Category Archives: Organizing Team

This category contains pages about members of the Organizing Committee.

Agnese Addone

Agnese Addone (@agaddone) is the CoderDojo Roma champion. <img class="alignright wp-image-1183 size-medium" src="http://www.scratch2015ams.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/agneseaddone-295×300.jpg" alt="agneseaddone" width="295" height="300" srcset="http://www.scratch2015ams.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/agneseaddone-295×300.jpg Cheap mlb Jerseys 295w, http://www.scratch2015ams.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/agneseaddone-1008×1024.jpg 1008w, http://www.scratch2015ams.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/agneseaddone.jpg 1510w” sizes=”(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px” />

She actively cheap ray bans promotes the italian and international network of free coding club for kids.

Working as a primary school teacher at the Alfieri Lante della Rovere Institute in Rome, Italy, she is passionate about Scratch and the theory of the 4P.

She cooperates with the italian Digital Champion and is involved in many public italian events for the promotion of creative coding and the responsible use of the Internet (no-bullying initiatives, online reputation, creative use of social networks).

She is also working on projects to cheap football jerseys build creative and social enviroments for italian educators and teachers.

Meet the others in the team:
Menno GrootveldClaude TerosierSamir SaidaniMargaret LowSusan Ettenheim vaiLinda FernselJens MönigRalf Romeikecheap jerseys <a Cheap Oakleys href=”http://scratch2015ams.org/Cobie”>Cobie van de Ven – Joek van Montfort

Joek van Montfort

JoekMakeyMakeyAfter ten years in the very arty scene of independent music publishing with Staalplaat and ten years in more down to earth planning and logistics at Nederlandse Spoorwegen I’m committed to extend Dutch (primary) education with the beauty and joy of computing. Scratch, the family sharing ideas on learning, helps me a lot. Among the other allies are CSunplugged and Computing at school.

Meet the others in the team:
Agnese AddoneMenno GrootveldClaude TerosierSamir SaidaniMargaret LowSusan EttenheimLinda FernselJens MönigRalf RomeikeCobie van de Ven

Cobie van de Ven

For 35 years Cobie (@hetdigilab) was a teacher in primary schools. 5 years ago, she started her own company Digitaal Labor_DSC9359 kleinatorium and started animated learning. Her motto: “You’ve learned something really good if you can explain it to another person”.
Cobie does workshops, clinics, lessons, and project support for pupils, students and adults on location. Participants work together in small groups with analogue and digital tools to share their ideas, experiences and lessons learned. This usually results in stop-motion animations or Scratch Projects.

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oek van MontfortAgnese AddoneMenno GrootveldClaude TerosierSamir SaidaniMargaret LowSusan EttenheimLinda FernselJens MönigRalf Romeike

Jens Mönig

Jens Mönig (@moenig) is a family man who is currently working as a research expert for SAP and is developing Snap!, which is a Scratch variant in use at universities worldwide, e.g. to teach the course The beauty and joy of computing at Berkeley. Jens and Scratch, it’s kind of a love story.

Meet the others in the team:
Ralf RomeikeCobie van de VenJoek van MontfortAgnese AddoneMenno GrootveldClaude TerosierSamir SaidaniMargaret LowSusan EttenheimLinda Fernsel

Susan Ettenheim

Susan EttenheimSusan Ettenheim teaches at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, where she is responsible for the technology (ERHS is the first New York City public school to have free wireless for personal mobile devices in school, BYOD) and teaches art, animation and digital photography. She is a Google Certified Innovator and Trainer and worked on building many different types of online communities before becoming a teacher.

Susan has followed Scratch from the beginning and has learned along with her students and from the amazing ScratchEd community for years, becoming more and more committed to the power of teaching students to code to empower them to express themselves online.

Meet the others in the team:
Linda Fernsel
Jens MönigRalf RomeikeCobie van de VenJoek van MontfortAgnese AddoneMenno GrootveldClaude TerosierSamir SaidaniMargaret Low

Margaret Low

Margaret (left) winning Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence
Margaret (left) winning Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence

Margaret Low (@megjlow) is a Principal Teaching Fellow at the University of Warwick, where she teaches Computer Programming, Automation, and more. She is also Widening Participation officer and founded Warwick Technology Volunteers, encouraging students “to become creators”.

 

Meet the others in the team:
Susan EttenheimLinda FernselJens MönigRalf RomeikeCobie van de VenJoek van MontfortAgnese AddoneMenno GrootveldClaude TerosierSamir Saidani

Claude Terosier

Two years ago, Claude Terosier (@EtClaude) founded Magic Makers, a start-up that allows kids to “switch from being a digital consumer to becoming a digital actor”. In Claude’s hands, Scratch becomes a way to perform magic.

Claude Terosier' Ignite Talk at Scratch2014MIT
Claude Terosier’s Ignite Talk at Scratch2014MIT

Meet the others in the team:
Samir SaidaniMargaret LowSusan EttenheimLinda FernselJens MönigRalf RomeikeCobie van de VenJoek van MontfortAgnese AddoneMenno Grootveld