PhreakNIC 19 - Ways to bring tech teaching into your local school - Amy Flatt
Channel: phreaknicstaff
Date: 21/12/2015

Amy writes "I will show you the hidden ways, resources and language you need to successfully bring tech learning into your school."

How do we reach students and help them learn to program? By engaging teachers; but it's not as easy as it looks. Hear Amy's story about how the community reached her.

Amy Flatt is the Founder of EDGE-ucational Consultants, LLC and a public school teacher in Metro Nashville Public Schools. She specializes in scaffolding children's academic success and creativity in STEM related subjects, to hone their unique gifts. She strongly believes STEM learning opens many opportunities people could miss without training. She also knows, if STEM is taught correctly can increase levels of engagement for this generation of students.

Amy has been published in TREND magazine and Edueto Magazine and blogs for TeachersandCompany.blogspot.com. She loves to teach robotics, micro-controllers, coding, Mathematics and other STEM subjects. She also is pleased to speak on a wide range of Teaching and Educational Policy issues. Amy has been a guest speaker for PyOhio and The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. You can reach her at AmyFlatt@edge-ucationalconsultants.com, follow her on twitter @amyflatt1 or fund her goal to get a 3D printer and other useful tech tech teaching tools by supporting her on Patreon under Amy Flatt.

PhreakNIC is a technology conference held annually in Middle Tennessee. PhreakNIC started as an infosec hacker convention but has expanded over the years to include the maker scene, ham radio, DIY engineering, space and science nerds, the skeptics community, electronic and experimental music, gamers, anime, and general geekery.