Tag: Washington State

Going Back to NCCE 2026!!

My NCCE26 presenter badge with my five sessions and workshops.

I am so fortunate that I get to go back to the best educational technology conference in the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Council for Computer Education or NCCE’s 2026 conference! My first year at NCCE was 2014, I’ve been to NCCE 12 times, and this is going to be my eighth time presenting! I have …

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Making a Case Against High Stakes Testing

What if you had the chance to speak to your state’s legislators and help them understand some of the finer points of why high stakes standardized testing, especially when your state doesn’t even have a handle on which test are aligned to which set of standards, just isn’t a good idea? Well, one of our …

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Social Networking Opportunity

So last Thursday I got a call from the project director of the North Cascades and Olympic Science Partnership (NCOSP), Dr. Carolyn Landel. I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in the NCOSP trainings and summer academies from 2004 to 2007. It was an incredible boost to my learning about Science and how …

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