Our flagship program, SuperQuest, is a highly collaborative technology training series designed specifically for K–12 teachers. Our goal is to empower educators with the skills and classroom tools to build hands-on technology learning directly into their classrooms or after school activities. Starting in 2012 the SuperQuest Summer format makes it more affordable and available for educators around the state. Our goal is continue to expand the locations of SuperQuest to encourage and facilitate greater access so more teachers in Oregon have the professional development necessary to offer technology education to more students.

2012 Summer SuperQuest Conferences

This year we will offer four 3-day SuperQuest sessions to meet your training needs. Each session date and location indicated below will offer courses on a first come/first serve basis. You may register for more than one session. Each session fee is $30. We will no longer offer a residential option, but will provide links to nearby, affordable hotel options for each location.

Note that in all cases, the early bird registration fee of $30 will expire on the Wednesday before the training starts. From Thursday through on-site registration the cost will be $50.

Graduate Credits

TechStart will once again offer graduate credits through Western Oregon University. Registration information will be provided soon. Here are specifics on the credits to be offered:

• $50 per credit hour
• Each class is 18 hours = 1 grad credit = $50
• Optional Outside of Class project = 2 more hours = 20 total hours = 2 grad credits = $100

CS4HS and Google

TechStart is a proud recipient of a grant from Google's Education Group in support of SuperQuest, where we meet the program requirements of exploring new curriculum in CS education and providing exposure and training to educators. CS4HS (Computer Science for High School) is an initiative sponsored by Google to promote Computer Science and Computational Thinking in high school and middle school curriculum.