Events

Interested in learning more about Iowa's Computer Science Standards? Check out the Iowa Computer Science Standards Self-paced Course offered on AEA Learning Online for 9-12 educators. The four content modules in this course are: Understanding the What and Why of Computer Science, the K-12 Computer Science Framework, the CSTA (Iowa) Standards, and Applying and Connecting the Computer Science Standards. Educators can earn one license renewal credit for completing the course.

Interested in learning more about Iowa's Computer Science Standards? Check out the Iowa Computer Science Standards Self-paced Course offered on AEA Learning Online for K-8 educators. The four content modules in this course are: Understanding the What and Why of Computer Science, the K-12 Computer Science Framework, the CSTA (Iowa) Standards, and Applying and Connecting the Computer Science Standards. Educators can earn one license renewal credit for completing the course.

Are you interested in learning more about Computer Science using Scratch? Consider signing up for the course, Supporting Technology Literacy K-8 with Scratch Programming - through AEA Online.

9 am - 10:30 am Part 1 - Binary and Conversions 10:45 - 12:15 pm Part 2 - Binary and Digital Data (text and bitmaps) Lunch Break 1 - 2 pm CSTA Philly Membership Meeting: PA CS Certification - Next Steps

Phidgets are programmable USB sensors that make physical computing easy. No soldering or breadboards required—students plug in a sensor, code in their preferred language, and start creating. Phidgets are used by students, educators and professionals all over the world. We will explore the Phidgets Getting Started Kit and Sonar Phidget with Python. Participants will receive a free Getting Started Kit and Sonar Phidget. For more information check out www.phidgets.com/education

Calling all K-12 CS educators! CSTA Greater Boston is pleased to announce two opportunities for our members on this day. Roblox is here to share resources and ideas for engaging students in grades 6-12. Roblox will be back on February 23 to share resources with our K-5 community. The Unruly Splats team is also here to show our K-8 educators how to use their virtual app to code and play games with students virtually. We will play a few games live, including Jeopardy and a student-coded games from Hour of Code! Come ready to play games! Got ideas? Got questions? Got breakout rooms? Yes we do! Meet other educators of all ages ready to share their passion for teaching computer science. Join us on the second or fourth Tuesday of each month, from 4-5:00 PM EST. We share teaching and learning experiences, learn from guest speakers, explore digital learning tools, and more. We hope to see you online! :)

Join us for this New Member Orientation! This session will be about what to expect with your membership based on membership types, navigating the website, and what support resources are available.

Join us at 6:30 for socializing, followed by a presentation by the Applied Computing Foundation at 7:00.

Join us for a Fireside Chat with Courtne Smith, where we'll learn more about her journey to becoming CEO of a Tech company and the technical and soft skills she leverages to lead the team.

Join us for a virtual casual meeting from 7-7:30 pm. Beverages and snacks supplied by your kitchen. Find like-minded Computer Science teachers discussing the joys and pleasures of teaching during a pandemic. From 7:30-8 pm, we will have a guest speaker from Screencastify to share tips and tricks of using this tool in remote, hybrid, and face to face teaching.

K-12 educators are invited to register for the Virtual EAAI 2021 conference, on Saturday and Sunday, February 6-7, 2021. This year the organization has a special track for K-12 AI Education Demos, Curricula, and Resources. Educators are invited to learn about these new tools to teach AI in K-12.  EAAI 2021 is co-located with AAAI 2021 (February 2-9), so if you are interested in attending the entire conference visit the  AAAI Registration Page: https://aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI-21/registration However, for those who wish to attend EAAI *only* may apply for a reduced registration fee here: https://forms.gle/ZWkjpdgakNwbcUXk7

Participate in free training with CSTA SOVA and CodeVA on how to teach coding in your classroom using Finch 2.0 robots. At the end of the training, pitch an idea for using computer science in your classroom for the chance to win one of three Finch 2.0 classroom sets (7 robots per set)!

Calling all K-12 CS educators! CSTA Greater Boston is pleased to announce that Anne DeMallie and Paula Moore from DESE will join us for an update. If you have Digital Literacy and Computer Science licensure questions, bring them along. Hope to see you online! :)

FIRST: Level up your classroom with grade band specific CS resources in breakout sessions. 😸 Elementary - Scratch with Ben Schafer (UNI) 💻 Middle School - Physical Computing with Micro:bit 🎯 High School - Recruiting strategies from NCWIT (National Center for Women & Information Technology) NEXT: We'll finish the meeting with informal networking and social hour. Feel free to grab the beverage of your choice and chat with fellow CS educators.

Virtual Scratch Meetups - Join other Scratch enthusiasts to shares ideas and interesting ways to engage students in your classroom.

