MyITInstructor - Workshop Information

New Webpage to Support my WASTC 2021 Winter ICT Educators Conference Talk...

12/29/2020

I will be presenting about how to integrate the Raspberry Pi into your CIS/CS program at next week's WASTC 2021 Winter ICT Educators' Conference. My talk is scheduled for 1:50pm - 2:20pm Pacific on Friday January 8th, 2021. To support the quick talk I have created a webpage that will have over 100+ resource links for attendees to explore as they contemplate how to integrate the Raspberry Pi into their CIS/CS courses.

The link to the webpage is www.myitinstructor.com/wastc.html

Check it out and let me know what you think by leaving comments below. If you think I need to add a specific resource please share so I can make this a useful resource for Instructors. Thanks! Kerry Bruce

WASTC - 2021 Winter ICT Educators' Conference

11/25/2020

I will be a presenter at this year's WASTC - 2021 Winter ICT Conference (Digitally...)

My presentation is on January 8th, 2020 at 1:50pm - 2:20pm Pacific.

I will be presenting on How to Integrate the Raspberry Pi into your CIS/CS programs. (Geared towards Community Colleges)

I will also be presenting a LIVE Raspberry Pi Play Shop starting at 2:30pm Pacific... they only have it listed as a 20 minute workshop... Silly organizers... they should know that anything I do is going to be way longer than 30 minutes... Looking to walk Instructors through building a quick Internet connected device using the Raspberry Pi in a line demo/play shop.

There are some really GREAT Keynotes and tons of great sessions for ICT instructors. The price can't be beat at $50.00. You should sign up today and plan to join in on the fun!

Here is a link to the agenda.

WASTC 2021 Winter Conference Agenda

Here is a link to the Conference Main Page.

WASTC 2021 Winter Conference

IoT Security Instructor Training Course - WASTC

9/1/2020

Are you a Cisco Academy Instructor?

Do you want to add more hands-on practical cyber security
courses to your program?

Then you need to consider adding the Cisco Network Academy IoT Security course to your program. The IoT Security course teaches students “White Hat Hacker” skills to perform vulnerability and risk assessment, and research and recommend rick mitigation strategies for common security threats in IoT systems. This is a hands on course where you actually hack the hardware, firmware, communications, and application layers of an IoT device.

This course will help you get accredited to teach the Cisco IoT Security course. In this course I will be reviewing the course content, sharing best practices, and working with you through the hands on labs during the optional Live Lab times following 4 of the 6 scheduled classes. I provide a total of 20 hours of live training and will always assist with issues and questions outside of class as the need arises.

So if you are ready to up your cyber security game then get yourself signed up ASAP! This course is provided by the Western Academy Support & Training Center, a Cisco 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 Premier ASC and Premier+ ITC.

The website for more information is www.wastc.org.

To register for this course for any instructor class contact Karen Stanton, [email protected]

* Please send with your request
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Cancellation Policy: Refunds will be give if requested 5 working days before the start date of the class or event

Become a Cisco Academy

If you would like to learn about how to become a Cisco Academy check out these resources on the WASTC.ORG website. https://www.wastc.org/join

Teacher Tech Boot Camp - June 26-30, 2017

4/22/2017

HOSTED BY THE AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY LA LUZ ACADEMY

Super excited to be conducting a Raspberry Pi Boot Camp for K-12 Instructors at the Air Force Research Laboratory this summer.

CNM Summer Camp 2017 for Middle School Students

4/10/2017

CNM is hosting our very popular Summer Camp for Middle School students again this summer. This year my workshop will be a Raspberry Pi Robotics Workshop! I have attached the flyer for all the different workshops being held at the Summer Camp on Friday June 16th, 2017. If you know a student who wold be interested please get them signed up right away as these tend to be quite popular and have filled up every year.

Raspberry Pi Breakout Session @ reMake Education Summit - 8/4/2016

8/10/2016

Held an awesome Raspberry Pi Sense Hat workshop at the reMAKE Education summit on August 4th, 2016.

Here are the links to the worksheets we used.

