Aileen Owens

As Director of Technology and Innovation my focus is to embed computational thinking and the engineering and design problem-solving process into the K-12 curriculum, and simultaneously into connected learning initiatives, to empower our students to be the innovators of tomorrow.

 

AWARDS

Withrow CTO Award CoSN 2016

PAECT Chief Technology Officer of the Year 2015

Digital Innovation in Learning Award 2014 - Administrator Trailblazer

Digital Innovation in Learning Award 2014 - Administrators Winners Choice

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

 

NATIONAL

 

Presenter: ISTE 2016 (International Society for Technology In Education) Differentiate Your Learning. Learn Differently. Think Creatively.  6/2016                                       The Power to Invent: Embedding the Maker Movement in K-12 Education (Lecture: TBA)

 

Presenter: ISTE 2016 (International Society for Technology In Education) Differentiate Your Learning. Learn Differently. Think Creatively. 6/2016

How to Build a MakerSpace for Elementary Innovation (Workshop: TBA)

 

Presenter: World Maker Faire 2015, New York City 9/2015

The Innovators of Tomorrow: Transforming K-12 Education through the Maker Movement 

 

Judge: Digital Innovation in Learning Awards (DILA) 11/2015

 

Presenter: ISTE 2015 (International Society for Technology in Education) Learn Differently. Think Creatively. 6/2015

Using Computational Thinking to Transform Traditional Education: Create the Innovators of Tomorrow

 

Presenter: SCRATCH@MIT 2014. 8/2014

Let the Magic Begin: Transform Your World

 

Presenter: Digital Media and Learning Conference (DML) 3/2014

STEAM Studio Model for Innovation: Building Robust Learning Ecologies and Pathways

 

 

STATE AND REGIONAL

 

Presenter: PASCD 2015. Leading and Achieving in an Interconnected World 
powered by Global Personalized Academics 11/2015

Making a Digital Salad

 

Presenter: TRETC 2015. Digital Learning Today & Tomorrow 11/2015

Creating the Innovators of Tomorrow

 

Presenter: Learning Together Conference, AIU. 3/2015

Transforming a Traditional Education System to Embrace Computational Thinking as the New Literacy

 

Presenter: Digital Learning Day, Center for Creativity, AIU3. 3/2015

Computational Thinking: The New Literacy

 

Judge: Startup Weekend Education Pittsburgh. 3/2015

 

Presenter: PETE&C 2015. Innovate -Collaborate -Educate. 3/2015 

STEAM Fusion: Innovation in Education

 

Presenter: PASCD. 11/2014

STEAM Fusion: An Innovative Approach to Teaching and Learning

 

Presenter: TRETC 2014. Using Technology to Deepen Learning. 11/2014

STEAM Studio Model for Innovation: Building Robust Learning Pathways K-12

STEAM Fusion: An Innovative Approach to Teaching and Learning

 

 

 

MEDIA

• Students Who Teach, It's All Part of Remaking The Education System 7/2016

• South Fayette students win national award for safety app 5/2016

• App developed by South Fayette students promotes school bus safety 5/2016

• BusBudE Team Guest Bloggers for MIT App Inventor Site 4/2016

• BusBudE Team Wins Infosys Maker Award 3/2016

• South Fayette schools grab Obama's attention. 2/2016

• Small, innovative Pennsylvania district embraces coding, computers, STEAM 12/2015

• Can Coding Make the Classroom Better? How “computational thinking” and collaborative problem solving is transforming some classrooms. 11/2015

• What a School District Designed for Computational Thinking Looks Like 11/2015

• How one school district works computational thinking into every grade and class.

  Computing and learning, K through 12 11/2015

• A New Model for Coding in Schools 10/15

• Pennsylvania Office of Educational Technology Stories of EdTech Innovation Embedding Computer Programming into Curriculum 9/2015

• How School Administrators’ Roles Change in the Digital Age  7/2015

• Learning by Making: An Introduction to Constructionism. Webinar 5/2015

• South Fayette educators create a national model for computationa thinking 3/2015

• Technology, Creativity and Innovation in the South Fayette School District  2/2015

• Student App Designers Get Feedback From the Pros  2/2015

• ‘Allow Yourself to Be Creative’: Aileen Owens on Leading District Edtech Initiatives 1/2015

• What's in a network? 12/2014

• Environmental teachers glean new ideas from networking 12/2014

• South Fayette administrator awarded for technology curriculum 12/2014

• 2014 Digital Innovation in Learning Awards 11/2014

• Kids+Creativity poised for more powerful impact here, internationally 8/2014

• South Fayette students' work on display in nation's capital 8/2014

• From Building Solar-Powered Mini-Cars to Creating Apps in the Classroom 7/2014

• Learning Innovation: MACS tackles eTextiles 5/2014

• The Making of a GameJam 4/2014

• GameJams - Engaging Families 4/2014

• South Fayette offering Python programming class 2/2014

• South Fayette kicks of "Inspire" series with robotics 1/2014

• Scratch at South Fayette: WQED Learning Innovation 1/2014

• South Fayette Students Learn to Grow Plants in Water 12/2013

• South Fayette Students Participate in Hour of Code 12/2013

• Managing Change and Innovation in Schools 9/13

• South Fayette Students' Program Redefines the Flashcard 9/2013

• Local students design electronic flashcards 8/2013

 

PUBLICATIONS

Do your teachers need a personal trainer? Learning and Leading with Technology Magazine, ISTE 6/2009

 

MORE ABOUT SOUTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT

• Computational thinking (3 minute video): http://tinyurl.com/n656gd9

• Computational thinking (15 minute video): http://tinyurl.com/nu2br6r

• Just for fun: http://tinyurl.com/ouxt2v5

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

 

Email: aowens@southfayette.org

Email: aileen.owens@gmail.com

 

Honored to be member of the Pittsburgh Remake Learning Network