Please join us for our CS Ed Week CSTA Engage Meetup on February 11, 2021, from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. CT to connect with and learn alongside other K-12 CS teachers. We’ll host a jam-packed hour and a half, worth every minute of your midweek evening. Activities will include a time specifically for networking, a featured PD activity, and two unconference/birds-of-a-feather sessions.

The Pathfinders Winter Institute is happening in February 2021. Application Deadline: 12/11/2020. Read on to learn more.

Our five Texas CSTA chapters are collaborating this year to offer the 2021 Texas CSTA Chapters Virtual Conference on Saturday, February 13, 2021 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. central time  The theme this year will be Building Equitable and Inclusive CS Programs.   Registration for this conference will open during November 2020.

Join other K-12 and postsecondary CS teacher for our monthly meetup.  In a virtual format, you can expect to network with colleagues, experience "nifty" lessons that you can use with your students, and win awesome raffle prizes.

Topic: Collaboration and Pair Programming. Please register to receive the Zoom link!

Calling all K-12 CS educators! CSTA Greater Boston is pleased to announce the return of Roblox. Tonight they will join our K-5 educators. They met with our 6-12 community on January 26. We hope you can join us for this event or to join in another breakout group! :) Got ideas? Got questions? Got breakout rooms? Yes we do! Meet other educators of all ages ready to share their passion for teaching computer science. Join us on the second or fourth Tuesday of each month, from 4-5:00 PM EST. We share teaching and learning experiences, learn from guest speakers, explore digital learning tools, and more. We hope to see you online! :)

The ScIP course focuses on implementing effective inclusive strategies for recruiting, retaining, and teaching students who are historically underrepresented in computer science elementary classes.

The ScIP course focuses on implementing effective inclusive strategies for recruiting, retaining, and teaching students who are historically underrepresented in computer science (CS) secondary classes.

The CSTA Equity Fellows 2020-2021 Cohort is pleased to present the CSTA Equity in Action Summit. This one-day virtual event brings together K-12 CS teachers to call out inequities of access and achievement in marginalized groups and to share strategies and resources to empower and equip teachers in addressing the digital divide.

Join CSTA on March 6, 2021, for their Equity in Action Summit, presented by the CSTA Equity Fellows. This one-day summit was designed to develop teachers’ knowledge and skills to reduce inequities in the access and achievement of marginalized groups in CS, and an opportunity to develop community among teachers who want to grow together.

FIRST: Learn all how the Girls Who Code program and resources can help support CS for all students in your classroom, building and district. NEXT: We'll finish the meeting with informal networking and social hour. Feel free to grab the beverage of your choice and chat with fellow CS educators.

Virtual Scratch Meetups - Join other Scratch enthusiasts to shares ideas and interesting ways to engage students in your classroom.

Join other K-12 and postsecondary CS teachers for our monthly meetup.  In a virtual format, you can expect to network with colleagues, experience "nifty" lessons that you can use with your students, and win awesome raffle prizes.

Topic: CS and Creativity. Please register to receive the Zoom link!

Virtual Scratch Meetups - Join other Scratch enthusiasts to shares ideas and interesting ways to engage students in your classroom.

FIRST: We'll start looking forward at emerging trends in CS. NEXT: We'll finish the meeting with informal networking and social hour. Feel free to grab the beverage of your choice and chat with fellow CS educators.

Join other K-12 and postsecondary CS teacher for our monthly meetup.  In a virtual format, you can expect to network with colleagues, experience "nifty" lessons that you can use with your students, and win awesome raffle prizes.

Topic: Feedback and Grading (Effort v Result). Please register to receive the Zoom link!

This free, virtual event is open to K-12 students, college, and indie professionals and provides opportunities to network, learn, and showcase projects in Game Development & Design and Simulations & Graphics. You can showcase digital games or even submit board games! Competition entries must be submitted by March 31, 2021 and winners will be announced at the live event in April. For more information and to register, visit https://csgconf.com/.

Virtual Scratch Meetups - Join other Scratch enthusiasts to shares ideas and interesting ways to engage students in your classroom.

Join other K-12 and postsecondary CS teachers for our monthly meetup.  In a virtual format, you can expect to network with colleagues, experience "nifty" lessons that you can use with your students, and win awesome raffle prizes.

Topic: School year Wrap-Up and Debrief. Please register to receive the Zoom link!

Virtual Scratch Meetups - Join other Scratch enthusiasts to shares ideas and interesting ways to engage students in your classroom.

Join other K-12 and postsecondary CS teacher for our monthly meetup.  In a virtual format, you can expect to network with colleagues, experience "nifty" lessons that you can use with your students, and win awesome raffle prizes.

There is a whole community of computer science educators just like you out there. If you are looking for inspiration, connection, and a chance to be rejuvenated, join us at CSTA 2021, set for July 14-16, 2021.