MIT Expert Trainers in Educational Mobile Computing
(formerly known as Master Trainers)
App Inventor Expert Trainers have successfully completed intensive training with MIT on all aspects of using and teaching App Inventor. These Expert Trainers are certified by MIT App Inventor. They teach App Inventor to users, as well as teach App Inventor education to teachers. Certified trainers who can serve your school or organization are listed below, by country and US state.
United States
California
Sarah Blanchette, AptosSARAH BLANCHETTE
Sarah Blanchette is a middle school teacher from San Jose, California. She started as a science teacher; when she saw the need for and the benefit of robotics and computer programming classes, she jumped in with both feet.
Sarah started with Lego Mindstorms robots and its simple block programming. Through the Project Lead the Way program, she then added VEX robots with its RobotC programming language. Now she is having a hoot expanding the line up to include MIT App Inventor.
Certified: 2016Address: Aptos, CA
Email: sblanchette0{at}gmail.com
Phone: 831-229-6771
Blogs: Becoming a Middle School Computer Programming Teacher, 02/24/2017
DAN ELIOT
Dan Eliot is currently the Computer Science teacher and Technology Representative for Yorba Linda High School in California. This fall will be his 30th year of teaching, and he was originally a biology teacher before moving into Computer Science during the 1996 school year. Dan has taught a number of computer related courses over the years at both the high school and middle school levels. Languages taught include HTML/CSS, Visual Basic, C, C++, PHP, JavaScript, Java, and now App Inventor! Dan is also the E-Sports coach at Yorba Linda High School, and is looking forward to starting a computer gaming pathway of courses during the 2019-2020 school year.
Address: Yorba Linda High School, Yorba Linda, CA
Email: deliot@pylusd.org
Website: http://MrEliot.com/
JEFF HENDRICKSON
Jeff is a Computer Science Instructor at Shasta College, located in Redding, California. Prior to this position, he taught Business and Technology classes at the high school level for 15 years. He earned a B.S. in Management Information Systems from California State University, Chico, and then an MBA from Corban University in Salem, Oregon. Jeff is currently working with his area high schools to help integrate CS programs that include App Inventor, Vex Robotics, and Python programming. He is also working with his peers to incorporate App Inventor into the Intro to Computer Science courses at Shasta College. Jeff is passionate about teaching and encourages students from all disciplines to learn App Inventor because it is a fun way to discover coding. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, which includes traveling, playing roller hockey, going to see movies, and gaming with the family.
Address: Redding, CA
Email: cisjeffsc@gmail.com
ABIGAIL JOSEPH
Dr. Abigail Joseph has an extensive background in the innovation and application of technology as an agent of change. Her commitment to educating youth began in Californias Silicon Valley in the MESA Center and classrooms at Cabrillo Community College, after school programs in Oakland and Richmond, and serving as Faculty Advisor at the National Youth Leadership Forum on Technology . Her journey as an educator continues in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she has spent the past five years developing computer science programs at Bay Area schools and working as volunteer for Black Girls Code. She currently works as a PK-12 Computer Science Teacher at The Nueva School in HIllsborough, CA, where she continues to develop her interests in educating youth in the intersection of Design Thinking, Computer Science, Art, and Social Justice. Abigail always looks forward to the innovative spirit that Verizon Innovation App Challenge brings, and is excited to again facilitate meaningful change as mentor to a winning team. She holds a B.S.E in computer science from Princeton University and a M.S./Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Address: Sunnyvale, CA
Email: abigail@ajbydesign.com
BRYAN TWAREK
Bryan Twarek ("BT") is the computer science coordinator for the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), where he is working to expand CS instruction to all students and all schools within San Francisco public schools (see CSinSF.org). He oversees policy, curriculum development, and professional development.
Previously, he worked as middle school dean, teacher, and technology integration specialist. BT graduated from Yale University with a degree in psychology and human neuroscience. He earned his master's degree in urban education policy and administration from Loyola Marymount University.
BT is a facilitator, thought leader, and writer for the K-12 computer science framework, and a writer on the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) K-12 standards revision task force. He also serves as a board member for Computer Using Educators (CUE) San Francisco.
Certified: 2016Address: San Fransisco, CA
Email: twarekb@sfusd.edu
Colorado
Ann Root, BoulderANN ROOT
Ann is in her 10th year of teaching. She teaches Computer Science and Engineering at Centaurus High School in Colorado. She started her teaching career in Bratislava, Slovakia teaching IB Chemistry and IB Math at a K-12 international school. She hung up her chemistry beaker upon returning to the U.S. and has taught math and/or AP Computer Science since then. Prior to teaching, Ann worked as a software engineer for nearly 10 years at Xilinx and Intel. She has a B.S. degree in math and computer science from Purdue University and a M.S. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Colorado. When not teaching, she enjoys trail running with her dogs, reading, gardening and traveling.
Address: Boulder, CO
Email: ann.root@gmail.com
Connecticut
Pauline Lake, HartfordPAULINE LAKE
Pauline Lake is the Mobile CSP projects Teaching Consultant. Mobile CSP is an NSF-funded effort to train high school teachers to teach the emerging AP CSP course that engages students in building mobile apps with MIT App Inventor. She supports the teachers in the classroom and virtually, helping with technical issues and with instruction. She is one of two full-time staff persons and is closely involved in all aspects of the project, including the curriculum, assessment, and PD. She is also graduate of Trinity College with a B.A. in Computer Science and Educational Studies and a Masters in Public Policy with a concentration in Education Policy. Pauline has been teaching CS to middle- and high-school students in the Hartford area since 2010. She has also taught the Computing with Mobile Phones course at Trinity College and has served as the Vice President/Secretary of the Computer Science Teachers Association Connecticut chapter as well as Secretary of Random Hacks of Kindness Jr which promotes 4th-8th grade students coding for a social good with MIT App Inventor.
Address: Hartford, CT
Email:plake@css.edu
KRISTIN VIOLETTE
Kristin Violette is a teacher of Computer Science at Newtown High School and Manchester Community College in Connecticut. Kristin is certified in Technology Education, English, TESOL and CWE-DO. At the high school, Kristin teaches Web Design, CT Innovation Academy, AP Mobile Computer Science Principles and MIT App Inventor. She also offers courses in App Inventor at Tunxis and Manchester Community Colleges. In addition she has run several Mobile App Academies at for CPEP, Catalysts Powering Educational Performance, a non-profit agency supporting under-represented youth in STEM. Over the years, Kristin participated in the MIT App Inventor Summit and has presented on mobile app curricula at the CSTA Annual Conference.
Address: Farmington, CT
Email: klviolette@gmail.com
MICHAEL WILKOSZ
Michael Wilkosz is a Technology and Engineering teacher at Hall High School in West Hartford, CT. He has taught at Hall since 2009 and was a member of the second cohort of teachers trained at Trinity College as part of the Mobile CSP Project during the summer of 2014. He has been teaching Mobile CSP since and has guided more than 10 sections of students to success on the AP CSP Exam since its first year in 2017. Aside from CS, Michael also teaches Engineering & Architectural Design, Engineering Applications, Computer Maintenance & Repair, Game & Web Design, as well as Robotics & Electronics. He also is an Adjunct Professor at Central Connecticut State University teaching a robotics course for preservice educators focused on presenting best practices and the realities of using various robotics competitions as a focus for STEM in the middle school and high school setting. Outside the classroom, Michael is the advisor for Hall’s VEX Robotics teams as well as a certified Event Partner for the REC Foundation. Michael is also an eSports coach and led Hall’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Varsity Team to become the CIAC 2022 Spring Champions.
Address: Newington, CT
Email:Michael_Wilkosz@whps.org
Florida
Iyar Chandrakasan (Ivan), Coconut CreekCHANDRAKASN A. IYAR (IVAN)
Born in South Africa, BSc. Physics from McGill University in Montreal Canada. President of CAI Softdesign (USA) Inc., a Software Development Company founded in Canada, supporting Transaction Processing in the Financial and Medical sectors, and Industrial Process Logic Control systems and Analytics using Neural Networks. Retired in Ft-Lauderdale, Florida in 2002.
I am Currently teaching “Database Application Development Programming” and “Game Simulation & Animation Programming” at Atlantic Technical College to Post Secondary Students together with a Magnet program for Juniors and Seniors from High Schools in Broward County. I am also an Academy Teacher for the National Academy Foundation (NAF), Oracle Academy, Microsoft Academy and Cisco Academy. This year I will be the Regional Advisor for the “Business Professionals of America” Broward County region with students participating in Business and IT Regional events in Broward and Miami-Dade, and State and National events.
My first exposure to App Inventor was in 2018-2019 through a grant from the Lenovo Scholar Network and a Scholarship from NAF to attend the MIT Master Trainer program. I will now be adding Mobile Computing using App Inventor to the curriculum for the Magnet Students at Atlantic Technical college and Technical High School.
Certified: 2019Address: Coconut Creek, FL
Phone: (754) 321-5100
Email: Chandrakasan.Iyar@browardschools.com
Web: www.AtlanticTechnicalCollege.edu
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chandrakasan-iyar
RYAN KINSER
Ryan Kinser is an Instructional Technologist at The Out of Door Academy (ODA) in Sarasota, Florida. He also teaches high school students online at Florida Virtual School. Ryan helps teachers innovate, and he works to connect students with real-world projects. He sees App Inventor as an exciting way to develop students and teachers as Makers.
As a former teacher advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Center for Teaching Quality, the Teaching Channel, and Hillsborough County, Florida, Ryan advocates for hybrid teaching roles called Teacherpreneurs, which encourage teacher leaders to advance their profession without completely leaving the classroom. His primary interests are online learning, teacher professional development, and design-thinking in STEM education. A Google-certified Teacher (Level 2) and 2016 PBS Learning Media Digital Innovator who has taught students of all levels and ages, Ryan offers schools and organizations professional development focused on prototyping with AppInventor in any subject.
Certified: 2016Instructional Technologist, The Out of Door Academy
Instructor, FLVS
Address: Tampa Bay, FL
Email: Ryan.kinser1@gmail.com
Twitter: @ryankinser
Phone: 1-813-438-2460 (call or text)
JOE KUPISZEWSKI
Joe Kupiszewski is entering his 7th year teaching at Maclay School in Tallahassee Florida. He is the department chair for the Computer Science and Engineering program and coaches golf and soccer and sponsors the Student Astronaut Challenge team. Also, from time to time he assists the CIO with special networking and infrastructure projects. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Florida State University. Prior to joining Maclay, he worked in the Internet industry for a startup, national and finally international Fortune 500 company. He also worked for the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) as the Manager of Network Infrastructure, later as a consultant for Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) and finally as their Network Manager before joining Maclay. In his spare time, he enjoys running, golfing, swimming and spending time with family and friends.
Address: Tallahasse, Florida
Email: joe@maclay.org
LYRA BLIZZARD LOGAN
Lyra Logan is Executive Vice President & General Counsel of the Florida Education Fund (FEF), a non-profit that creates and implements educational programs for underrepresented groups. In addition to handling legal matters, Logan is FEF's web applications and database developer and directs FEF's pre-college programs, which include after school and summer STEM camps for Florida middle and high school students. Logan developed and helps design curricula for an expanding strand of those camps known as CodeMasters, where undeserved youth learn computer programming and computational thinking within the contexts of robotics, game design, web design, and mobile app development and also prepare to earn tech certifications. Logan trains instructors to teach curricula developed or selected for FEF programs, empowering them to later teach even greater numbers of students to code at high-needs Florida schools during the regular school year. Logan is a certified JavaScript and Database Design Specialist and holds graduate certificates in Instructional Technology: Web Design and in Online Teaching and Learning. She earned her B.A. from Fisk University and J.D. from Harvard.
Address: Florida
Email: logan@fefonline.org
Phone: 1-813-272-2772
Blogs
Miami Mobile App Lab Students Prepare to Develop Apps for First Non-profit Client, 01/21/2018
Florida Gulf Coast University and University of South Florida Summer Camp Students Learn App Inventor, 8/7/2018
LISA SAUNDERS
Lisa Saunders is Computer Science Specialist for the Pine Crest School in Boca Raton Florida. She has been an educator for eight years and currently teaches computer science to grades 6-8. She has designed and implemented CSTA standards based curriculum for middle school students using MIT App Inventor 2, Robotics and Arduino programming. She is also responsible for designing and presenting professional development for faculty with a focus on enhancing core curriculum with computer science. Prior to teaching, she was a software engineer for Motorola specializing in communication and operating system software.
