Chris Brooks, president of TechStart presented to the local SAO chapter today. We discussed a number of significant issues with educators who were present. There was a lot interest in the how-to’s of Open Source software implementation for schools with limited budgets. We discussed the need for easy to use CS curricula and the difficulties faced by technical educators. We also got a glimpse of the Oregon Virtual School District and its work with Moodle. A topic of particular interest was the Oregon Game Project Challenge - a program that encourages Oregon youth to develop technical skills by competing in a statewide programming competition. The next event is scheduled for May of 2009 and it sounds like there will be an interesting line up of submissions.
[Disclaimer: I am president of the local SAO chapter.]
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