Computer Science and Information Technology Newsletter May 2025

[joe jkmoch.com]

Hi, WI Computer Science and Information Technology Colleagues

Into May, 2025 we have the following features

For Wisconsin, a call for Mentees for 2025-26, LearningBlade software planning for 2025-26 and other items

For all readers

• Experience CS: A new way to teach CS from Raspberry Pi Foundation
• Cybersecurity and Data Science Resources
• Data Science PD and Resources
• Microsoft Bits and Bytes newsletter
• An article about cheating with AI
• Reminder of information about the Girls Who Code Summer Programs
• Logo Foundation workshops
• CS Tips and other previous resources
• ISTE+ASCD AI Explorations Webinar
• Scratch project study participation request from U of Chicago
• AI Explorations for Educators course
• The Reinvented 2024 new videos, issue 19 and plea for donations to continue
• Upcoming conferences and more PD
• Reading and video on Quantum Computing
• Great NCWIT resource
• Curricula for Data Science

Here is the May 2025 edition of the CSTAWI Newsletter.

https://bit.ly/CSTAWI_Newsletter-May2025

• Table of Contents: (links work in Google Doc)

  • • CS Education Highlights this Month
    • CSTA WI Dairyland CS News for WI CS Educators (partial list)
    • NEW→ Call for Mentees in WI
    • Update→ Learning Blade software - planning for 2025-26
    • Useful links and more
    • Computing Education Resources
    • Coming→ Experience CS:  A New Way to Teach CS
    • Reminder→ Cybersecurity Resources:  Cisco and NetworkChuck
    • NEW→ Data Science PD and Resources
    • Latest Issue→ Coding and More monthly newsletter (Aprii)
    • NEW→ Microsoft Bits and Bytes - latest newsletter (May)
    • From previous issues
    • Real Way to Stop Cheating in AI World (article)
    • CS Teaching Tips
    • The Computer Science Teacher - blog by Alfred Thompson
    • Reimagining CS Pathways Report (CSTA)
    • Guidance on the Future of CS EDucation in an Age of AI
    • Best Cybersecurity Lessons and Activities for K-12 Education
    • Hello World book series - new issue #25 Generative AI
    •  AI Resources
    • Opportunities for Students
    • From previous issues
    • Continuing→ Last Mile Education Fund - Community College support
    • Updated→ GirlCon newsletter
    • Reminders→ Careers with STEM+X interviews with professionals using CS+some field
    • …and opportunities for interactions between students and professionals
    • Opportunities for Educators
    • New → ISTE+ASCD AI Explorations Webinar coming
    • Still available → Customizing Scratch Projects Study - repl for Google CS First
    • New → AI Explorations for Educators - an ISTE U Course
    • From previous issues
    • Reminder→ Free Cybersecurity CodeCademy Courses
    • Reminder→ Pathfinders Online Institute
    • Updated → CSTA - Largest CS Dept in the World; latest newsletters
    • Student Publication
    • New→ Reinvented: Watt’s Up Girl videos, Issue 19 available and plea for donations!
    • Professional Development/Conference Opportunities
    • Registration open→ NIST/NICE K-12 Cybersecurity Conference
    • New→ Pathfinders Summer Institute 2025 -  5 highlighted workshops
    • New→ Beauty and Joy of Computing offerings for Summer 2025
    • Reminder→ Logo Institute in July 2025
    • Coming→ NCWIT Summit, ISTE Live25, CSTA 2025 Annual
    • new → Your homework reading assignment - Action Item

    §  Quantum Computing - an article and a video

    • new → NCWIT Resource

    §  AiC Connections | Insights: Midterms + finals

    new → Resources - APIcancode - curricula for data science