Join us for a conversation about ways your school can provide students with opportunities to learn digital skills — like coding and app development — to help prepare students for success in the workforce and beyond.
Learn about freely available Swift coding resources for teachers who want to engage students! Teachers who’ve used these resources will share their background and classroom experience, provide candid insight from their experience and share student engagement and outcomes.
Swift is used to build many of the world’s most popular apps. Today there are more than 850,000 apps written in Swift on the App Store. And when students learn Swift and SwiftUI they’re building skills that are used to create many of the apps you may use every day.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh computer in 1984. Since then Apple has designed products and programs that help unleash the creative potential in every individual, no matter how they learn and what they love to do. Apple Education is... Read More →
Computer Science Resource Teacher, Kaimuki-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Area
Currently a Computer Science Resource Teacher for Kaimuki-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Area and formerly a Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and English Teacher at James Campbell High School.
Kim Dempsey is a Computer Science teacher at Kealakehe Intermediate on Hawai'i Island, where she serves on the leadership team. She also teaches High School Equivalency at the Kona campus of Waipahu Community School for Adults. Originally from Ohio, Kim has an undergraduate degree... Read More →
Learn how Nānākuli-Wai`anae Complex Area computer science pilot is bringing mobile app development to the forefront of CS implementation. Come see how teachers integrated ELA, Hawaiian Studies, Health, and Music with computer science. Audience members can interact with apps developed by elementary, middle, and high school students that used the design thinking process.
Complex Academic Officer, Nānākuli-Wai`anae Complex Area
Vangie's 30-year HIDOE career focuses on college & career readiness. A former Nationally Board Certified Career and Technical Education (CTE) teacher, she's held diverse roles including assistant principal, federal program manager, & State CTE specialist. Currently, as Nānākuli-Wai`anae's... Read More →
In this hands-on session, participants will learn how coding apps and workforce skills are inherently connected. According to a CASEL report, 92 percent of businesses agree that soft skills are equally or more important than technical skills, specifically problem-solving and communication. Experiences like building a mobile app can actually help develop, enhance, and augment these skills. Using the six-step design thinking process, educators will build their own apps and learn how piquing interest in computer science starting as early as elementary school and expanding on that through middle and high school can lay the foundation for the vital and transferable skills students will need for their education careers and beyond. Please bring a laptop or a tablet for this session.
Alefiya (A-lay-fee-ya) is a former Montessori teacher and founder & CEO of the award-winning EdTech company MAD-learn. She is a big promoter of entrepreneurship in education and is passionate about positively impacting the education industry. She was featured on Forbes for her work... Read More →
Complex Academic Officer, Nānākuli-Wai`anae Complex Area
Vangie's 30-year HIDOE career focuses on college & career readiness. A former Nationally Board Certified Career and Technical Education (CTE) teacher, she's held diverse roles including assistant principal, federal program manager, & State CTE specialist. Currently, as Nānākuli-Wai`anae's... Read More →
Note: This is a workshop that is intended for the Futurize IT cohort teachers. However, the first session is open all attendees who are interested in learning more about the Cisco Networking Academy program.
Explore how the Cisco Networking Academy empowers educators and students through IT, networking, and cybersecurity courses, a diverse ecosystem of academies, and career-aligned resources. Learn about local IT career prospects from Hawaii P-20 and innovative AI education initiatives from Cisco-IBM-Intel partnerships. Transform education and prepare students for thriving tech careers!
Wayne Lewis is the Cisco Academy Manager for the Pacific Center for Advanced Technology Training (PCATT), based at Honolulu Community College (HonCC), and the Legal Main Contact for the CCNA/CCNP/Network Security Cisco Academy Training Center at PCATT/HonCC. Since 1998, Wayne has... Read More →
Note: This is a workshop that is intended for the Futurize IT cohort teachers.
Explore how the Cisco Networking Academy empowers educators and students through IT, networking, and cybersecurity courses, a diverse ecosystem of academies, and career-aligned resources. Learn about local IT career prospects from Hawaii P-20 and innovative AI education initiatives from Cisco-IBM-Intel partnerships. Transform education and prepare students for thriving tech careers!
Wayne Lewis is the Cisco Academy Manager for the Pacific Center for Advanced Technology Training (PCATT), based at Honolulu Community College (HonCC), and the Legal Main Contact for the CCNA/CCNP/Network Security Cisco Academy Training Center at PCATT/HonCC. Since 1998, Wayne has... Read More →
Note: This is a workshop that is intended for the Futurize IT cohort teachers.
Explore how the Cisco Networking Academy empowers educators and students through IT, networking, and cybersecurity courses, a diverse ecosystem of academies, and career-aligned resources. Learn about local IT career prospects from Hawaii P-20 and innovative AI education initiatives from Cisco-IBM-Intel partnerships. Transform education and prepare students for thriving tech careers!
Wayne Lewis is the Cisco Academy Manager for the Pacific Center for Advanced Technology Training (PCATT), based at Honolulu Community College (HonCC), and the Legal Main Contact for the CCNA/CCNP/Network Security Cisco Academy Training Center at PCATT/HonCC. Since 1998, Wayne has... Read More →