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Outside Activities (I really DO have a life!)

Current Activities:

  • President of the SIGCT (Special Interest Group for Computing Teachers) within ISTE (International Society of Technology Education). Recently we've been refocusing our efforts toward a K-12 Computer Science organization and working on a collaboration with other ISTE SIGs and with ACM/CSTA (Computing Science Teachers Association).
  • Participating on a CSTA committee to create Professional Development opportunities for teachers teaching computer science during the first few years of high school and a CSTA committee to develop a web repository of computer science materials for K-12.
  • Involved on a selection committee for computer science sessions held at ISTE's NECC (National Educational Computing Conference) for 2004-2006.
  • Involved with Milwaukee's MTECH and the development of a Tech Support team for MPS schools.
  • Technical Coordinator at John Marshall HS Campus.
  • Involved with MPS sySTEM committee and MPS Advisory Board development Handouts used in other areas (including blogs)
  • IT Career Cluster Brochure (US Dept of Education) (1.7mb)
  • ACM/CSTA Careers Brochure for HS (draft)(5.7mb)
  • High School - Business Partnerships article
  • Employability Skills Poster contents

Recent APCS activities:

  • Consulting for Kettle Moraine HS, Oconomowoc HS, Milwaukee Washington HS, Lyons Township (IL) HS and Bellevue (WA) School District.
  • Created a design unit on Money and Fractions for APCS Staff Development book
  • Written several articles for APCentral on teaching APCS A and AB as well as development of business advisory teams for HS programs including securing additional funding.
  • National grading in a leadership position for the APCS Free Response questions (22nd year)
  • Speaking about high school experiences in APCS with the Chief Reader of APCS at the MICS college conference in Iowa (April, 2006)
  • Speaking at Annual Meetings of Wisconsin Mathematics Council on topics including object-oriented design and other topics related to APCS.

I am involved professionally outside of school:

  • worked on the MPS High School Redesign Committee
  • in June, 2002, completed a 4-year appointment to the AP CS National Development Committee
  • taught a totally web-based teacher workshop on the new APCS Marine Biology Case Study along with Prof. Chris Nevison at Colgate University
  • taught a UWM course entitled The Teaching of Computer Science (1986-2003)
  • involved in the core committee which developed the MPS Technology Strategic Plan
  • wrote large segments of the basic Let's Explore the Internet course for MPS
  • regularly ran the 3-hour MPS Internet Workshops
  • regularly speak on computer science topics at meetings of the Wisconsin Math Council and other technology groups
  • continue to do several one-day College Board workshops each year
  • the treasurer of the Wisconsin Math Council from 1980-2004

I have lots of other outside activities, too!

  • reading about trains and visiting train museums
  • listening to music, mostly jazz and classical
  • bicycling lots of miles
  • photography

c2006 Joe Kmoch, Whitefish Bay, WI

last revision: 11/12/2006:10pm:jk