Address: Boca Raton, FL
Email: lisa.saunders@pinecrest.edu
Georgia
Krishnendu Roy, ValdostaKRISHNENDU ROY
Krishnendu Roy is an associate professor of computer science at Valdosta State University (VSU), a public regional university in South Georgia. At VSU Krishnendu has organized computing summer camps for local middle and high school students for the past five summers. In these camps students are exposed to computing (often for the first time) through activities using novice programming environments like App Inventor, Scratch, Lego NXT, and Alice. Krishnendu has also organized Google CS4HS workshop for local K12 teachers in 2012 and 2013 where the teacher were involved in computing related activities. Krishnendu teaches a CS0 course at VSU using App Inventor and has created several introductory video tutorials on App Inventor that are available on YouTube. He is interested in developing instructional resources for novice programming environments like App Inventor for various outreach activities. Prior to joining VSU, Krishnendu completed his MS and PhD from Louisiana State University and BS from University of Calcutta, India.
Address: Valdosta, GA, GA
Email: kroy@valdosta.edu
Idaho
Yu-Chang Hsu, BoiseYU-CHANG HSU
Dr. Hsu is Associate Professor of Educational Technology at Boise State University, and teaches graduate courses on graphic design, mobile app design, and maker tech for STEAM education. His research interests include mobile app programming, physical computing, collaborative learning, and computational thinking. Dr. Hsu is an App Inventor Summit invited speaker from 2012 to 2014. He designed and taught online graduate courses on mobile app design since 2011. He also offered summer courses on mobile app design to Idaho TRiO students (low income, first generation pre-college students) since 2012. Dr. Hsu's graduate students from his mobile app design class and submitted their final projects for a competition won the first and second place in 2012 MIT App Inventor App Contest for their creativity, interface design, and the educational values of the mobile apps. His recent grant award (2015-2017) funded by the National Science Foundation focuses on helping STEM major students integrate trigonometry in mobile app programming.
Address: Boise, ID
Email: hsu@boisestate.edu
Illinois
Muhammad Ahsan, ChicagoMUHAMMAD AHSAN
Muhammad Ahsan is from Chicago, IL. He has been working as a Software Engineer for 6 years and particularly has experience working in iOS and Web development using React JS and other mobile technologies. Muhammad wanted to be a mentor and App Inventor inspired him with its unique way of creating things. He has taught students on different platforms before but to become a master trainer opportunity excites him to the next level of learning and seeking for different teaching endeavors. Currently, he am working on starting a Sunday coding school for different age groups. Muhammad completed his Bachelors of Engineering in Computer and Information Systems from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. He has an extensive background in the innovation of technology and passion to promote computational thinking in youth.
Address: Chicago, IL, and Karachi, Pakistan
Email: dev.muhammadahsan@outlook.com
Phone: +1-630-363-3776 (call or text)
Twitter:@MacAhsan
FELICIA KAMRIANI
Felicia Kamriani is an instructional designer at Google who is passionate about global education, informal learning and all things App Inventor. She has evangelized mobile computing education at the UNESCO YouthMobile conferences in Paris, France and Doha, Qatar and at universities and organizations in China, Hong Kong and the US. She is the former Education and Business Development Coordinator for MIT App Inventor and has created online lessons, courses and trainings for MIT, Harvard University and the University of San Francisco. In 2016, Felicia co-authored, App Inventor 2 Essentials, an introductory book to mobile app development. She is an involved alumna of Harvard University, Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley.
Address: Chicago, IL
Email: feliciakmit@gmail.com
Phone: 1-310-741-0332
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/felittlepeople/
Blogs: UNESCO YouthMobile Event in Doha, 03/10/2017
Maryland
Nakeia Chantai Jones, BaltimoreNAKEIA CHANTAI JONES
Nakeia C. Jones is a former Baltimore City Public School Educator who now works as a Lead Program Associate for the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. She has a B.S. in Hospitality Management with a concentration in Marketing and a M.Ed. in Secondary Education. She enjoys working with diverse learners and prides herself on creative, out of the box thinking in order to solve problems. She completed the MIT App Inventor Master Trainer certification in August 2017.
Address: Baltimore, MD
Email: ncjonesmitappmaster@gmail.com
Phone: 1-410-262-6050
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nakeia-jones-557906132/
Massachusetts
Yen Yen Lim, WestfordYEN YEN LIM
Certified: 2016
Address: Westford, MA
Email: poshagent@gmail.com
Blogs: My Experience at the App Inventor Summit, 01/26/2017
KATHLEEN MALONE
Kathleen is the STEM Curriculum Specialist at Derby Academy in Hingham, MA where she teaches Upper School math and engineering design. She oversees the scope and sequence of the PreK-Grade 8 STEM program and has developed innovative, hands-on STEM curricula to promote computational, critical, and design thinking skills. She is a champion of utilizing authentic project-based STEM applications with a lens on social progress to develop inquiry and problem solving in her students. Her CS course tools include robotics, CAD and vector design, Bootstrap programming, and App Inventor. Kathleen is an active advocate for CS in the state and has served on the CS and Engineering Subcommittee of the MA Governor's Advisory Council on STEM Education. She has designed and presented professional development for teachers at statewide conferences. She also volunteers at several outreach events aimed toward bridging the gender divide and encouraging girls to pursue computer science and STEM fields. In addition, she leads workshops and summer camp programs for her local community in areas including 3D design, cryptography, Scratch, robotics, and MIT App Inventor. Her work has received accolades including 2017 MA STEM Teacher of the Year sponsored by The Hall at Patriot Place presented by Raytheon and the 2016 Pre-College Educator Award from the BSCES of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Address: Hingham, MA
Email: kmaloneED@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-malone-8188b7a
INGRID ROCHE
Ingrid Roche is a Computer Science and Technology Educator in Boston Public Schools. She is currently teaching 11th and 12th grade AP Computer Science Principles, working with Mobile CSP, and enjoying the teaching and learning experience. She leads workshops on technology, educator training, and teaching strategies. You can learn more on her website. She began teaching in 1997 in Greenfield MA, teaching French and Spanish. Since that time, she has continued educating and has had the opportunity to teach and volunteer in several places around the world. In 2011 she was awarded the City of Boston Educator of the Year Award for Excellence in Teaching. Teaching has taken her on an interesting journey that has led to a keen interest in technology, programming, and of course App Inventor!
Address:Boston, Massachusetts
Email: maestraroche@gmail.com
MARK SHERMAN
Mark has worked with teacher and students of all ages, helping them learn about engineering, robotics, and computer science. He has run workshops is India, China, and many sites in the US. Mark has a Ph.D. in Computer Science specializing in CS Education research at UMass Lowell. He has prepared teachers for using Scratch, Snap!, MIT App Inventor, and the Beauty & Joy of Computing curriculum in their classrooms. Mark is also into rock climbing and helps run a Boston-area community theater company.
Address: Boston, MA
Email: markandrewsherman85@gmail.com
ED ROBINSON
Before becoming an MIT App Inventor Master Trainer, Ed taught middle school and high school students math in a public school for 19 years. In addition to MIT App Inventor, he is very familiar with "The Beauty and Joy of Computing", which is one of the curricula for the new AP Computer Science Principles class using the Snap! language, earning a certificate from University of California, Berkeley in 2012. Through self-study Ed has learned the new "Digital Literacy and Computer Science" standards of Massachusetts, and could tailor a training to these standards. Ed believes MIT App Inventor is a valuable creative tool which any interested person, young or old, can learn. It also has, he believes, the potential for making the person who doesn't believe they're interested in programming or Computer Science, become interested, and he is eager to spread the word and see this happen.
Address: Massachusetts
Email: mitappinvtr@gmail.com
Maine
Sue Maddock, South BerwickSUE MADDOCK
Sue currently teaches math and computer science at Berwick Academy, a college preparatory school in southern Maine. In over thirty years of teaching her courses have included AP Computer Science as well as electives based on robotics, app development, Visual BASIC, C++, Pascal, and long ago, Logo. Her classroom focus is learning-by-doing. The joy she witnesses as students conceptualize and realize programming projects reinforces her own love of computer science and the belief that all students should experience this way of thinking. She is particularly interested in encouraging young women to challenge themselves in this realm. When not in the classroom, Sue can be found in hiking with her camera, biking, or baking with chocolate.
Address: South Berwick, ME
Email: smaddock@berwickacademy.org
Blogs: Opportunity, 01/10/2017
Michigan
Natalie Nicholas, Farmington HillsNATALIE NICHOLAS
Natalie Nicholas is a Sr. Training Manager working at AT&T in various locations. Natalie learned how to teach kids to build apps through a Mobile Apps Made Easy training. AT&T’s ASPIRE Inspire Mentor (AIM) initiative by Organization of Asian Indians (OASIS) hosted the training. The training was instrumental in teaching her how to make Android mobile apps. In return, she completed 20 hours of mentoring teens to make their own mobile apps. Now, Natalie is in high demand. She has held many local workshops and traveled to other cities to do the same.
Wanting to learn more and to further enable students, Natalie completed Mobile Computing with App Inventor - CS Principles. The online course was offered by Trinity College and the MIT Master Trainers Program in Educational Mobile Computing was offered online and on-campus. She also has degrees in electronics, electrical engineering technology and information systems.
Natalie enjoys sharing information about MIT App Inventor and Mobile computing – especially helping others achieve a brighter future.
Certified: 2016Address: Farmington Hills, MI
Email: teamlink@sbcglobal.net
Montana
Derek Houseworth, KalispellDEREK HOUSEWORTH
Derek Houseworth works as a self-employed software developer and small-business IT consultant based in Kalispell, Montana. He has more than 25 years professional experience in the high tech industry including roles in software development, quality assurance, product design and systems administration. Derek has taught college level computer programming, coached elementary level robotics clubs and is a regular speaker on computer science to K-12 students. He is passionate about empowering kids to become technological creators rather than just users and believes MIT App Inventor is the perfect platform for anyone to develop this crucial 21st century skillset.
Certified: 2019Address: Kalispell, MT
Email: derek@houseworthconsulting.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/houseworthconsulting
New Jersey
Matthew Cheng, HobokenMATTHEW CHENG
Matthew Cheng is a High School Computer Science and Mathematics Teacher and an Adjunct Professor in New Jersey/New York metropolitan area. After becoming a MIT Master Trainer, he started AppInventor.io, (http://www.appinventor.io) a website that provides teaching materials for MIT App Inventor. He earned a B.S. in Computer Information Systems, a M.S. in Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity and a Graduate Certificate in Computer Science for Digital Forensics from John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY). Matthew also earned a M.A.T. in Secondary Education Mathematics from William Paterson University where he was named a Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellow and received the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship. He was twice elected to his local school board where he ran as an independent candidate advocating for transparent decision making and the creation of new STEM programs. He is passionate about bringing Computer Science education to all communities and bridging Computer Science and Mathematics in the classroom.
Certified: 2017Address: Hoboken, New Jersey
Email: matthew.f.cheng@gmail.com
New York
Christine Dragos, ManorvilleCHRISTINE DRAGOS
My name is Christine Dragos. I have been teaching programming at Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School for 20 years. I love teaching, computers, my own kids and family, music and sports.
Address: Manorville, NY
Email: christine.dragos@luhi.org
CLARK HOCHGRAF
Clark Hochgraf, Ph.D., uses MIT App Inventor to teach design thinking and making skills to students at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He finds joy in making technology accessible and useful to more people. As associate professor of electrical engineering technology at RIT, he teaches digital signal processing and microcontrollers using a hands-on, learn by building approach. He works with community organizations such as Rochester Roots and Rochester Makerspace to promote youth wellbeing and technology education by connecting college students to community members in service learning projects.
Clark is a maker who has built electric go-carts, scooters, bikes, hybrid automobiles and co-launched the first solar-charged, student-designed college campus electric bike share in the US. He holds 12 US patents ranging from Megawatt-scale power inverters to hydrogen fuel cell membranes. Before teaching, he worked 11 years in industry as an engineer for Westinghouse, Ford/Visteon, and General Motors R&D. His current research is on using smartphone technology to prevent automobile crashes. For fun he builds Arduino powered spiro-graph drawing machines.
