big gap between what I learned at my code.org workshop and where my students are with computer science. I’m eager to learn how to get kids off the ground with computer science basics, so we can work up to applying block coding to science. Hopefully you can help me with that. Burnt Almond Fudge or anything chocolate-related from Cold Stone Creamery.
Angie,
Thanks for joining us! What workshop did you attend? Was it for Middle School? Part of the Math, Science or Project GUTS? Just want to get a feel so we can point you in a direction!
Brad
Hi. I am Michelle McCollum. I teach middle school computer explorations in a K-8 school in Tucson, Arizona.
I am here because I have to stay relevant with my students and grow as a teacher of technology. I am old school…keyboarding, MS Word, PowerPoint, etc. Programs I am familiar with and have taught for MANY years. I understand that our students today need to learn So much more about computing than I know how to teach. I MUST learn how to get our students better prepared for the future.
I am excited to be part of this community. I know I will grow as a teacher and learn so much from all of you.
BTW…my favorite ice cream is Rocky Road!
Hello,
I’m Freida Florence. I live in Virginia Beach Va a pretty nice coastal city. I currently teach fourth grade at Tanners Creek Elementary School, which is located in Norfolk Va… I am interested in learning more about how other colleagues implement computer science in the elementary school setting. I teach gifted education in a cluster format, there are seven high performing gifted students, and seven other very bright students in addition to four second year ESL students and ten regular education students. I find it challenging to meet the needs of twenty seven students from a large continuum of abilities in the mist of a large city multicultural environment. I allocate a 1/2 hour each morning to implement opportunities for my students to think critically using project based learning or problem based learning.These strategies provide opportunities for students to collaborate, share ideas and help each other build meaning about the world as they pose as experts in a variety of fields.
When I introduced the “Hour of Code” using robotic programming the students response was ecstatic. I realized then that I was on to something that would impact students profoundly by providing opportunities for successful collaboration and discovery. I look forward to gaining more insight into teaching computer science in the elementary school setting.
Hi my name is Anna Christina Sierra Mattos. I work at the International American School of Cancun in Mexico. I started as a 5th grade English teacher, but I am currently working in Tech Integration at my school. I am very interested in learning about coding in order to begin implementing it at school with our students. I am looking forward to hearing how other people are doing and the challenges they have come across as beginners and while teaching.
Hello, my name is Michelle Myers and I live and work in Southeast Georgia. I am currently a School Educational Technology Specialist serving an elementary school on Fort Stewart Army Installation. My school is PK - 5 and I have been teaching since 1994. My love of technology has been an asset since I began teaching special education over two decades ago. Technology in the form of Assistive Technology and Communication was my first jump into speaking at State level conventions in Michigan, and it still drives my love of teaching and learning to this day. I want to be a part of the future, by providing an environment for my students and teachers to grow and learn to use computer science in new and exciting ways.
I began using the Hour of Code with my daughter’s Brownie Troup back in 2013, and brought the Hour of Code to my school and Computer Science - Beyond the Hour of Code to my students in 2014. I am working on being a regional leader/trainer for the Department of Defense Education Activity, and bringing CS to teachers and students of active military members worldwide.
Twitter - @Michell77590300