At last year’s conference, Connor Freeman taught students the basics of electrical engineering, including electricity and circuits.
June 25, 2024 2:01 PM CDT | Updated June 25, 2024 2:03 PM CDT
(The following press release was written by Jack Hayward, Marketing Director at Trinity Christian School.)
SHOREWOOD — For the second year in a row, Connor Freeman, a sixth-grader at Trinity Christian School in Shorewood, will be teaching at a technology conference in Baraboo, Wis. Taking place from July 29 to Aug. 1, “THAT Conference” is a four-day conference for “developers who are passionate about learning all things mobile, web, cloud and technology.”
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“That Conference” will feature speakers from over 26 countries including industry giants such as Microsoft, Garmin, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Cisco and GitHub.
Speaking about the upcoming conference, Freeman said, “I’m really looking forward to having all the friends I’ve made over the last few years attend THAT. I’m really proud of my presentation and have the support of my mom, Clark Sell (THAT founder), software developers I know, and everyone in the THAT family. It’s going to be fun to show off some of the other skills I’ve learned and teach others.”
Although he is only 11 years old, Freeman is learning the programming languages C+ and Python and is the leader of Trinity Christian School’s robotics team, the largest in Illinois, with more than 65 students participating each year.
At last year’s conference, Freeman hosted a class that taught students the fundamentals of electrical engineering, including electricity and circuits. This year at “THAT,” he has a lesson planned that will allow students to create their own “Scratch” coding games, giving students an opportunity to gain basic coding skills. Freeman continues to be one of the youngest speakers at the event.
“I’m really proud of Connor,” said Connor’s mother, Amanda Freeman. “I started introducing him to technology when we were homeschooling during COVID. I work in tech myself, and he just naturally picked up on it. I started looking for more resources and opportunities. A few years ago, I went there for my first job and got Connor a ‘Geekling’ pass.
“He declared right then and there that he was going to be that speaker, and he made it happen. In the past two years, less than 20 percent of abstracts have been accepted, but Connor was accepted both times. He’s done an amazing job. He even jokes that maybe one day he’ll put in a good word for me and I’ll be a speaker like him.”
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