Our Third Teachers’ Workshop

Our third National Science Foundation (NFS) funded Teachers’ Workshop took place on Feb 21st, 2025. We had participants from the Gwinnett County School System (GCPS).

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Outreach Projects Included

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Pizza Heist

Updated Nov 19, 2024

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unitycsharpaesprite

A Cybersecurity Threat Awareness Game

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Blending Reality

Updated May 6, 2024

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blenderadobe aero

Teaching Art Creation with Augmented Reality and Aero

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mBot Adventures

Updated Nov 22, 2024

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mBot MegamBlock

Teaches basic coding fundamentals such as 'if-else' statements, forever loops, and booleans using bl...

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Drone Reality

Updated Sep 13, 2024

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drone

Using CoDrones, the aim of this project is to teach others about basic programming concepts through ...

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Pixel Arcade

Updated Nov 24, 2024

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unitycanvaaesprite

Pixel Arcade is an interactive 2D game that will instruct students about the basics of binary. It wa...

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Space Mechanic

Updated Apr 11, 2024

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scratchmakey makeyconduction

Using Makey Makey and Scratch the fundamental programming concepts such as variables, if-else statem...

Faculty Facilitators

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Dr. Anca Doloc-Mihu

Top Claw Recipient

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Dr. Cindy Robertson

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Dr. Cengiz Gunay

Dr. Cengiz Gunay is a self-taught computer programmer. Born in Turkey, he completed a bachelor's deg...

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Dr. Tirza Leader

Dr. Tirza Leader received her doctorate in Social psychology at the University of Kent in Canterbury...

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Dr. Xin Xu

Prior to joining GGC, Dr. Xin Xu was an instructor at Louisiana Technical College for two years. She...

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Dr. Wei Jin

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Students

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Adis mahmic

Tap Student Assistant

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Anh Tang

Data Science & Analytics student, part of the TAP class in Spring 2024. I worked on a project called Space Mechanic that taught fundamental programming concepts along with my two group members Juli an...

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Celeste Echols

Current President of Grizzly Hacks, a student organization at GGC that is focused on increasing students knowledge of hackathons and technology. I helped develop Pixel Arcade with my team Pixel8 for T...

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Daniel To

Software Developer and technical lead for Team RocketPizza in the TAP program during Fall 2024. Led the development of Pizza Heist, a Unity-based project designed to teach cybersecurity fundamentals i...

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Elijah Santiago

A dedicated programmer and TAP student intern with a strong focus on improving and optimizing projects. Skilled in developing and refining applications, with experience in GDScript, Python, and Java. ...

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Julissa Valdez-Ramos

Aspiring network engineer with a passion for technology education and accessibility. I enjoy exploring the limitations and weirder aspects of technology, with a keen interest in circuit bending and mo...

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Kelechi Ariwodo

As a UX/UI Development Intern and Graphic Designer, I was responsible for enhancing the user experience of the TAP website. A lifelong learner with a passion for both functional and visually compellin...

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Nikki Thao

UI Designer and Software Developer for Pizza Heist: A Cybersecurity Awareness Game. A versatile and detail-oriented Software Development major, committed to creating efficient, polished designs and te...

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Sean Nolan

I'm a software developer with a strong background in web development, with experience creating award-winning projects, non-profit web applications, and full-stack scalable solutions. Throughout my pro...

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