Oracle Java Training

Oracle Java Training is Coming to Northern Virginia (free for NVCSTA Chapter Members).  The training will be virtual from April 29 - July 19 and then in-person (at GMU) from Aug. 15 - 17.  Please register by April 12 at:

https://academy.oracle.com/oa-web-introcs-description.html

February Updates

Thanks to Ria Galanos for a wonderful AppInventor Workshop and thanks to Marymount for hosting us!
Next Meeting: Saturday, February 23, 10am, GMU,
Oracle Java Training: It's coming.  Details aren't finalized yet, but it's looking like we'll have the virtual class run from the end of April through July, and then have a 3 day face-to-face class mid-August.
CSTA Equity Workshop: Kammy Sanghera will be representing our chapter at this workshop in early March.  When she returns, we will organize a local workshop so she can share what she learned with everyone.
CSTA Conference: It will be held in Boston, July 15 - 16.  It's a great way to learn about what's going on in the larger community and meet other CS teachers.
http://csta.acm.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/sub/CSTAConference.html

AppInventor Workshop

We will be hosting an AppInventor Workshop on Saturday, January 26 at Marymount University.  If interested, please email: ria.galanos@gmail.com

Additional Updates - Sept. 28

Aspirations in Computing Awards - have your girls apply  - it's a great experience for them and a wonderful community to become a part of!  http://ww2.ncwit.org/award/award.index.php

CS4HS in Virginia - this is a Google sponsored workshop run by Virginia Tech (at their Northern Virginia location) Oct. 26-27.  High school teachers, check it out: http://highschool.cs.vt.edu/

 

Fall Update - Sept. 27, 2012

We had a great meeting on Sept. 15 - please check the minutes. 

We have some great opportunities coming up in the near future - read more below:

VA CSTA Workshop - Sept. 28 in Richmond.  http://vacsta.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/csta_brochure.pdf

Bootstrap Workshop - Oct. 20 at GMU. http://bit.ly/bootstrapNV

Apps4VA Competition - ongoing this fall. www.apps4v.org

Virginia Governor's Cup Competition focused on a Cyber Challenge - register by Oct. 15. www.technology.virginia.gov/CyberChallenge/index.cfm

Fall 2012 Updates

Saturday, Sept. 15, 10am - First Meeting of 2012-2013 school year
George Mason University - Nguyen Engineering Building Room 4201 (same location as previous meetings)
Light Refreshments will be served and parking vouchers will be taken care of for the garage.

Friday, September 28 - CSTA Virginia Conference: http://vacsta.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/csta_brochure.pdf

Saturday, October 20, 9am - Bootstrap Workshop: http://bit.ly/bootstrapNV

Upcoming FREE Workshop

Bootstrap will be offering a FREE teacher workshop that will help you teach your students to Program, mathematically on June 9th in Washington, D.C.  For more information, please visit: http://www.bootstrapworld.org/ and to register, please visit: http://bit.ly/bootstrapDC.