Certified: 2016Address: Rochester, NY
Email: cghiee@rit.edu
Blogs: An easy way to add a bar graph to your app in App Inventor, 10/06/2016
HAK J. KIM
Hak J. Kim is an associate professor of the Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics (IS/BA) in the Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University. He earned a Ph.D. in information systems from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Kim's research includes mobile location-based services with mobile app, big data analytics in social media, cyber security in cloud computing, and digital forensics. He is currently building the real-time location tracking and positioning system using wireless networking and mobile apps. This system can be integrated into a hospital management system and will provide relevant information across the hospital to support effective decision making for patient care, and hospital administration. Dr. Kim has a strong interest in pre-college (K-12) education. He has organized a mobile app summer camp for students and teachers to learn how to program mobile apps and games in their smartphones and tablets.
Certified: 2016Department of Information Systems and Business Anlytics
Zarb School of Business
Hofstra University
Address: Hempstead, NY
Email: hak.j.kim@hofstra.edu
Phone: 1-516-463-4529
SADE OSILAJA MITCHELL
Sade Osilaja Mitchell leads the Startup Tech program at NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship), a non-profit focused on activating the entrepreneurial mindset in youth in 19 regions across 9 countries. Sade overseas training, support and curriculum modifications for the program, implemented by over 50 tech-entrepreneurship teachers, and funded by Verizon and SAP. Prior to her current role, Sade was a Program Manager for NFTEs New York Metro region and led NYC Generation Tech, a summer program that teaches students coding skills (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) and culminates in a shark-tank style Demo Night where students pitch Android app-based businesses to a panel of judges for seed money. She has also worked at Teach for All and KIPP NYC Public Charter Schools. Sade studied Economics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University for her Masters and International Political Economics at University of Southern California (USC) for her Bachelors.
Address: New York City, NY
Email: sademitchell362@gmail.com
YVON MORIN
Yvon is a math and technology teacher at IT TAKES A VILLAGE ACADEMY, in Brooklyn, NY. He also runs an after-school club where he coaches students who join the robotics team for the FTC competition. During club hours, He teaches technical and mechanical design that leads to building robots that will later be programmed using the MIT App Inventor programming platform. Yvon also teaches robotics to juniors and sophomores using Legos NXT and the RobotC programming language. He will be implementing a new curriculum about AP Mobile Computing with App Inventor, a two-year curriculum that will get sophomore students to be ready to take the AP exam at the end of their junior year as part of their college or career readiness.
Address: Brooklyn, NY
Email: ymorin32@msn.com
Blogs: Google Translate API and App Inventor: An Alternative to Yandex, 09/02/2016
KELLY POWERS
Kelly Powers recently joined Education Development Center to work on the MassCAN state-wide Massachusetts initiative to assist teachers and districts with designing an implementation plan to bring Computer Science into their k-12 curriculum. She has taught Computer Science for the past 15 years and served as Computer Science Department Chair and curriculum leader at the Advanced Math and Science Academy, grades 6-12. Prior to teaching, Kelly worked as a large systems computing specialist for IBM, John Hancock, and Harvard University. Kelly co-founded the Greater Boston Computer Science Teachers Association Chapter in October 2010 and is an active advocate for CS in the state.
As a passionate educator, Kelly's goal is to engage all students in the joy of learning , to think computationally and build student's confidence in solving problems. In particular, Kelly has taken advantage of many outreach programs to increase girls participation in computing. This is her third year serving on the AITC team.
Certified: 2013Address: Scarsdale, NY
Email: kelpowers@gmail.com
Oklahoma
Suzan Dalgic, TulsaSUZAN DALGIC
Suzan has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with a minor in Electronics and a Master's degree in Computer Science-Cyber Security. Suzan Dalgic is a Computer Science teacher at Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences in Tulsa, OK. Suzan has been teaching Computer Science and Technology Applications for 8 years. She was also an IT Manager for the past 4 years. She did FLL and VEXIQ Middle School Robotics and attended to the competitions with her students for 4 years. Currently, Suzan is an FTC coach and is teaching 8-12 Computer Science programming classes. She is a Texas certified 8-12 Computer Science teacher, NISE certified STEM educator, Oracle certified Java fundamentals, and programming teacher and MIT certified Mobile Education Master Trainer.
Address: Tulsa, OK
Email: suzandalgic@gmail.com
Blogs:
Watershed Protection Hackathon in Austin, 12/12/2017
Students hack plastic pollution with MIT App Inventor apps, 08/07/2017
MIT Master Trainer at JASON National Conference 2017 at George Washington University, 07/17/2017
MIT Master Trainer at Texas Charter School Association Conference, 10/21/2016
WILLIAM SMITH
Dr. Smith is an Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, OK where he has taught for 22 years. He is the founding and lead instructor for the college's Associate's Degree in Mobile Application Development in which students develop apps for iOS and Android Phone Platforms. He also teaches introduction to programming topics for Union Public Schools' Collegiate Academy and has been asked to develop mobile development classes for Tulsa Public Schools' EXCELerate program as well as TCC's summer College for Kids camps. He is also an adjunct instructor at Oklahoma State University and Nova Southeastern University.
Address: Wagoner, OK
Email: william.smith@tulsacc.edu
Pennsylvania
Eugene Kernis, NewtownAnne McGuirk, Philadelphia
ANNE McGUIRK
Anne McGuirk began her career in education as a founding teacher for a charter middle school centered on entrepreneurship. As she helped her school grow to full capacity, she helped integrate business lessons into her science class and watched her students flourish. For the better part of the last decade, Anne has worked in schools in low-income communities in Atlanta, Memphis, and New Orleans. Her passion has always been connecting students with experiences outside of the traditional classroom. Currently, Anne is the Philadelphia area program manager for The Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). She coordinates programming and teacher support for almost 30 NFTE partner schools in the PA, Southern Jersey, and Northern Delaware metro regions. Part of her work is supporting NFTE's Startup Tech curriculum, which combines entrepreneurship education with MIT App Inventor lessons to inspire students to create app-based business ideas. Anne has a Master of Education degree in Secondary Science from Christian Brothers University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park. She also has experience coaching and supporting teachers through Teach For America and as an Assistant Principal with KIPP schools.
Address: Philadelphia, PA
Email: phillynfte@gmail.com
Phone: 1-267-969-2347
Rhode Island
Joe Mazzone, LincolnJOE MAZZONE
Joe Mazzone is a Career and Technical Education Instructor at William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School where he teaches Computer and Software Engineering courses to the students in the Pre-Engineering Technology program. Joe has been teaching MIT App Inventor since December 2013 when MIT released App Inventor 2. He is also a trained Mobile Computer Science Principles instructor. He has developed and taught curriculum that teaches students how to develop with App Inventor, Python, C#, Java, Micro:Bit, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino. Outside of his day job, Joe dedicates much of his personal time to computer science education and supports the CS4RI initiative as the Computer Science Teachers Association of Rhode Islands Secretary and as Technovation RIs Regional Ambassador. He is also a member of the RI computer science standards advisory team, that developed CS standards for the state.
Address: Lincoln, RI
Email: JoeMazzone@outlook.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-mazzone
Twitter: @JoeMazzone
Texas
Akil Head, HoustonAKIL HEAD
Akil is an artist with a passion for information technology. He has worked for Amazon and founded the Houston Google Developers Group. He has shared his passion to tech social audiences across the U.S. He teaches at TX/RX Labs hackerspace and has taught App Inventor at North American University. He also has been a Google Apps partner since 2008 and managed a co-working space for mobile tech startups
In his free time, you can find him fishing in freshwater bayous with his young Russell Terrier pup or creating geometric art in his backyard studio.
Certified: 2016Address: Houston, TX
Email: soahead@gmail.com
YU MENG
Yu Meng coaches middle/high school students to innovate with STEM. He is the founder of ArcGen Programming & AI Academy, and co-founder of Association of Young Scientists & Innovators. He has been working in industry for 25 years, holding various technological positions at Oncor, Sabre, Yahoo and Nortel. He possesses PhD in Computer Science, MS in Electrical Engineering and BS in Physics.
Meng teaches five courses he designed on MIT App Inventor, i.e. Programming Fundamentals (based on AP Computer Science A curriculum), Tech Bots (Multimedia, Cloud data storage, sensors, interactive map, navigation, Web APIs and animations), Artificial Intelligence (projects provided by MIT App Inventor Program) and IoT with Raspberry Pi. With completion of the courses, students are encouraged to participate in Hackathon, Competitive Programming and Science Fair competitions. His students have won dozens of top awards at prestigious scientific research and technological innovation competitions, such as Regeneron ISEF, Regeneron STS, ACM Cutler-Bell Prize, Davidson Fellowship, Coca-cola Scholarship, MIT Appathon and HackMIT.
Certified: 2022Address: Dallas, TX
Email: dr.yu.meng@gmail.com
Phone: 1-972-889-0262
ARELTHIA PHILIPS
Arelthia Phillips is a teacher at the Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy High School and Adjunct Instructor at El Centro College. Arelthia teaches Web Design, Introduction to Digital Media, and Interactive Digital Media. Arelthia also teaches AP Computer Science Principles to help students develop an interest in Computer Science. Arelthia began teaching App Inventor after attending the Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship Startup Tech University in the summer of 2016. Arelthia believes in giving students the opportunity to solve real-world problems. Arelthia sees App Inventor as an engaging tool to develop students and teachers as Creators. Arelthia is a 2018 TI Foundation Innovations in STEM Teaching Award Fellow. Arelthia holds a Bachelors of Science in Education from Virginia Tech. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Computer Information Systems from Tarleton State University. Arelthia holds a Master of Education in Educational Technology Leadership from Lamar University.
Address: Dallas, TX
Email: arelthiap@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arelthiaphillips/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/atechteacher
DARION WALTON
Mr. Walton currently works as a hybrid educator as a Professor and teacher in Dallas, Texas. He uses MIT App Inventor to teach design thinking and making skills to youth and adults. He currently teaches Web Technology, Videography, App Development, and Digital Interactive Media using a hands-on, learn by building approach. He has worked with community organizations such as Boys and Girls Club, Walton Inspires, and S.M. Wright Foundation to promote youth wellbeing and technology education by connecting K-8 and High School students to community members in service learning projects. He has taught App Inventor development one-on-one and as a class using the Google Helpouts and Blackboard Collaborate platform, and has presented at local district professional development sessions to encourage non-programmers to use App Inventor to solve personally meaningful problems. He uses App Inventor to help teachers innovate and connect students with real-world projects. He sees App Inventor as an exciting way to develop students and teachers as Makers.
Address: Dallas, TX
Email: dwalton@waltoninspires.com
Phone: 214-908-3672
Website:waltoninspires.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darion-walton-mba/
Utah
Richard Interdonato, Salt Lake CityRICH INTERDONATO
Rich Interdonato, PhD, teaches about device mediated health behavior change as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Education at the University of Utah. He has been training students to use free Internet tools for Health Promotion and Education since 2011, and to develop mobile health apps with App Inventor since 2013. In 2012 Rich was awarded funding to develop an online, Applied Health Technology course series that featured app development with App Inventor, and in 2014 the App Inventor course was designated as fulfilling Utahs undergraduate Math credit requirements. Rich has taught App Inventor development one-on-one using the Google Helpouts platform, and has presented at the University, State, and National levels to encourage non-programmers to use App Inventor to solve personally meaningful problems.
Address: Salt Lake City, UT
Email: rinterdonato@gmail.com
Phone: 1-801-987-0606
Blogs:
App Inventor Makes a Surprise Appearance at CES 2018, 01/10/2018
Two New Tutorials on Using Javascript in App Inventor, 10/06/2017
Synchronizing Time With App Inventor, 08/29/2016
Pedometer Component Simplifies Accelerometer Sensor Data, 07/20/2016
Virginia
Christopher Roberts, SterlingCHRISTOPHER ROBERTS
Christopher Roberts lives and works in Northern Virginia, Washington DC and Southern Maryland. He is usually found working with youth ages 6 18, at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, where he is the Regional Education Director.
