All our carrer slides. Parents and students and guardains should view this when asked by email. Check about once a month. Click here to open the slides
Students. Please apply for the National onal Center for Women in Information Technology(NCWIT) Award for AiC. We honor 9th–12th grade women (yes also Trans, genderqueer, non-binary) in coding classes!
Short video tips:
https://vimeo.com/458213680
Long video tips
https://vimeo.com/463885305
Create an account on the URL below
https://www.aspirations.org/award-programs/aspirations-in-computing-application-stepbystep-guide
Get parent consent, get teacher recommendation , done!
Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp Program - No prior computer knowledge is required!
When: November 2nd, 9th, and 16th (all Saturdays)
Where: Down the street from Franklin High School - Warner Pacific University Campus
2219 SE 68th Ave, Portland, OR 97215
Apply date due: Sept 30th , 2024
Apply URL:
http://www.markcubanai.org/apply24
The MCF AI Bootcamp Program for High School students is diverse and inclusive of all identities, with a transparent focus on recruiting students from low-to-moderate income households, first generation college students, girls, and students of color.
Students will learn the basic concepts of artificial intelligence and how they can incorporate AI into their field of interest. Students are able to select from six tracks: healthcare, arts and entertainment, business and entrepreneurship, computer science, sports science, or education and career readiness.
Students will receive transportation assistance, food and a snack, and laptops for use throughout bootcamp. No computer science knowledge is required.
Students and guardaians invited:
Digital tablet art event October 15th at 6:00pm.
Where: Wacom Experience center: 1455 NW Irving St, Portland, Oregon, 97209
We are trying to encourage High Schoolers to attend because we have students visiting from Japan who won a national sketch battle competition. there will be food, age appropriate beverages, and prizes. It’s free and open to the public.
Here’s an Instagram post promoting the event:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DARpCeWNX42/?img_index=2
Thanks for helping getting the word out
Christopher Diego (He/Him)
Sr. Specialist Creative Media and Community Engagement
Wacom Experience PDX | 1455 Nw Irving St, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Free Franklin code camp
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10am to 3pm
August 6th At Franklin
August 7th and 8th at Portland State
Hosts: Professor Atul Ingle from Portland State and PSU college graduate students in Computer Science and Mr Rowe at FHS
Topic: AI, Images or what students request
Who: Beginner or experienced coders, Students entering 7th-12 grade
Seats limited apply here : bit.ly/fhscsreg
Priority seating for students in the Franklin cluster and not traditionally represented in Computer Science. Flyer: bit.ly/pdxfhs456
Free Tech camps Bodecker Center in NW Portland July and August
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Technology camps at the Bodecker
Dive into the world of sculpture
Make short films using cell phones and easy software
Storytelling think like novelists, journalists etc
Songwriting and Demoing, recording song demos
Watercolor Figurative Painting:
Cassette mixtapes with assemblage sculpture
Lighting in both studio and outdoor settings
https://www.bodeckerfoundation.org/workshops
workshops@bodeckerfound.org
OMSI Teen center and teen tech nights.
https://omsi.edu/ttc#nodeid-10658
OGPC is an Oregon Statewide Student Code Showcase
It's known as the Oregon Game Project Challenge
Why code and attend OGPC?
It will help you get jobs and scholarships. You can tell colleges and employers that you joined a team, submitted your code and presented your work to judges. We expect you to build teams of 2 5 students for the OGPC game challenge
Students from all over Oregon travel to Monmouth Oregon near Salem in the spring. Students showcase their games and projects. It's more of a gallery of student code than a competition.
When: One day, normally the end of May each year.
Who: Students grades 6 to 12 in Oregon
Where: Western Oregon University
574 Church St W, Monmouth, OR map here
Huge parking lot across the street
Steps to join OGPC
0) Read the quick facts document here
1) Get your guardians to sign the OGPC consent form and bring it with you
2) Register for the newsletter
3) Work with an adult coach to crate your team
4) Register as a student with the TMS system Team Managment System here
Click here here for a photo gallery of OGPC
FreeGeek is now giving away laptops to volunteers who donate 24 or more hours of service! Full size desktops are also available. If students wish to build a high end desktop they can join the build program. Build six computers, keep the last. The build program can take 24-48 hours.
•Students 17 or 16 years old must have a guardain sign. Print this form Click here and sign. They can volunteer alone.
• Students 15 and under can not volunteer alone. They must be "accompanied by a responsible adult". Print this form Click here and sign.
Everyone of all ages must do these 2 steps below
1) Apply online for a laptop on this URL below https://www.freegeek.org/community-programs/plug-portland
2) Print and fill out the volunteer form, Volunteer form below https://drive.google.com/file/d/14WRiP7t5xIP7UAzUl50cluKoW6kPliRe/view?usp=sharing
In the past FreeGeek was only able to offer desktop computers to students and individuals. Freegeek has new refurbishing software, PCs for People. They are also receiving more corporate donations. They now we have laptops—or Freektops, as they affectionately called.