Presentations by Rachel J. Pierson
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Upcoming Presentations
Past Presentations
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- Charting the Path: South Dakota’s Proposed K-8 Computer Science Standards, TIE25 Conference, Rapid City, SD, April 2025
- Storytelling with Code: Empowering Student Voice and Creativity, ASTE Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, February 2025
- Creating and Using Rubrics with SpeedGrader, SFSD Middle School Professional Development, February 2025
- Empowering Educators: Innovative Tech Tools and Wellness in the Digital Age, South Dakota Education Association Summer Academy, Summer 2024
- Coding Clubs and Easy Curriculum Add-ons with CS First, TIE22, Sioux Falls, SD, April 4, 2022
- Applied Digital Skills 15-Minute Flash Preview, TIE22, Sioux Falls, SD, April 4, 2022
- Students say, “Hear our voices!”, Cue’d Up by CUE-NV, June 24, 2020
- Alternative Assessment for a Remote World, OpenLearning@MLC, June 16, 2020
- Global Connections – WELS EdTechLead, Wisconsin Dells, WI, June 24-27, 2019
- Google Level 1 Certification Bootcamp, EdTechLead Conference, June 2019
- Code.org Computer Science Discoveries 5-Day Workshop, June 2019
- Code.org Computer Science Discoveries Quarter 4 Workshop, March 2019
- Code.org Computer Science Discoveries Quarter 3 Workshop, January 2019
- Code.org Computer Science Discoveries Program Summary, TIES, December 2018
- Keynote Speech, “Know, Grow, Go” Powerful Learning Conference, November 2017
- Sphero Games: An Olympic Inspired Robot Race Powerful Learning Conference, November 2017
- CS First: Free Computer Science Coding Clubs Powerful Learning Conference, November 2017
- Using Technology in Reading Wisconsin Lutheran State Teachers’ Conference, October 2017
- Go for the Gold: Sphero Olympics Wisconsin Lutheran State Teachers’ Conference, October 2017
- Going for the Gold: Sphero Olympics ITEM Spring Conference: Imagine the Possibilities, Hopkins, MN, April 2017
- CS First: Giving Kids Superpowers Through Computer Science Minnesota Summit featuring Google For Education, March 2017
- “CS First: Giving Kids Superpowers Through Computer Science,” TIES: Empowering Learners, Minneapolis, MN, December 2016
- “CS First: Giving Kids Superpowers Through Computer Science,” EdTechTeam Google Summit, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, August 2016
- “CS First Coding Clubs,” Google Institute, TIES, Falcon Heights, Minnesota, June 2016
- “Extending Student Writing through Blogging,” WELSTech Conference July 2015
- “Apps and Extensions for Reading Instruction,” Metro Milwaukee Teachers’ Conference, March 2014
- “Blogging with Students” and “Writing eBooks with Students,” appFest, Marian University, Fond du Lac, WI, August 2013
- “Classroom in the Cloud,” Google Education Summit, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI, June 2013
- “Technology Integration in the K-8 Classroom,” Metro Milwaukee Teachers’ Conference, March 2013
- “Technology as Alternative Assessment,” Metro Milwaukee Teachers’ Conference, March 2011