Certified: 2018
Address:Sterling, VA
Email: simianmoon@aol.com or roberts@bgcgw.org
Washington
Maggie Oh, BellevueMAGGIE OH
Maggie Oh is currently working at NVidia Corporation as a Lead VFX Artist on an unannounced project. Previously she has worked as a pipeline programmer, techArtist, and program manager in different departments at Microsoft, including HoloLens, Project Spark, Halo 5, and Halo 4. Before working on games, Maggie was in the VFX film industry for almost a decade at places like Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), Pixar, and the planetarium at California Academy of Sciences. She also had a radio show for four years in the Boston area, and has worked as a professional DJ. She holds a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from MIT, and was an MFA candidate at Academy of Art University.
Certified: 2016Address: Bellevue, WA
Email: mloh@alum.mit.edu
Wisconsin
Melissa Menge, MilwaukeeMELISSA MENGE
Melissa DeFalco Menge MA, MS is currently the Lead Computer Science Instructor at North Division High Schools NAF Academy of Information Technology in Milwaukee, WI. Melissa began teaching App Inventor after winning a grant for laptops and tablets from Lenovo through NAF in 2015. In the spring of 2016 her team won National Fan Favorite for the Emoji Encouragement App in the Lenovo Scholars contest at the NAF Next conference in Orlando, FL. Melissa was chosen to be one of two teachers nationally to receive the NAF Lenovo Scholars scholarship to attend the MIT Master Trainer certification program. Currently, Melissa teaches Mobile Apps, Python, Scratch, Computer Systems and Principles of IT at North Division High School, for Milwaukee Public Schools. She also leads Club Code for the Boys and Girls Club afterschool Community Learning Center. She has supervised computer clubs at both the middle and high School level. Melissa is unique in that she attracts 50% or higher, female students to her Computer Science classes and clubs. She was recognized by the Cisco Networking Academy for having the highest number of female students successfully completing the Cisco curriculum in the state of Wisconsin. She loves working in an urban environment and has dedicated her career to providing technology opportunities to young adults. In addition to working with adolescents, Melissa was adjunct faculty for Cardinal Stritch University as an Instructor and Site Coordinator for their graduate level Instructional Technology Masters program training educators for 7 years. Melissa has been an effective presenter at local, state and national conferences, and has been asked to return by various organizations. She strives to be a dynamic speaker, responsive to her audiences skill level and needs, bringing new and innovative education, from the classroom to the university, to adult trainings.
Address: Milwaukee, WI
Email: mengemi@milwaukee.k12.wi.us
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissadefalcomenge
Australia
Carly Lam, Hunters Hill, NSWCARLY LAM
Carly has B.S. degree in Computer Science from University of New South Wales Australia. She has 10 years of commercial experience working on software solution, e-Commerce portals and mobile applications development. Carly is the director of CS One Academy, an academy that offers school holiday coding programs to primary school students. She is involved in designing the curriculum for web development and mobile applications development programs using MIT App Inventor. She facilitates coding lessons to ensure students are engaged throughout the program. Her goal is to engage children in the world of computer science as creators rather than just consumers, and at the same time spark their creativity and develop their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
Address: Hunters Hill, Australia
Email: carly@csone.org
Blogs:
Teaching Maths App Project, 01/23/2017
Computational Thinking Concepts with App Inventor for Primary School Children, 09/12/2016
PRAVIN VAZ
Hello, My name is Pravin Vaz and currently I am a Computer Science educator based in Melbourne, Australia. My previous teaching experiences are in Mumbai(India) and Wellington(NZ) across 15 years of classroom and university. My last role as STEM Outreach Coordinator for Engineering and CS at Victoria University of Wellington, NZ allowed me to interact and share my knowledge in the areas of Science and Technology with the wider community on a range of platforms. Previously I have worked on delivering an industry partnership programme for an outreach module through a combination of online and in-person resources on a range of Radio Technologies (IoT, 5G and BT to start with) which I hope to extend with App Inventor program. My interests outside of work are in building robots using recycled components and fixing junk into usable items. I play music in my spare time.
Address: Melbourne, Australia
Email: pravinvaz@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pravin-vaz-a574778
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pravin_vaz
My Blog: www.techteacherslog.net
RINGO LEE
Dr. Ringo Lee started his career in the IT industry where he worked in software development and testing, project and program management, and engineering process improvement in a global system integrator, and later specialised in FinTech covering IT service quality management and governance, assurance and oversight of technology and security risk during the digital transformation from service delivery to operation in global financial services. Ringo is passionate about his values, helping others and is dedicated to the promotion of computational thinking, successful further for our upcoming generation. He holds a B.Sc. in Computing & Information Science from Queen's University, a M.Sc. in Engineering Management and a Engineering Doctorate at City University of Hong Kong. He is also a Certified Professional of the Australian Computer Society (ACS).
Certified: 2017Address: Hong Kong
Email: ringo.lee@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ringolee
Blogs: #GirlsMakeTech Hong Kong in support of Technovation 2018 Launch, 02/08/2018
Belgium
Rosanna Kurrer, HoeilaartROSANNA KURRER
Rosanna is Cofounder and Digital Literacy Lead at the Digital Leadership Institute (DLII.org), a Brussels-based, international NGO whose mission is to bridge the gender gap and digital divide worldwide. She is an Architectural Engineer by training and holds a Masters Degree in Building Physics from Kyoto University in Japan. Rosanna is an experienced CAD designer and cut her teeth on Fortran programming to model building heat transfer. For the past several years, Rosanna has led development of innovative, hands-on curricula to promote uptake of digital skills, particularly among girls and women. As g-Hive.org Community Manager at DLI, she regularly leads hands-on, fun and result-oriented workshops in the areas of computer programming, data visualisation, and 3D design.
Her passion is to make everyone understand that digital skills, computer programming and mobile app development are powerful tools for solving real-world problems.
Certified: 2016Address: Hoeilaart, Belgium
Email: rtkurrer@gmail.com
Blogs:
EU Code Week 2016 and MIT App Inventor, 02/10/2017
Celebrating International Girls in ICT day in Europe, 05/10/2016
Brazil
Daniel Paz de Araujo, Campinas/ São PauloDANIEL PAZ DE ARAUJO
Daniel Paz de Araujo has a Bachelors in Computer Science, Master of Science in Intelligence Technology and Digital Design and is a Ph.D. candidate in Visual Arts. Daniel's research is focused on educational technologies, interaction design, visual arts, collaboration and accessibility. He teaches graduate and post-graduate courses about programming, web design, mobility solutions, convergent networks, educational technology, and digital games.
Address: Campinas/São Paulo, Brazil
Email: contato@danielpaz.net
Website: www.danielpaz.net
Phone/WhatsApp: +55 (11) 98144-4541
Canada
Harsh Hiralal Thakkar, OntarioHARSH HIRALAL THAKKAR
Harsh Hiralal Thakkar is a creative IT professional with about 18 years of global experience spanning IT education, corporate training and project management, with recent exposure and specialization in mobile apps and web development. He is currently Professor of Web Development within Sheridan Colleges Faculty of Applied Science & Technology (FAST) near Toronto, Canada. Harsh completed his Post-Graduate Degree in Management from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad. Prior to that, he acquired his Masters in Computer Application and his Bachelor of Science (Mathematics) from India. He has been a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by PMI since 2004 and a Life Member of the Computer Society of India since 2008. In his free time, Harsh enjoys blogging, long-distance running and social activities. One of his stories was published in the book Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul. He has completed the Boston Marathon (2010), Chicago Marathon (2012 and 2014) and several half-marathons. Harsh is actively volunteering to promote "spoken Sanskrit" for Samskrita Bharati, an organization promoting the ancient language. Harsh has been conducting many sessions for App Inventor for the community every month at Brampton MakerSpace (joint initiative of Sheridan College and Brampton City Library system).
Address: Gujarat, India and Ontario, Canada
Email: harshthakkar@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshthakkar
JIAN WANG
Jian Wang is a senior software developer and his volunteering experience in Canada Learning Code week raised his interest in helping kids learn coding. He founded Ignite Academy to design fun and inspiring learning experiences for young people to ignite their imagination and instil a love of learning.
Address: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Email: jian@igniteacademy.ca
MING WU
Ming Wu is an avid database and application developer. She has a bachelors degree in Computer Science from Lakehead University. Currently, she works in the Information System department of a Public Health Unit. She has extensive background in building web based business applications. With over thirteen years of programming experience, Ming actively seeks opportunities to broaden her knowledge in the information technology field. After she completed Developing Android App With App Inventor (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Mobile Computing with App Inventor CS Principles (Trinity College), and the MIT App Inventor Master Trainer Program, Ming has grown a strong passion to become a Computer Science educator to teach students/teachers/everyone to learn how to make mobile app using App Inventor. Her mission is to empower the younger generation to become a CREATOR instead of a consumer of technology. Learn it, Create it, Play it, and Publish it! Anyone can create a mobile app! Would you like to create an app with Ming? Please contact Ming for one-on-one or group training.
Address: Thunder Bay ON, Canada
Email: Mindywu555@gmail.com
China
Xiangqun Chen, ShenzhenXIANGQUN CHEN
Xiangqun Chen has a Computer Science degree from the Computer Science Department of East China Normal University; she currently teaches information technology at the No. 3 Senior High School of Shenzhen. She is a member of the Shenzhen K-12 Information Technology Center Group, the chair of the Shenzhen K12 Excellence in Technology Club, a member of the Google China CS Education Program Advisory Group, and a recipient of the 2016 Google Faculty Award. In 2016 and 2017 she hosted CS4HS as a chief lecturer, and from 2015 through 2017 she served as a judge for the Google K12 Student App Development Challenge. Her curriculum App Inventor and Maker received development funding from Google in 2017. In 2018 she has mentored six Shenzhen teams participating in the Technovation program, translated the Technovation curriculum to Chinese, and advised the students through video recordings and online live teaching.
Address: Shenzhen, China
Email: julietcxq@gmail.com
Blogs:
App Inventor and Maker (2): Bluetooth Desk LED Light, 04/13/2017
App Inventor and Makers (1): Smart Bathtub, 03/03/2017
App Inventor and IoTs, 01/18/2017
2016 Shenzhen student App Inventor Contest, 11/15/2016
2016 Google CS4HS Shenzhen, 07/14/2016
The Science Temple, 05/25/2016
SINISA GLAMOCIC
Sinisa Glamocic is an IT educator and curriculum developer with a focus on elementary and middle school IT programs. He has bachelor degrees in fields of economics and business management with work background and experience in the IT sector. As he is passionate about CS and science in general, he established "Blue Light SciTech Club" with a main goal to provide educational resources and environment for children's development in the fields of science and technology. Sinisa is currently living and working in China.
Address: Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing, China
Email: bluelight.sina@gmail.com
GENE KERNIS
Gene has been a teacher in China since 2002, most recently in Nanning, Guangxi Province at Guangxi University and the Nanning Foreign Language School teaching English, computer science and electronics. Before he came to China he was a computer programmer/manager for 27 years working as a computer programmer contractor in a variety of corporations on the East coast of the United States. Toward the end of the 1990's he began to transition away from mainframe programming and retool with the C family of languages and focused on developing skills in the LAMP environment. Most recently, a parallel interest in robotics drove him to find a connection between the smart phone (which virtually all of his students possess and love) and external device control which led him to Appinventor with its Bluetooth capabilities. Having seen that and all the rest of Appinventor's potential, he decided to become a Master Trainer and bring Appinventor technology and its educational philosophy to South Central China.
Address: Newtown PA, USA; Guangxi Province, Nanning, China
Email: genekernis@gmail.com
Phone: US 215-932-1070; China 180-7663-1072
RAN (KITTY) RAO
Hi everyone, I'm Kitty, my Chinese name is Rao Ran, I'm from Shanghai, China, I was an IT engineer before, with more than 10 years of programming experience in Java and Android, and 3 years of BS and CS architecture in Huawei. I have experience in project development, and then transferred to mobile phone Android application development, mainly writing some protocol communication and smart home, file management APPS development, until an accidental opportunity in 2018, I began to know the App Inventor platform, and in June 2019 We founded ADDA company with our CEO, mainly engaged in App Inventor children's programming education direction. In June 2019, we deployed our own App Inventor server in mainland China and did language localization. At the same time, we implanted our Connect-me on the platform. The technology realizes the connection between the platform and the external hardware, and at the same time enables the App to remotely control our IOT hardware. I am the product manager of the company, mainly responsible for the R&D, upgrade and maintenance of the platform, as well as course development and classroom training. I am fortunate to have access to App Inventor and the opportunity to bring students to the world of programming through the use of AI2.