Random Sparkles on Sense Hat

Check this page first to make sure your Raspberry Pi is up to date
https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/sense-hat-random-sparkles/requirements/

Then proceed with this worksheet
https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/sense-hat-random-sparkles/worksheet/

Pixel Pet on the Sense Hat

Start here to update Raspberry Pi and install needed software
https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/pixel-pet/requirements/

Then proceed with this worksheet
https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/pixel-pet/worksheet/

Another Great Sense Hat starter would be...
Getting Started with the SenseHat

Check this page first to make sure your Raspberry Pi is up to date
https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/getting-started-with-the-sense-hat/requirements/

Then have a go with this worksheet
https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/getting-started-with-the-sense-hat/worksheet/

Additional Resources

https://www.raspberrypi.org/resources/

https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/essentials-sense-hat-v1/

This is the PowerPoint that was used for the presentation.

Introduction to Raspberry Pi for Teachers Workshop - 07/16/2016

7/16/2016

Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi for Teachers
Agenda - 07/16/2016
CNM N112 - HackerSpace

Introduction 15 Minutes

Raspberry Pi Does STEM! Presentation 30 Minutes
Distribution of Raspberry Pi Kits

1st Hands-on Lab – Setting up the Raspberry Pi 15 Minutes

2nd Hands-on Lab – Let’s Get Physical 45 Minutes

Break 15 Minutes

3rd Hands-on Lab – SenseHat Workshop 60 Minutes
https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/sense-hat-random-sparkles/
https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/pixel-pet/
https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/getting-started-with-the-sense-hat/worksheet/

Your Choice Lab 60 Minutes
PiCamera (6) or Explorer Hat (6) or Minecraft or Sonic Pi or Mathematica
https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/getting-started-with-minecraft-pi/
https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/getting-started-with-sonic-pi/worksheet/
https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/getting-started-with-mathematica/worksheet/

Other resources used were printed worksheets available in class.

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Raspberry Pi Web Resources

www.raspberrypi.org
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/
https://www.raspberrypi.org/weekly/
http://sonic-pi.net/
https://www.piborg.org/
https://thepihut.com/
https://shop.pimoroni.com/
https://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi
https://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/raspberrypi_projects?ICID=rpimain-topban-piproj
https://learn.adafruit.com/category/raspberry-pi
https://www.modmypi.com/blog
http://www.recantha.co.uk/blog/
http://raspi.tv/
http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/
http://www.raspihub.com/
https://www.raspberrypistarterkits.com/
http://elinux.org/RPi_Tutorials

Where to Buy Raspberry Pis and Accessories:

www.mcmelectronics.com
https://www.adafruit.com/
http://www.dexterindustries.com/
http://www.switchdoc.com/
http://www.mindsensors.com/
https://www.tindie.com/stores/DTronixs/
http://crispconcept.com/
http://www.vilros.com/
http://www.amazon.com

Let's Get This Started...

7/11/2016

Welcome to our new website. If you are reading this in mid 2016 then the site is probably a little lame as we are trying to consolidate several Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, webpages, Pinterest, Evernote clippings, etc. into a cohesive set of webpages on a single domain. So, be patient with us as we get this thing organized.

Webpage - Soon to just be www.MyITInstructor.com

We currently have the following sub-pages; My IT Instructor - Dedicated to my day job... Community College Instructor - Computer Information Systems. Here you will see items related to CompTIA, Cisco, and Microsoft certifications, Linux and cyber-security items. Mr. Bruce's HackerSpace - Dedicated to my students and our shared enjoyment of all that is Raspberry Pi, Arduino, robotics, and general geekdom. Here you will see interesting projects, projects directly out of our classroom, ideas, hopes, and dreams... Raspberry Pi IT Up - This page is dedicated to my fellow Instructors/Teachers. Here you will find over time course curriculum, worksheets, ideas, inspiration to help my peers integrate tinkering/making into their courses.

I hope you will enjoy what we are putting together and you will visit often and participate in the building of this resource to share our passion for technology and the art of learning through tinkering.

Raspberry Pi Does STEM! from NM STEM Symposium - 6/3/2016

6/15/2016

So, this was my first public, not in my classroom, Raspberry Pi Workshop. I had an amazing time and I am pretty sure the participants would say the same... See pictures/videos below. I am attaching my presentation and the Let's Get Physical workshop, courtesy of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, that I used for this workshop.

For those teachers who live/teach within an hour of Albuquerque, NM... If you would be interested in having me conduct a workshop in your classroom, please let me know and I will see what we can get onto the schedule.