Distance Learning Design Workshops

Kimberly began her career in educational technology 11 years ago gaining experience teaching students in grades K-12 in Mississippi and Texas. In the latter part of her years in education she also served as a campus technology coordinator. She has also served as a technology consultant for SchoolHouse 21 since 2011. She currently serves as a technology consultant for Educate Texas, serves as the city lead for Black Tech Women in Dallas, TX, and she serves as a guest technology consultant for the Global Academic Technology Essentials Teacher Institute at Mississippi State University. In 2016, she was selected as the third cohort of the TED-Ed innovators and she currently serves as the 2017-2018 ISTE Computer Science Network president. Kimberly is currently a District Blended Learning Specialist in Texas. Kimberly earned a B.A. in Educational Technology, a M.Ed in Secondary Education and an Ed.S in Secondary Education with a specialization in Educational Technology from Jackson State University.

Join EdTechTeam for a free 90-minute virtual training on how to implement Google’s CS First curriculum into your remote teaching and distance learning. Anyone can teach Computer Science with Google CS First! In this virtual, 90 minute professional development workshop, teachers will learn how to use CS First, Google’s free ready-to-teach introductory computer science (CS) curriculum for elementary and middle school students.

Through this curriculum, students are introduced to fundamental computer science concepts and build computer programs using Scratch, a block-based programming language, by following step-by-step instructional videos. Teachers will get a chance to learn about the free lesson plans, solution sheets and other educator enrichment resources included in the curriculum.

This is a great addition to any teacher’s distance learning toolkit.