Address: Shanghai, China
Email: raoran0906@gmail.com
Phone: 13085298901
KIM TRESOHLAVY
Kim Tresohlavy is a Design Teacher and Facilitator at the International School of Beijing, teaching middle school Robotics and Coding classes and facilitating Design projects across all middle school courses. She is also coaching FLL teams in middle school. She is excited to use App Inventor within the curriculum and to assist students while they use it in their own projects both in and outside of school. She previously taught computer science, robotics, and math and coached robotics teams in Botball, VEX EDR, and World Robot Olympiad in South Korea, Russia, Qatar, and Thailand.
Address: Beijing, China
Email: kimtres.edu@gmail.com
TSZ CHING (TERESA) WONG
Teresa is the Operations Director of Little Urban Center Preschool in Shanghai, China. She is also in charge of the after-school programs and activities, including a coding club that introduces basic coding knowledge to young children. She is actively involved in exploring and learning emerging coding platforms suitable for young learners and designs curriculum materials for the same. Prior to joining the education industry, Teresa worked in the investment banking division in Rothschild in Hong Kong and the Corporate Finance division in Alibaba Group. She has a Masters degree in Finance from Cambridge University and a Bachelors degree in Economics from London School of Economics.
Address: Shanghai, China
Email: tszchingwong@hotmail.com
France
Pierre Huguet, ParisPIERRE HUGUET
Pierre Huguet started teaching computer science to middle and primary schools students in 2015 within a Non Governmental Organization acting towards digital literacy in geographic areas where it lacks support. He is a physicist in fluid mechanics from Ecole des Mines, with secondary master degree in history of sciences at CNAM. He has been responsible for meteorology and digital mapping programs and R&D, member of the national met office scientific committee and vice chair of a NATO meteorological working group.
Pierre is now involved in programs to help teachers use computers as tools for their students to become active members of the digital world and better understand other disciplines such as physics. He intends to train teachers and experiment with them how students can connect sensors, algorithms and actuators, relate observation to theory and how to trigger students" interest in physics.
Certified: 2016Address: Paris, France
Email: pierre.huguet@free.fr
Blogs:
Coding Hackathon With Business School Students in Paris, France, 4/17/18
App Inventor: Who do we train and from where do we teach?, 5/17/2018
SmartCity linked App development at E2C, 6/27/18
YOUMNA OVAZZA
Youmna is the founder of Teen-Code (Coding workshops for teenagers) and of Executive-Code (Digital education program for businesses based on creating mobile apps). She's a former Chief Digital Officer & Deputy General Manager at international communications groups. She has a strong focus on developing new activities & out of innovative technologies. She's also a blogger, speaker, mentor for young entrepreneurs, volunteer for NGO and authored "Building a digital strategy" in 2011 (Ebook, Creative Commons). She's Franco-Lebanese and a graduate of the ESSEC Business School in France (1996).
Certified: 2017Address: Paris, France
Email: yoteencode@gmail.com
LinkedIn/Twitter: @YoumnaOvazza
Blogs:
Teen-Code, 10/03/2017
Coding Hackathon With Business School Students in Paris, France, 4/17/18
App Inventor: Who do we train and from where do we teach?, 5/17/2018
Germany
Hubert Scholz, BraunschweigIndia
Sarvesh Karkhanis, Thane, MaharashtraSARVESH KARKHANIS
Sarvesh is a Featured Inventor, Maker, Robotics-IoT Educator and a Computer Scientist. His invention of a medical device having potential to save lives of pre-mature babies, was recently featured in the news. Sarvesh also won an award at the MIT App Inventor Summit 2019 which was held at MIT Media Lab, for his project about Prototyping of Medical Devices. Sarvesh has a decade long experience of teaching Robotics, IoT and other technology related topics to high school and college students, as well as to professionals. He has experience of working on various development platforms such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Microbit and Beaglebone. Sarvesh is also a contributor to the Arduino Project. Sarvesh is interested in 3D Printing and has completed MIT’s on-campus summer certificate program in Additive Manufacturing. Human Centric Design, Design Thinking and Constructionism are some of his topics of interest. Being a staunch admirer of Dr. Marvin Minsky and Dr. Seymour Papert’s approaches about education, Sarvesh has been implementing Dr. Misnky’s and Dr. Papert’s teaching techniques into his own teachings
Address: Thane, Maharashtra, India
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarvesh-karkhanis-inventor/
Website: https://www.sarvesh.co
Email: contact@sarvesh.co
Ireland
Kerri Toft, DublinKERRI TOFT
After completing an undergrad in Philosophy, Kerri worked in Law and went on to work in EFL and intercultural consulting in Latin America and Asia. After returning to Ireland she completed an MSc in Computing and now works as a thick data consultant and App Inventor trainer while developing her research. Her research interests include: Transdisciplinarity, Learning, Human-Computer-Interaction, Cognitive Ethnography, Activity Theory, curriculum development, innovation, and policy formation.
Address: Dublin, Ireland
Email: info@techbotsolutions.com
JULIE POWER
Julie has been working as an educator since 2012. She began as a lecturer in computing and now works on the university outreach programme to support the national roll out of the new Computer Science high school subject in September 2018. She works with teachers and students in various schools and national organisations in the dissemination and deployment of App Inventor for CS and non-CS education. She also works as an Educational Technologist to enhance teaching and learning in general. Before switching to education Julie worked in Treasury and Investment environments for global banks in Japan, Australia, UK and Ireland where she developed strong analysis, design, development and project management skills.
Address: Dublin, Ireland
Email: julie.power2@gmail.com
Hong Kong
Francis ChanFRANCIS CHAN
Francis is the Director, Group Human Resources (Projects), responsible for HR analytics, systems, and infrastructure, at Esquel Group, a leading textile and apparel manufacturer with operations throughout the world.
Prior to Esquel, Francis spent over a decade with human capital management solution providers, and has extensive experience helping organizations of all sizes improve employee and organizational performance. In his early career, Francis worked for technology start-ups in the San Francisco Bay Area in software engineering roles. Francis is passionate about combining these experiences, leveraging human capital management systems and processes, and promoting computational thinking, to unleash human potential of employees and youth.
Francis holds a BS and MS in Computer Science from UC Berkeley. He also has an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, and an MSc in Strategic Human Resources Management from the Hong Kong Baptist University.
Certified: 2016Address: Hong Kong
Email: fchan277@yahoo.com.hk
GORDON CHAN
Gordon currently teaches IT and Mathematics at a local primary school in Hong Kong. He is one of the Hong Kong teachers joining the CoolThink at JC project to promote computational thinking and coding education. He also shared the experience of promoting coding education in kindergarten at the Learning and Teaching Expo 2016. He is passionate about teaching IT, coding and STEAM topics and he believes IT can turn "impossible" into "possible".
Address: Hong Kong
Email: mrgchan417@gmail.com
Edward Cheng
EDWARD CHENG
Edward Cheng is a Solution Consultant at Fano Labs, a leading Hong Kong-based AI speech solutions company. Previously, he worked as a Presales Solutions Architect at Daon, an international digital trust and KYC solution company, and as a mobile application developer specializing in eCommerce solutions in Hong Kong.
Edward is passionate about technology on the maker movement, with hands-on experience in 3D printing, 3D scanning and modeling, IoT, robotics, and VR/AR game development, and has served as a STEM teacher for local schools. He also works as a part-time Teaching Assistant at the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node.
Edward holds a BSc in Computer Science from Macquarie University and is pursuing an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Liverpool. He is certified in AI Products and Services, Additive Manufacturing, and VR/AR from MIT xPRO. He also holds a Professional Diploma in Interior Design from the Hong Kong Management Association.
Certified: 2022Address: Hong Kong
Email: edcheng1010@gmail.com
Instagram profile: @Craftify3D
EMILY CHENG
Emily is the IT panel chair of a primary school in Hong Kong. She teaches mainly STEM by using MIT App Inventor, Scratch and robotics. She is one of the teachers joining the CoolThink@JC project to promote computational thinking and coding education in Hong Kong. In 2017-2018, she is a part-time secondee of the IT in Education Centre of Excellence (CoE) from the Hong Kong Education Bureau to support local primary schools in implementation of IT in Education. She is a Masters candidate for Information Technology in Education at the University of Hong Kong.
Address: Hong Kong
Email: emilycheng.mit@gmail.com
Wing Hang (Nixon) Cheung
WING HANG (NIXON) CHEUNG
Nixon Cheung currently works as the Head of Commercial and Brand and General Manager at Hong Kong Tramways and Tramplus respectively. With his outstanding effort in transforming and diversifying the company, he was hugely recognized as one of the four Hong Kong awardees of “40 under 40” for marcom, media and marketing industries. He is also a guest speaker at multiple radio channels, newspaper, magazines and a variety of industrial marketing summits to share the unprecedented marketing transformation he has brought to the company.
Recently, his inspiring case with the Trams is being written as a marketing business case by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and is now with the Harvard University Library for future marketers’ case studies.
Certified: 2022Address: Hong Kong
Email: nixoncheung3106@gmail.com
ANNA CHIM
Anna Chim is a primary school teacher in Hong Kong. The age of her students is 6-12. She teaches ICL, Maths, Science and STEAM. She earned a BSc in Physics from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a MSc in Material Engineering and Nanotechnology from the City University of Hong Kong. Her school has joined the CoolThink Project which promotes computational thinking in Hong Kong. She is a certified MIT App Inventor Master Trainer. Beside her strong science and teaching background, she has a love of innovative ideas. She has participated in several hackathons and has obtained a higher diploma in product design. She is passionate to promote Design Thinking and STEAM Education to the community. STEAM topics she is interested in:
App Inventor, Scratch, Unity, AR, VR, AI, IoT, Arduino, microbits, mblock, Artec, 3D Printing, DIY...
Certified: 2018Address: Hong Kong
Email: annakwchim@gmail.com, akwchim@hkbuas.edu.hk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnaChim
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/msannakwchim
MICHELLE CHIM
Michelle Chim is the General Studies subject panel of a local primary school in Hong Kong. She is also responsible for promoting STEM education in her school. Unlike other MIT App Inventor Trainers, Michelle Chim doesn’t have much CS background. However, she is passionate in learning new things and believes digital literacy is crucial nowadays. By chance, her school joined the CoolThink@JC project and she started to teach students coding. Both Scratch and App Inventor are very accessible tools for students learning about computational thinking and strategies for problem solving. She wishes to keep learning with students and promote coding education among local teachers in Hong Kong.
Address: Hong Kong
Email: chimwan2014@gmail.com
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Chi Kwan ChongKa Kin (Leo) Chung
LEO CHUNG
Leo Chung completed his Computer Science and Statistics degree at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is now a primary teacher in Hong Kong. Leo is also a participant in the CoolThink@JC Project, a primary school based project for promoting coding education. He teaches Scratch, App Inventor and hosts after-school programming workshops.
Address: Hong Kong
Email: chungleo@hotmail.com
RAYCELLE GARCIA
Raycelle is a Project Associate at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She is a member of the Pedagogic & Active Learning Mobile Solutions (PALMS) project, which develops and promotes active learning teaching methods and their corresponding technology. Raycelle first pursued her interest in education in her previous position as lead programming instructor at First Code Academy, a STEM education center for K-12 students. Through these opportunities, Raycelle continues to delve into the world of education and technology. Raycelle has a B.A. in Mathematics, and a minor in Math and Science Education from UC Berkeley.
Address: Hong Kong
Email: raycellegarcia@gmail.com
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Amy Lam
AMY LAM
Amy is an IT coordinator in a local Hong Kong primary school. Her primary school is one of the first cohort schools that joined the CoolThink@JC project. She has been trained to be an experienced English teacher for many years, however, by coincidence, as her school has joined this project, she has been in charge of teaching Computational Thinking through Scratch and App Inventor for three years even though she is a non-CS graduate.
Both learning and teaching experience in past three years and MIT courses have inspired Amy a lot. They tell Amy exactly how a student, without any prior knowledge of Apps making and Computational Thinking, start to learn the skills of creating an app, understand others’ needs, show empathy on human and surroundings , apply algorithms in problem solving and even enjoy promoting Computational Thinking to others. Amy hopes she can help achieve the goals of the CoolThink@JC project which were set up by MIT team and EdUHK by teaching her students and sharing with other local teachers.
