December CSTA-MN Meeting Today!

[Andrea Wilson Vazquez]

Hello CSTA-MN Members!

We hope you can join us for our virtual December CSTA-MN meeting TODAY, Dec. 14th from 4-5:30pm CT -- click here for the Zoom link.

AND, please see the notes below for the highlights from our November meeting:

We had a great November CSTA-MN virtual meeting on Nov. 30th - thank you so much to those who attended! 

The following is a quick recap of our November meeting:

• Link to slides

• Announcements:

  • Alexandra Holter is requesting help submitting content to CSTA Voice. CSTA Voice is a resource for analysis and commentary on issues related to K–12 computer science education. Read more about Policy Committee happenings here: https://csteachers.org/page/policy-committee 

  • Paul Schonfeld is requesting help collecting digital resources to share with teachers next week during CS Ed week (Dec. 5-11)!  Resources could include links to posters, events, lessons, or resources.  Send shareable resources to Paul at pscho...@css.edu

  • EE 1301 IoT Showcase – On Dec. 13, there will be an Internet of Things showcase at the UMN Rec Center Conference Room from 2:30-4:30pm. This event is open to the public. 

  • Join us for our December Open House event on December 14 from 4-5:30 pm. Register here for this event.

  • January 11, 2023, 10am-noon:  Check out the Coding at the Capitol event. Email And...@codesavvy.org for more information.

• We collaborated around: 

  • Plans & Resources for CS Ed Week

    • Here is our Jamboard link with shared resources

    • Check out Minnesota Featured Artist Marlena Myles! 

• We Shared Nifty Activities: Thanks to the following educators who shared fun and engaging activities to kick off the school year at each grade band:

  • Elementary: Whitney Determan, (Grade K) Secret Handshake Sequencing, Link to Slides, Lesson Plan

  • Middle School: Ashly Tritch, (Grade 8) Art activity: Art Work Algorithm & Flow Charts, Link to slides

  • High School: Kate Lockwood, (Grades 9-12) Physical Computing with Pumpkins!, Link, Parts list.

• Next Steps:

  • December 14 Meeting & Open House

  • January Meeting date will be announced in December

We will work with each contributor to add their Nifty Activities to our NEW CSTA-MN Virtual Community Library space - stay tuned!

Thanks for all you do -- click here to register for the December 14th CSTA-MN Virtual Event!

All the best,

CSTA-MN Leadership Team