Speakers

Jennifer is founder and CEO of Log Cabin Schoolhouse, a STEM education business serving students of all school choices virtually. She was an engineer before homeschooling her own kids over the past ten years, and now she enjoys sharing her technology skills with as many kids as possible. Currently, they offer Beast Academy and Art of Problem-Solving math classes, Microsoft Office classes, 3D printing club, coding tutoring, cybersecurity awareness, Algebra Club, and more. As Jennifer pivots into the 23/24 school year, she's moving into the Metaverse with her "Algebra Club" curriculum and publishing her "Neat Notebook" methodology on her website and YouTube channel so more families can find joy in making math "classical"

Come sit with me by the fire. Bring your coffee and a snack. We're going to hang out and talk about math in a way you never could've imagined. Yes, math is a humanities subject if you break it down into its core foundational parts and discuss who discovered it and where they were from. I'm going to give homeschool parents all the tools they need to ditch the textbooks if that's what they want to do for a while. It's more important to bring the joy back to math and into your family and relationships then it is to just keep filling out worksheets. Twelve years is a very long time to learn math. First, we need to build the joyful, confident foundation in our children. Then we can dig in and truly make excellent mathematicians. I'll go on to tell you about my work with my curriculum called, "Algebra Club" and how I'm migrating it into the Metaverse! These are exciting times to be homeschooling!

Mercy is a Senior in High School and teacher at Log Cabin Schoolhouse, a STEM education business serving students of all school choices virtually. She has been homeschooled most of her academic career and has found a great passion in technology whether it be by creating her own 3D printed suits of armor or coding her own text-adventure games in Python or competing in cybersecurity competitions. As she furthers her own knowledge through classes and projects, she chooses to give back to her community of homeschoolers and learners who may not have easy access to learning the technology she loves. Over the past 5 years she has taught classes and camps, hosted game nights, and offered tutoring on Computer Science, Coding through Python, Game Development, Web Development, Cryptography, and cyber safety. She now leads a team of four teen-age tutors to provide one-on-one guidance through learning real text-based coding. As she goes off to college, she is looking for more ways she can introduce more young kids to technology and provide them with the opportunities she wishes she had had when she was first working her way through school.

Technology is vast and used in almost every aspect of modern life. With such an exponential growth, it is one of the most in demand skills in the market and learning even one piece of technology can open countless opportunities. But how do we do that? With such a broad and insanely cool field, it can be intimidating to get started. Come learn what your options are for coding curriculum, websites, free options, games, books, and when to start college credit or certification options. From 3D printing your own suits of armor to coding your own text-based game to even getting certifications before you graduate, Mercy has worked with technology in numerous aspects each adding to her ever-growing passion for technology. she have already done the research for what all this technology is, why it’s necessary, and when to start, so that all you have to do is stop by and we can start building your student’s path to technology.