Certified: 2019Address: Hong Kong
Email: lyy@salesian.edu.hk
MAN HAY LAM
I completed my Bachelor of Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering at Chinese University of Hong Kong. I am a primary teacher and mainly teach the subject of mathematics and IT. With my prior knowledge, our school and I have promoted STEM education especially by using MIT App Inventor, Scratch and robotics in our lessons. We have promoted various coding courses for grade one to grade six students in order to cultivate their interest in coding. For grade 4 to grade 6, we hold lessons to teach App Inventor and Scratch JR which provide more opportunities for them to acquire and explore the knowledge by themselves.
Address: Hong Kong
Email: lamhay85@yahoo.com.hk
Sherman Lau
SHERMAN LAU
Sherman is a teacher of a primary school in Hong Kong. He is the computer subject panel and he teaches mathematics and music as well. His school participated in the CoolThink@JC program in Hong Kong in the year 2016-2017, and Sherman started to teach coding to his students aged from 10 to 12 by then. He is responsible for various STEM activities and inter-school competitions, relating to coding with the MIT App Inventor.
Address: Hong Kong
Email: shermancllau@hotmail.com
KI YAN (RUBY) LAM
Ruby Lam is a primary school teacher from Hong Kong. She is one of the second cohort of teachers joining the Coolthink@JC project. She believes that primary school education should be key in laying the foundations for the computational thinking necessary to support participation in a computing-rich society. And beyond solving problems with computers, young people should develop perspectives like digital empowerment, which enables them to see how challenges in the world around them could be addressed through computing. Being an MIT App Inventor Master Trainer, she hopes to help more people enjoy the fun of coding education.
Address: Hong Kong
Email: kiyan_lam@yahoo.com.hk
TONY LAM
Tony is the Computer panel head of a local primary school in Hong Kong. He started as a mathematics teacher. He is one of the first batch of Hong Kong teachers joining the CoolThink(at)JC project to promote computational thinking and coding education in local primary schools. Please visit Tony's Facebook Page "Tony Lam: Humanities in a STEM world", where he shares posts related to STEM education as well as his own teaching videos.
Address: Hong Kong
Email: tonylameducation@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyLamHumanitiesInSTEM/
Blogs: Teaching App Inventor in Hong Kong: Map Component, 12/27/2017
ANGUS LI
Angus graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist University with a Bachelors degree, major in Mathematics Science and minor in Computer Science. He holds a masterS degree in Educational Studies from the University of Hong Kong. He has various sorts of experience in teaching programming. He is passionate for seeking out new knowledge and actively developing new skills. He shares his experience with colleagues in an attempt to promote computational thinking for kids. He is one of the Hong Kong teachers joining the CoolThink at JC project to promote computational thinking and coding education in local primary schools.
Certified: 2018Address: Hong Kong
Email: angus.li126@gmail.com
KAINOVA LI
Kainova Li is a primary school teacher from Hong Kong. He is also the coordinator in STEM Education and one of the core members at his pilot school in the CoolThink@JC programme. He believes that computational thinking skill is the essential skill for everyone and is indispensable to the digital world in the 21st century, so that our youngsters and next generation will be digitally empowered to cope with challenges and bring contributions through computing and new insights. Being an MIT App Inventor Trainer, he is engaged in promoting coding education at the local schools and the community as well as sharing the experience with everyone.
Address: Hong Kong
Email: Kainovali@gmail.com
CHI WO JOSEPH LIN
Joseph is a specialist in EdTech and Gifted Education, with a MSc in Digital Education from the University of Edinburgh in addition to his MA and BA from CUHK.
Having worked on education-related projects for the European Union’s Centre for Global Affairs, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tramways, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Jockey Club Charities Trust, The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education, and many more, he now works as an education consultant to share his passion for teaching with schools and companies as a teacher and instructional designer.
Certified: 2022Address: Hong Kong
Email: linchiwo@gmail.com
QUEENA LING
Queena is a founding team member of Preface, a global award winning technology and design-driven Edtech start-up providing personalised education in the fields of todays Emerging Knowledge (e.g. Coding and Design-thinking) using AI and Machine Learning. Queena has extensive experience in both teaching and programming, where she has developed Apps and Websites with Programmers in Asia and Brazil; and she regularly teaches kids age 5+ in the fields of Coding with block-based and text-based programming languages. In the hope to enhance and bring forward education, Queena aspires to expand coding and further refine coding curriculum for all learners, especially in Asia.
Address: Hong Kong
Email: queena.ling@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/queenaling/
HEUNG KWONG JOHN LO
John is a primary school teacher from Hong Kong. He has a clear goal to develop himself in the Coding Education area. Grasping every chance to equip himself with STEM-related knowledge and experience, John enthusiastically teaches students coding-specific subjects in his own capacity. As a result, he has led students to win many awards and prizes with his effective leadership skills.
Being an MIT App Inventor Trainer, he is engaged in promoting coding education at local schools and the community, as well as sharing his experience with everyone.
Certified: 2022Address:Hong Kong
Email: loheungkwong2008@gmail.com
KITTY KIT YAN LO
Kitty is a teacher who teaches Computer and STEM in Primary School. She was also an experienced Information Technology teacher in Secondary School at K7-K12 before she explored different possibilities in Primary School. She uses different techniques for teaching and learning. Besides being a Certified MIT Master Trainer in Educational Mobile Computing, she is also a Microsoft Certified Educator, Microsoft Innovative Educator Master Trainer and Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, Second Runner-Up: Group Challenge: Make What's Next Gamify (Microsoft Education Exchange in Toro, Canada.) and won the most Influential Microsoft Innovative Educator Award. She tries different teaching methodologies to stimulate a students creativity and cooperation. Cultivating students' problem-solving skills and learning interest by learning in a real environment, is one of her objectives in teaching. She is one of the Hong Kong teachers joining CoolThink(at)JC project to promote computational thinking and coding education in local primary schools. After becoming an MIT Master Trainer, she will try different ways to promote Computational Thinking and Coding not only to students but to teachers. Hopefully she can introduce From Computational Thinking to Computational Action which she learned from Professor Hal Abelson.
Certified: 2018Address:Hong Kong
Email: lokityan@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/missloclassroom/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kittylokityan
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kittylokityan/
Ms education: https://education.microsoft.com/Status/Public?token=558c0ca1
TOMMIE LO
Tommie is the Founder and CEO of Preface, a tech and design driven Edtech start-up providing personalised education solutions for New Knowledge using A.I. technology. Through Prefaces Coffee Shop learning space to their own education Academy, Preface delivers New Knowledge - Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Design- Thinking, etc. - that are not taught at school but important to survive and excel in todays tech-driven world to the communities in HK, China and Japan. Tommies vision in the new education landscape has lead him to drive Preface to become the first ever Asian Company to win the EdTechXGlobal Award 2018, Google EYE Program 2016 and JP Morgan sponsored Fundraising Program 2016 (NxTec).
Certified: 2018Address: Hong Kong
Email: tommie@preface.education
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommiepreface/
Website: www.preface.ai
VICKY LUK
Vicky Luk is a Computer teacher of a local primary school in Hong Kong. Her students range from grades 4-6. Vicky started as an English teacher and has started teaching computers a year ago. She is one of the second batch of Hong Kong teachers joining the CoolThink(at)JC project. The project aims to promote computational thinking and coding education in local primary schools. At first, Vicky did find it hard to learn App Inventor since she doesn't have Computer Science background. However, when she was exposed to more hands on practice in App Inventor, she realise how powerful it can be in enhancing students digital empowerment and boosting their self-esteem. She hopes to make use of App Inventor to help her students to achieve higher.
Certified: 2018Address: Hong Kong
Email: vickyluk02721@gmail.com
WILLIAM LUK
William is the STEAM subject panel head of a Hong Kong primary school. He is responsible for developing a school-based STEAM Education curriculum. He mainly focuses on the pedagogy behind the STEAM education and Coding Education of students at the elementary level.Certified: 2018
Address: Hong Kong
Email: wkcluk@hkbuas.edu.hk
PRISCILLA MAU
Priscilla Mau has a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, a Master's degree in Linguistics, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education and a Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Studies. She is a primary school teacher of science and information & technology in Hong Kong. Her school joined the Coolthink@JC program which aims to promote computational thinking in Hong Kong primary education. She has taught MIT App Inventor to 9-11 aged students since 2017. She foresees the necessity of computational thinking (CT) to the next generation so that she attempts to develop the competence of CT via App Inventor. She eventually expects students will feel concern for the needs of other people and will solve their problems by coding. MIT App inventor with its powerful functions is an excellent tool for students to achieve their goals.
Certified: 2018Address: Hong Kong
Email: pppmau@gmail.com
Cora KY Siu
CORA KY SIU
Registered Teacher HKSAR, PDGE, MSc (IT) HKUST, BSc (Hons) UOL, PRINCE2, ITIL, MIEEE, MHKCS
Cora is an experienced Software Architect, Application Development Team Lead, IT Trainer and registered teacher in Professional and Vocational Development.
She is enthusiastic in Technology Education, Technology Integration in Education as well as Instructional Design and Pedagogy. She sees herself as the agent transforming education with technology.
Cora has been working with educators for more than 10 years in supporting teachers integrating ICT into their daily practices.
In her most recent role, she is leading the curriculum development team co-creating the Computational Thinking Curriculum for Hong Kong senior primary schools with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Certified: 2018Address: Hong Kong SAR
Email: corasiu@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://hk.linkedin.com/in/corakysiu
Website: http://ct4teacher.hk.school/
RITA SIU
Rita is the Computer Science panel chairperson of a Hong Kong government school. She is one of the Coolthink teachers of the Coolthink project which promotes computational thinking and coding education for Hong Kong primary students. Rita loves teaching, learning and technology. She considers herself a lifelong learner and educator. She is passionate about using technology to help students build confidence and aid them in reaching their potential. She has effectively transferred her creative skills and ideas to her teaching and encouraged self-learning for primary students. She loves working with students to help them grow in their knowledge about the amazing and changing world of computer science. Apart from teaching, Rita enjoys cooking, gardening and learning new forms of technology. She also finds enjoyment volunteering as a computer and English class tutor for youth.
Certified: 2018Address: Hong Kong
Email: memesiu@gmail.com
MICHELLE SUN
Michelle is the CEO and cofounder of First Code Academy, an education startup that teaches coding to kids from six and above. In addition to running First Code Academy, she is also passionate about women entrepreneurship and empowerment, cofounded a community for women in technology, Women Who Code (Hong Kong chapter). Prior to starting First Code, she graduated from the inaugural class of Hackbright Academy, and held various technical roles in high growth startups in Silicon Valley, including as the first growth hacker at Buffer and Bump Technologies (acquired by Google in 2013). Born and raised in Hong Kong, she graduated from the University of Chicago and began her career at Goldman Sachs as an equity analyst.
Her work has received international and regional accolades including the BBC 30 Under 30 Women Entrepreneurs in 2015, Women of Hope Award (Entrepreneur Category 2015) and (Tech Category 2014) and American Chambers Women of Influence Awards (Young Entrepreneur Category 2015).
Certified: 2016Address: Hong Kong
Email: michelle@firstcodeacademy.com
Blogs: 6 Award Winning Apps from AppJamming Summit 2018, 4/18/2018
WING SHANG (FELIX) TSANG
Felix is ICT Coordinator and ICT subject panel of a local primary school in Hong Kong. She is one of the first batch of Hong Kong teachers joining the CoolThink(at)JC project. Felix loves teaching, learning and technology. She is passionate about using technology to help students build confidence and aid them in reaching their potential. She is also working on integrating Mathematics and English with physical computing and STEAM education to engage students in solving their problems.
Address: Hong Kong
Email: felixtsang@outlook.com
LAURENCE TSANG
Laurence Tsang is the IT panel head of a primary school in Hong Kong Direct Subsidy School. He is one of the second cohorts of teachers joining the Coolthink@JC project. His school promotes computational thinking and coding education in Hong Kong during the project. He uses blocky languages (such as MIT App Inventor and Scratch) to teach STEM. He loves teaching students and hopes to help them to enjoy the fun of coding during the lessons.
