Presenter(s)
Cody Lestellele
University of Hawaii at Mānoa
Cody Lestelle is a PhD student of Decolonial Futures proposing to utilize games, hip hop, and sports in lieu of killing in international and intergalactic warfare. Cody leads the Academy for Gameful & Immersive Learning Experiences, which is taking its Minecraft Multiversity to the next level as a full time PK-12 option beginning Fall 2022. Cody is also currently serving as Coordinator of Outdoor Education for Seattle Public Schools, Outdoor & Community Education being one of the four pillars of the Department of Liberatory Studies.
Peter Leong
University of Hawaii at Mānoa
Dr. Peter Leong is an Associate Professor with the Department of Learning Design & Technology, University of Hawaii-Manoa. He has extensive experience in the development and delivery of online courses and distance education. Dr. Leong was honored as one of Hawaii’s 2007 top high-technology leaders and was recognized with the University of Hawaii Board of Regents’ Medal for Teaching Excellence award in 2012. Dr. Leong was the developer of the College of Education’s island in Second Life and he organized the first virtual graduation at UHM, which allowed LTEC students both on Oahu and off-island to experience a virtual graduation ceremony in spring 2010. He was a co-investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to evaluate new approaches to improving engagement, diversity, and retention in undergraduate computer science and currently serves as a co-investigator of a Computer Science for All NSF grant focused on culturally-relevant computing . His research interests include culturally-relevant computing, student satisfaction with online learning, faculty support for technology integration, technologies for distance education and teaching & learning in virtual worlds.
Celeste Endo
Queen Kaʻahumanu Elementary
Celeste is a PreK-5th Computer Science Teacher, at Queen Kaʻahumanu School, who is learning how to improve her teaching with Computer Science Unplugged lessons. Celeste co-coaches the after-school Tink Think Tank Tech Team (T5), where keiki & kumu joyfully teach each other. Currently T5 is rebuilding the ʻIolani Palace in Minecraft, originally inspired by Cody Lestelle. Celeste is an eager learner who loves to give haumāna time, repetition, song, movement, & overtly goofy videos to support meaningful learning.
Manu Mei-Singh
Purple Maiʻa
Manu Mei-Singh is a polymath creative technologist and educator, working as a kumu at Purple Mai'a Foundation. He has dipped his fingers into a variety of fields and knowledge pools; these experiences are then used to homespun, refine and create curriculum, pedagogy and courses that present what the future of CS education could be.