Teacher Collaboration
What do two college professors, two high school teachers and a pre-service teacher have in common? CSTA membership! I spent several enjoyable weeks this summer working with a great group of CSTA...
View ArticleComputer Science Open House for CS Ed Week
Are you starting to think about what you want to do for Computer Science Education Week (Dec 8-14, 2014)? There is more than just the Hour of Code (although that’s a great way to get ALL the students...
View ArticleCS Ed Week Promotion in Your City
The Philadelphia skyline is sporting a bright promotion of CS Ed Week thanks to the efforts of CSTA Philly founding member, Mary-Angela Papalaskari and Villanova University. The PECO building has a...
View ArticleThe Certification Committee
The Certification Committee is primarily concerned with issues surrounding teacher certification for Computing teachers. Our most recent effort was the publication of the white paper, Bugs in the...
View ArticleCSTA at SIGCSE
SIGCSE is the annual conference for the special interest group of ACM that is focused on computer science education. It is always a great event, and if you have never attended, you should put it on...
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Did you hear?
Photo courtesy of Ben-Avraham At this time of year, you may be hearing this phrase just before some news about a colleague retiring, taking a new position, or deciding to stay home with the children....
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CSTA Certification Committee
Have you taken at any time a computer science teaching methods course? If so, at what university or college? I hope you answered these questions on the recent survey from CSTA. The answers to these two...
View ArticleBottom-Up Advocacy
If you look back through American history for examples of successful grassroots movements that led to policy changes you may notice a few common threads. Trade unions emerged due to the industrial...
View ArticleCertification Committee Update
The Certification Committee of CSTA is responsible for coordinating efforts around computer science teacher certification in the United States. The CSTA Wisconsin Chapter is part of a consortium with...
View ArticleCSTA2016 Submissions and Reviews
The review period for next summer’s annual conference just ended, and we will have an amazing program for you! For this conference we will have workshops, one hour sessions, 20 minute short talks and...
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