Address: Hong Kong
Email: laurence.tsang@gmail.com
MICHEAL TSE
Since 2010, Micheal has been teaching computer science to students between the ages of 6 to 11. Last year, he joined the CoolThink@JC program to promote computational thinking and coding education in schools. Therefore, he also teaches MIT App Inventor 2 and Scratch for students aged 9 to 11.
Certified: 2018Address: Hong Kong
Email: michealtse@gmail.com
ANDY WONG
Andy Wong is a mathematics and science teacher at a local primary school in Hong Kong. He is one of the Hong Kong teachers joining the CoolThink(at)JC project to promote computational thinking and coding education in local primary schools. Andy encourages students to show their learning achievement through making apps and videos.
Address: Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Email: lstlwwfmswwl2@gmail.com
ANTHONY WONG
Anthony is a primary school teacher from Hong Kong. He is one of the pilot teachers of the CoolThink@JC project. He has been teaching computer science since 2017. Anthony also teaches Mathematics and General Studies and is responsible for STEM education in his school.
Certified: 2019
Address: Hong Kong
Email: chwong@cskps.edu.hk
EMILE WONG
Emile Wong, a computer science enthusiast, worked in ERP development and IT management for more than 15 years in Toronto. He turned to focus on business development and started a retail and wholesale business in Hong Kong in 2009. He came to be an accredited mediator both in Hong Kong 2011 and in Macau 2013, and serves as executive panel member for two non-profit organizations promoting mediation in Hong Kong. He believes "Learning carves destiny", and is a supporter for life-long learning. He has faith in computational thinking which can improve problem solving skills, anyone will benefit from computational thinking through App Inventor, especially for kids and teenagers if they perceive and comprehend it in early age. Emile has master degree in Computer Science - Information System, he is also a Big Data professional, Big Data science professional, Microsoft Certified Professional, eBay certified trainer, certified Mediation trainer. He is delighted to be a member of the MIT App Inventor Master Trainers family, is passionate to contribute in the educational mobile computing in the future.
Certified: 2017Address: Hong Kong
Email: emilewong@hotmail.com
Phone: +852 67678193
Blogs:
Responsive Design: Drag a Canvas larger than screen size, 03/18/2018
#GirlsMakeTech Hong Kong in support of Technovation 2018!, 6/14/2018
JACKEI HO KEI WONG
Jackei is the co-founder of RoboCode Academy, a STEM education centre in Hong Kong who delivers a series of coding and robotic courses to kids aged 4 to 18. Besides being a lecturer in various tertiary education institutes (teaching AI-related subjects), he is frequently invited to conduct seminars to researchers and students, topics range from startup, AI and data related research to public speaking and presentation.
Jackei is a specialist in artificial intelligence and data science with more than 15 years of experience in the field. He is a patent inventor in the area of artificial intelligence. He has a wide range of hands-on experiences over big data and predictive analysis, project management and customer relationship management.
Jackei is also a senior advisor in a big data department of a local university, a corporate trainer, a book author, a judge and trainer of technology & startup competitions, and an examiner of the engineering doctorate programme.
Certified: 2022Address: Hong Kong
Email: jwong@robocodeacademy.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackeiwong/
Personal Website:https://drjackeiwong.com/
Academy Website:https://www.robocodeacademy.com/
KAREN WONG
Karen Wong holds a bachelors degree of English education from Hong Kong Education University, Hong Kong and is now working as a primary school teacher in Hong Kong. She teaches English, Computer Studies, Religious Studies and Music at her school and she is also the Panel Head of her school’s Computer Studies. Karen’s students has won several awards from STEM-related competitions within the past few years, including the Hong Kong Information and Communications Technology (HKICT) Award in 2019. Karen’s school participated as the second cohort of the CoolThink@JC project in 2017. Since then, Karen and her colleagues have been working hard on improving their school’s computer studies curriculum and training students’ logic thinking and computational thinking skills. They believe that coding education is the key to creative thinking.
Certified: 2019Address: Sham Tseng, New Territories, Hong Kong
Email: pywong@stcpri.edu.hk
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Anna Yu
ANNA YU
Anna Yu works on the coding team at Preface, a tech and design-driven education start-up. She is experienced in both teaching coding and curriculum design, particularly for young kids and teenagers. Prefaces coding curriculum is a well-structured program covering a wide-range of topics such as App Development, Building Websites, and Design Thinking. Anna also works on the implementation of Artificial Intelligence technology in the education sector to provide a personalized learning experience for all learners at Preface.
Certified: 2018Address: Hong Kong
Email: anna.yu@preface.education
Website: www.preface.ai
MICHELLE YUEN
Michelle is a primary school teacher from Hong Kong. She is one of the pilot teachers of the CoolThink@JC project. Michelle promotes computational thinking and design thinking with programming tools MIT App Inventor and Scratch in computer lessons. Michelle is also working on integrating Mathematics and General Studies with physical computing and STEAM education to engage students in solving their problems.
Certified: 2018Address: Hong Kong
Email: ywting12@gmail.com
VINCENT YUEN
Vincent Yuen is an enthusiastic computer literacy teacher (and panel chair) in an elementary school in Hong Kong. He completed a coding in education program at the Education University of Hong Kong in 2006. He is currently engaged in a local coding education initiative sponsored by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, titled "CoolThink@JC". He is responsible for developing school based curriculum in computer literacy conducive to his schools own STEM curriculum.
Certified: 2018Address: Hong Kong
Email: vincentyuenps@gmail.com
ANQI ZHOU
Anqi Zhou (Angie) has been teaching computer science and programming to teachers and students aged six to 16 since 2014. Her teaching tool ranges from the App Inventor, Scratch, HTML/CSS/JS, Python and many others. Angies focus is in designing fun and inspiring learning experiences for students, both in delivering after school computer science workshops as well as in incorporating programming in other school subject classes. Angie is also developing physical games and tools to help teaching computational thinking and critical thinking skills.
Angie graduated with a Bachelors degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge.
Certified: 2016
Address: Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China
Email: anqizhou89@gmail.com
Phone (Hong Kong): 852-5410-0622
Phone (China): 86-135-3802-6125
Blogs:
Challenges and tips for teaching a large coding class, 02/07/2017
Feel the Math with App Inventor, 08/23/2016
Italy
Fabio D'Agnano, VeneziaFABIO D'AGNANO
Fabio D'Agnano has worked with three-dimensional modelling and rapid prototyping for more than twenty years. He specializes in project communication and 3-D modelling and prototyping for architecture, Arduino and Digital Fabrication. He is co-curator of the Educational Projects / Call for School of the European Makers Faire Rome since the first edition of the Call for School. He is Director at the Digital Architecture Post-graduate Master's Course, and he teaches Three Dimensional Modelling and Representation at the Architecture University of Venice: www.masterad.it. He is a consultant for Triennale di Milano, as technology expert for the XXI exhibition- New Craft. He is also a consultant for the "Fondazione Nordest" in the project fablab@scuola. The project aims to bring fablabs to high schools in northern Italy: www.fablabascuola.it. He is founder and partner of Tooteko, a system that combines 3d printing and electronic sensors in order to let blind and partially sighted people perceive the works of art: www.tooteko.com. He has been part of the Samsung App4Kids Program in Venice (IT), aimed to teach how to program with App Inventor. He is partner and manager at Glass Architettura Urbanistica Engineering. With this firm he managed many projects around the world and won several international competitions: www.studioglass.it. He also authored the handbook "3d Max per l'Architettura" (Apogeo Editore, Milano, 2006) that sold more than 10.000 copies.
Address: Venice, Italy
Email: fabiodagnano@gmail.com
Japan
Masao Ishihara, TokyoMASAO ISHIHARA
Masao Ishihara has been working with schools and after school programs in Asia to introduce STEM education. He wrote several books of STEM books for students and teachers including "Scratch Idea Book". He uses MIT App Inventor to teach computational thinking, computational value, and computational action to students and educators. Masao has been active practitioner using methodologies and tools developed based on constructionism. He is a trainer of facilitator in the LEGO®️ SERIOUS PLAY®️. He trained many facilitators in Japan and Asian countries. He also delivers custom designed workshop using the methodology to schools, government institutions and many businesses in Japan and Asian countries. He co-represents Rasmussen Consulting Japan Inc. He is also an advisor to Japanese IT and education companies including Mobile Internet Technology corp. and Viling Inc. in Tokyo.
Address: Tokyo, Japan
Email: mdstorm@me.com
Blogs emcs.blog
Luxembourg
Christophe MachtelinckxCHRISTOPHE MACHTELINCKX
Christophe Machtelinckx is a Computer Science Teacher at the High school Michel Lucius in Luxembourg City. He teaches mainly programming languages like Java, Scratch and MIT App Inventor. He also offers after school programming sessions while developing mobile Applications for Android Phones. He has a B.S. degree in Management and Computer Science from the University of Luxembourg and a M.S. degree in Computer Science and as Pedagogy trainer from the University of Luxembourg. When not teaching he enjoys running and mountain biking in the nature.
Address: Luxembourg
Email: Christophe.machtelinckx@education.lu
Malaysia
Quee Fen (Queencess) TanQUEE FEN (QUEENCESS) TAN
Queencess is the founder of a kids and teens coding centre in Malaysia. Queencess holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology from the University of Malaya. She became a full-time housewife after 7 years of working as a Microbiologist with Nestle. She was getting very enthusiastic about education after being a mother. 4 years ago, she started learning about programming with great encouragement and support from her husband, a programmer with more than 20 years of experience. In the year 2019, they started their own kids and teens coding programme (My Young Coders) under the company QT Kidz Sdn Bhd.
From a microbiologist to a coding trainer, Queencess found her great passion in programming and enjoys teaching students, especially in mobile app development. She enjoys putting her idea into mobile app development, she got third place in the adult individual track in MIT Appathon for Good 2021 competition. She finds that teaching kids and teens how to code is a very meaningful job, seeing students having fun in learning new skills and unleashing their creativity in their projects.
Now besides conducting lessons at her training centre and schools, she is also providing Train-The-Trainer programmes, coaching teachers on effective training methods for kids and teens on digital development.
Certified: 2022Address: Malaysia
Email: queencess@qtkidz.com
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/queencesstan/
Phone: +6012-3945940
Netherlands
Sjaak Bosman, RotterdamSJAAK BOSMAN
Sjaak has a bachelor degree in electronics and is a software designer and OpenVMS systems manager since 1984. In 2005 he graduated as a certified Java programmer at the Dutch Open University. As a teacher he taught adults to become OpenVMS and ALL-IN-1 (both originally Digital Equipment Corporation) systems managers and programmers. In 2012 Sjaak started the project Walk the City and built the Android version with App Inventor. In 2016 he participated in the MIT Master Trainers Program In Educational Mobile Computing to become a certified professional in mobile computing education using the MIT App Inventor platform. Since then his motto is Computer Science For All.
Address: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Email: Sjaak@IntoTheClouds.eu
LinkedIn: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/SjaakBosman
Blogs:
CoderDojo, Community-based Programming Clubs for Young People, 06/13/2017
Show & Tell: Introducing App Inventor, 11/02/2016
AITech - Using Procedures and Any component blocks, 07/25/2016
New Zealand
Diamond Sharma, AucklandDIAMOND SHARMA
Diamond has Masters of Engineering degree in Electronics and Computer engineering from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has over 15 years experience as a professional Engineer working on embedded systems and developing IOT related applications.
Diamond is the director of THE TECH SHED, an academy that provides young learners with the opportunity and creative space to explore new ideas, technologies and tools to spark their curiosity about Electronics, Robotics, Computer programming and 3-D printing into real learning in order to further grow confidence, initiative and develop creativity and essential skills.
Diamond believes in imparting free education in the community and in his workshops he provides the most up to date technologies and learning resources for free to the program participants. Diamond’s goal is to knock down any technology related barriers towards learning, where all are valued and ultimately inspiring participants to become the next generation of Inventors, Computer developers, Animators, Designers and Engineers.
Certified: 2022Address: Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Email: thetechshed.learning@gmail.com
Website: www.thetechshed.co.nz
Pakistan
Muhammad Ahsan, KarachiMUHAMMAD AHSAN
Muhammad Ahsan is from Chicago, IL. He has been working as a Software Engineer for 6 years and particularly has experience working in iOS and Web development using React JS and other mobile technologies. Muhammad wanted to be a mentor and App Inventor inspired him with its unique way of creating things. He has taught students on different platforms before but to become a master trainer opportunity excites him to the next level of learning and seeking for different teaching endeavors. Currently, he am working on starting a Sunday coding school for different age groups. Muhammad completed his Bachelors of Engineering in Computer and Information Systems from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. He has an extensive background in the innovation of technology and passion to promote computational thinking in youth.
