Profile Information
Shawn Patrick Higgins
Oregon, United States
Roles
Educator
Levels
Grade 6 (ages 10-11), Grade 7 (ages 11-12), Grade 8 (ages 12-13), Grade 9 (ages 13-14), Grade 10 (ages 14-15)
Subjects
Computer Technology, Creative Arts
About me
Shawn Patrick Higgins is a Portland, OR based CS and Media Arts teacher with 15 years experience working with youth in creative technology; specializing in a project-based curriculum that focuses on digital art, animation, audio, coding, and games as creative pathway to student success.
He has been awarded grants by The Clark M. Williams Foundation, as well as being the recipient of The Best Buy Foundation’s Inspired Teaching Award. Higgins is the incoming President of the Oregon Computer Science Teachers Association, the Oregon coordinator for ScratchEd, a 2018 National PBS Digital Innovator All-Star Teacher, a 2020 Processing Teaching Fellow, a 2020-21 CSforAll Teachers Ambassador, 2020-21 CSTA Equity Fellow and a 2023 Fulbright DAST Fellow.