Instructional Facilitator of Computer Science

Leesburg, VA
Joined March 2014
🤩Empower Your Classroom: Join @CodeWeekEU #TeachDay to learn insightful teaching techniques & practices from a diverse community of coding & digital literacy educators. 👀Find out more about the micro:bit (+ language resources) in our virtual exhibition. eu.eventscloud.com/website/1…
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Last Friday, the CS Office was invited to take a tour of an @Equinix data center. Our Instructional Facilitators were able to ask questions and learn about the inner workings of a data center. Just another way we are building connections with our amazing community partnerships.
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These coders are writing times on a digital and analog clock using the numbers the @Ozobot is coded to land on. @CountrysideElem @csforlcps @CSLCPS
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Our Guilford 4thGators using Ozobots to review phases of the Moon 🌖 Great Technology connection to relevant learning experiences! @MsGroover2 @a_kekoler @LCPSOfficial @csforlcps #DLDay #Technology “Influence, Inspire, Impact!”🐊
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Kathy Nekic retweeted
Computer science education week continues at Algonkian this week too! Mrs. McCartney’s 5th graders code Root robots to find prime and composite numbers. @ALG_LCPS @csforlcps
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I had a blast coding and mathing with Mrs. Arentz’s class today! Way to go @SullyES_LCPS Hornets! 🧮 🤖 @TerrapinBots
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Kathy Nekic retweeted
Educators play an important role in encouraging healthy habits for their students and families. 🍎 📚 🌱 So we created “Healthy Habits”, a new #elementary focused lesson where students guide Evo around their healthy habit tracker using Ozobot Blockly >> ozo.bot/December-Lesson-Spot…
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Computer science skills are more than “just coding.” The computational thinking approach encourages students to make connections between specific solutions and generalizing it for new problems. ​​Learn more in this Q&A. bit.ly/46U4xcP
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I hope you all know that you truly "inspired" so many kids yesterday!!
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I had fun coding w these awesome 2nd gr @SullyES_LCPS mathematics today! I ❤️ their level of excitement when the word problems were about THEM & their favorite things (squishmallows, Minecraft, crocs, slime, & more)! #itsthelittlethings that drive student engagement! @csforlcps
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Kathy Nekic retweeted
Thank you LCPS for the amazing VSTE sessions!! – at Roanoke, VA
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Replying to @LCPSOfficial
@LCPSOfficial: Happy Computer Science Month! The CS Office has created a calendar of events for the month of December. Please click the link below to see all of the offerings. Be sure to tag us with all you are doing throughout the month. drive.google.com/file/d/1z_G…
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Be sure to check out all of the great offerings happening throughout the month of December and visit the @awscloud Think Big Space @JLSMS_Official on the evening of December 13 for CS Innovation Night.
Replying to @LCPSOfficial
@LCPSOfficial: Happy Computer Science Month! The CS Office has created a calendar of events for the month of December. Please click the link below to see all of the offerings. Be sure to tag us with all you are doing throughout the month. drive.google.com/file/d/1z_G…
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Be sure to check out the November CS Newsletter. As always, so many great stories and resources to look through.
Replying to @LCPSOfficial
@LCPSOfficial: For our November CS Newsletter, we highlight the work happening @CoolSpring_ES, Frances Hazel Reid Elem, @LCPSLegacy, and @BAM_MS_Official. We also take a look at events happening during @CSEdWeek and spotlight @Ozobot as our CS tool. smore.com/pmh0n
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If you are attending @vste this year, make sure to check out all of the sessions being offered by the @LCPSOfficial CS Office. Our Instructional Facilitators have designed highly engaging presentations focusing on topics connected to Computer Science integration in grades K-8.
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Replying to @LCPSOfficial
@LCPSOfficial: CS Education Week takes place the week of December 11-15. The focus this year is Innovating with CS and Artificial Intelligence. Be sure to join us on 12/13 from 6:30-8:00 at the @awscloud Think Big Space @JLSMS_Official for hands-on activities and demonstrations.
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🖥️ Don't miss our FREE computer science webinar for school leaders and educators! 🌟 Join #MinecraftEdu for expert insights on integrating computer science across grade levels, including #HourofCode. 🗓️ Register now! aka.ms/cswebinar @ISTEofficial @SleuthAcademy
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K-5 teachers from @LowesIslandElem visited the @awscloud Think Big Space today to work with one of our amazing IFCSs @CSLCPS. During their sessions, teachers engaged in various lessons that integrated Computer Science into the core content curriculum.
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Kathy Nekic retweeted
🥰There’s something magical about these 3 little words when a student understands a concept!💡 This is one of Virginia educator @CSLCPS’s favorite phrases, and ours, too.
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