Address: Chicago, IL, and Karachi, Pakistan
Email: dev.muhammadahsan@outlook.com
Phone: +1-630-363-3776 (call or text)
Twitter:@MacAhsan
Republic of Korea
Haksung Kim, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-doHAKSUNG KIM
Haksung Kim attended Catholic University of Korea - Major : Psychology (Bachelor degree) and works in IT education development and lectures at Seongnam city government.
Haksung is a member of the science specialization committee of Seongnam city government. He has taught MIT App Inventor classes at elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, and colleges in Korea. He has experience teaching MIT App Inventor to children in Korea, Japan and the United States. Haksung has published books on MIT Scratch and MIT App Inventor in Korea. He has fostered Korea's software education, specialising in training teachers. He has completed the Neurofeedback Trainer Basic qualification in the Korea Neurofeedback Institute and completed his education at LEGO Education. Haksung is a member of the Board of Education of Mensa Korea. He has over 220 hours of government certified social service time. His dream is for poor children to receive IT education without any worries.
Address: Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Email: khrireg@naver.com
Facebook: facebook.com/khrireg
Youtube: youtube.com/khrireg
LINE & kakao talk ID: khrireg
JIEUN LEE
Jieun Lee is the CEO of Jini Coding School Academy, an education startup that teaches coding to kids from six and above in South Korea. She has been teaching computer science at elementary schools, universities and Lifelong Education Institutes for 20 years. She currently designs and trains Entry, Scratch, App Inventor, and Micro:bit to women who would become coding instructors. She is also the head of the Busan branch of the Korea Coding Association and is responsible for developing and designing core curricula for coding certificates. As CEO at Jini Coding School Academy, she is actively involved in exploring and learning new coding platforms for young learners, and has designed curriculum materials for students from unplugged training to project training. She has a Bachelors degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering and Computer Engineering, and a Master's degree in Computer Education. She enjoys constantly studying and developing as a Ph.D. student in Education and Media Convergence.
Address: Sunkyung Bld. 4th Floor 180, Jwadongsunhwan-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea
Email: abc7479@naver.com
Phone: +82-01-3643-1761
Website: www.jinicoding.co.kr
Blog: https://blog.naver.com/abc7479
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jinicoding/
SEYOUNG LEE
Seyoung has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a Master’s degree in Engineering of Smart IT Convergence. Seyoung had worked as a software quality analyst in Canada. She currently teaches coding to K-12 and adult students in Korea. She teaches various programming languages like Scratch, MIT App Inventor, Python, C, and HTML/CSS/JavaScript, IoT devices like micro:bit, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and tools like Fusion360, Unity, etc. She tries to motivate students by encouraging them to create projects to help people.
She is also interested in helping students prepare for competitions (like USACO, KOI), contests, and hackathons. Her students participated and won prizes in the Youth Entrepreneurship competition and RC Car coding contest. She herself also participated in the 5th ICT Convergence Hackathon in Busan and won the 1st prize.
She is a volunteer translator(English to Korean) of Micro:bit Educational Foundation. She has participated as a volunteer teacher in the ‘Code in Alice Program’ hosted by Carnegie Mellon University Qatar. She is also interested in helping more girls to get involved in coding. So, she has participated as a Club Ambassador of Technovation Girls.
Seyoung thinks MIT App Inventor is a great tool to teach design thinking/design practice, data science, IoT control, and AI. She is planning to broaden and organize her MIT App Inventor curriculum and share it with other teachers.
Certified: 2022Address: Ulsan and Seoul, Republic of Korea
Email: lee_seyoung@hotmail.com
Phone: 1-82-10-7686-0579
KakaoTalk ID: app_inventor
Singapore
Charles Lim, SingaporeCHARLES LIM
For more than a decade, Charles spent much of his time teaching Design Thinking and Coding to middle school and high school students. By chance, he got acquainted with App Inventor a few years ago. He found App Inventor to be a very accessible tool to teach students the concepts of coding and mobile app development. He hopes to leverage on App Inventor and Design Thinking to inspire creativity and nurture the spirit of social entrepreneurship among students. Charles holds a bachelors degree in engineering from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, with a postgraduate diploma in Education from National Institute of Education, Singapore. He is also a certified Adult Educator by Institute of Adult Learning, Singapore.
Address: Singapore
Email: charles@streetquotient.com
SAMIYA NADAF
Samiya is a Coding Instructor teaching programming at First Code Academy, She is a passionate educator who is teaching young kids how to program using platforms such as Hopscotch, Scratch and MIT App Inventor to name a few. She also runs MIT App Inventor workshops for various primary and secondary schools in Singapore. She is actively involved in exploring and learning emerging coding platforms suitable for young learners and designs curriculum materials for the same. Prior to teaching, Samiya worked as a Software Engineer at Panasonic, Analog Micro Devices and Kenwood. She has a Bachelors degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering, an Advanced Specialist diploma in Embedded Systems and a recently acquired International Baccalaureate in Teaching and Learning (PYP). When not teaching, she enjoys spending time with her children, watching movies and baking.
Address: Singapore
Email: samiyanadaf@gmail.com
Spain
Jose Luis Núñez Montes, SevillaJOSE LUIS NÚÑEZ
Jose Luis Núñez is a secondary school computer science teacher, IT coordinator at the IES Isbilya in Seville, certified pentester and an enthusiast of using IT for education.
He started his professional career as a teacher when he finished his Computer Science Engineering studies at the University of Seville. He subsequently participated in several projects as a web developer, system administrator and specialized in the field of computer network security for several years. In 2003, he received an award from Schlumberger Sema for his academic record at the University of Seville. He then started his doctoral studies in Industrial Computer Science Engineering and in Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Sevilla. At the same time, he worked on other projects based on computer networks, database management systems, web development and computer security audits. He went on to work for the government of Andalucia for four years in the Consejería de Educación, combining his independent research with his work in the Dirección General de Planificación. As certified pentester, he has taught Train the Trainers courses in the computer security field. Recently, he has helped to organize OWASP Sevilla, a project promoting software security development in his community.
Presently, he is involved in mobile programming and its potential use for education, combined with his daily teaching responsibilities.
Certified: 2016Address: Sevilla, Spain
Email: correoajoseluis@gmail.com / contacto@cursodeappinventor.com
Udemy Course: : Curso de App Inventor 2 (in Spanish)
Blogs:
App Inventor Against Cyberbullying, 03/15/2018
Spanish Teachers Learn App Inventor to Teach Computational Thinking, 12/08/2016
Heart Rate Monitor with Arduino/Genuino 101, 08/08/2016
Smarthuerto, a Smart Decision, 6/12/2018
Taiwan
Chi-Hung Tseng, TaipeiCHI-HUNG TSENG
Chi-Hung Tseng (David), is the founder of CAVEDU Education and App Inventor TW, Taiwan. Devoted to robotics education and the maker movement, David and his partners are intensively active in teaching fundamental knowledge and skills. He has published many books for students of all ages, on topics including App Inventor, Robotics (Lego, Arduino / Raspberry Pi) and IoT. David is an EE PhD candidate of Tamkang University, Taiwan. Please check CAVEDU's website for more tutorials, resources and inspiration: http://www.cavedu.com, http://www.appinventor.tw
Address: Taipei, Taiwan
Email: nissin@cavedu.com
Blogs: Photo analysis with Microsoft Cognitive Services, using Makeblock CamVision extension, 01/18/2017
WAI CHONG WONG
Chong Huang has led an impressive career as a COO and Supply Chain Director in his 20+ years working in the retail & logistics industries on a global scale. While business transformation and supply chain redesign are his primary responsibilities by day, Chong also enjoys spending time with his family and volunteering in local community improvements.
Chong believes that digital literacy and programming are not only essential skills for the future economy but also means for closing the unwavering SES achievement gap. Inspired by MIT App Inventor’s low-floor-high-ceiling approach, Chong is involved in developing online coding tutorials and after-school skill-building curriculums attainable and achievable to the community.
Certified: 2019Address: Taiwan
Email: waichongwong@gmail.com
Thailand
Tawan Thongpook, Chiangmai
Trinidad & Tobago
Stanley West, San FernandoSTANLEY WEST
Retired. Work as a mentor for the Jim Greaves Intergeneration Achievement Association (JG-IAA) in the education and culture categories. Mentor at-risk youth in secondary schools and the community. Using my background in ME to master emerging digital technologies to assist these youth in allied career paths. Passionate about our national instrument the steelpan. Distracted from learning to play the instrument by trying to assist with digital technology projects.
Address: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Email: westanabc@gmail.com
Phone: 868-737-9333
Digital Technology Projects:https://tinyurl.com/qqf9yna
United Kingdom
Evbi D. O'Sullivan, LondonEVBI D. O'SULLIVAN
Evbi is a certified project management practitioner with an illustrious career in banking, finance and IT within Nigeria and the United Kingdom. She is passionate about impacting young people particularly in Africa with coding skills required to compete in the 21st century. In recent years, she had supported the learning of coding (HTML, CSS & JS) within Nigeria. She is the founder of a start-up organisation, KodaMind, devoted to teaching mobile apps creation, digital entrepreneurship, design and computational thinking skills using MIT App Inventor, Robotics (Lego Mindstorms) and IoT in Nigeria and West Africa. Her academic qualifications include: B.Sc Biochemistry, M.Sc Analytical Chemistry, MA Administration and an MBA with IT specialisation from ESC, GEM, Grenoble, France.
Address: London, United Kingdom
Email: evosull@gmail.com
Phone: 44 (0) 7985277321
Twitter: @evbioo
Blogs: UNESCO YOUTHMOBILE: My First Training Assignment as a MIT App Inventor Master Trainer, 10/31/2017
United Arab Emirates
Judy Naidoo, DubaiJUDY NAIDOO
Judy is a specialist coding teacher at a British International School in Dubai. She initially trained as a Secondary Mathematics teacher in South Africa and then moved to London, England where she taught for 13 years. Her move into Specialist Computing teaching came with the change in the English National Curriculum in 2014, where it became mandatory for all students to learn the principles of Computer Science. Her goal is to get students to become creators of technology rather than passive consumers. More recently, Judy has completed the Professional Certification in Python for Data Science, Analysing data with Python and Machine learning with Python using SciPy and Scikitlearn with IBM. Judy is passionate about equipping students with 21st century skills, including computational thinking, design thinking and entrepreneurial skills and believes MIT App Inventor is a great platform to teach these skills.
Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Email: jnaidoo400@gmail.com
Phone: 00971 527899413
Vietnam
Khoi Nguyen Tran Minh, Ho Chi Minh CityKHOI NGUYEN TRAN MINH
Khoi Nguyen / Tony Nguyen had been serving as a programmer, teaching assistant, researcher and college administrator in British, Australian and Vietnamese educational settings for well over a decade. He has received his Bachelors and Masters degree in Australia from Southern Cross University and Swinburne University of Technology respectively. He is currently a lecturer teaching Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, Web Development and Android App Development using App Inventor at Hoa Sen University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He is running a weekly App Inventor, LEGO Mindstorms, Arduino, and IoT workshop at the university where all students, including non-CS majors, appreciate the beauty of these technologies as well as develop computational thinking. Using App Inventor together with other technology, he is in the process of creating real-world projects and of documenting them as advanced App Inventor tutorials. Being a NAATI accredited Translator (Professional Level), he is translating App Inventor materials into Vietnamese. Trusting that English and IT can change life, he helps Charitable & Non-profit Organizations develop software, teach English and deliver IT training (basic IT skills, Microsoft Office and App Inventor) for underprivileged children and youths. He would love to share his passion for teaching App Inventor and welcomes all collaboration opportunities.
Hoa Sen University
Address: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Email: khoi.nguyentranminh@hoasen.edu.vn / khoi.nguyentranminh@gmail.com
Linkedin: vn.linkedin.com/in/tonyaom
Facebook: www.facebook.com/khoi.nguyentranminh.9
Blogs:
Integrating MIT App Inventor into Hoa Sen University IT Curriculum, 05/27/2016