Empower {MN:CS} Conference Registration Now Open!

[Tom Cozzolino]

Hello Everyone,

We have exciting news to share - registration is now open for the 2025 Empower {MN:CS} Conference taking place Aug 5th-7th on the Twin Cities University of Minnesota Campus. The conference is a 3-day computer science (CS) education conference where you have an opportunity to choose from five CS workshops that best align to your professional learning goals. Workshop topics this year include:

Introduction to Computer Science and Computational Thinking

Who: Any K-8 educator who is new to teaching computer science

Teaching Debugging

Who: Any K-12 educator who has some experience with teaching Computer Science

Experience CS: A new platform for teaching computer science

Who: Grades 3-8 educators who integrate Computer Science

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Who: Grades 5-12 educators who have some experience teaching Computer Science

Introduction to Data Science with Computer Programming

Who: Grades 9-12 educators, especially in math and CS new to using programming to teach data science

Cost: $50 for current CSTA members, $100 for non-CSTA members.

Stipends of $630 are available for MN K-12 Educators who attend all 3 days, as well as travel reimbursements for educators traveling from outside the Twin Cities area.

Check out the Empower {MN:CS} Conference webpage for details, and to register today! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to: nlcolla...@umn.edu

Thank you, and we hope to see you there!

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Tom Cozzolino (he/him)

District Support Coordinator