Computer Science and Information Technology Newsletter September 2025

[joe jkmoch.com]

Hi, WI Computer Science and Information Technology Colleagues

Into Sept, 2025 we have the following features

For Wisconsin, a call for comments about the updated WI CS Academic Standards, a call for Mentees for 2025-26, second monthly virtual meeting set, LearningBlade software planning for 2025-26 and other items

For all readers

• Hour of AI coming with link
• AI Learning Priorities for all K-12 Students - newly released by CSTA
• NCWIT Counselors for Computing resources and upcoming webinar
• AI Code and More newsletter
• Experience CS: A new way to teach CS from Raspberry Pi Foundation
• Updated AI Resources page
• NASA TechRise Student Challenge
• CyberPatriot and National Cyber League registrations
• Congressional App Challenge
• ISTE/ASCD AI Explorations course
• Reinvented - new videos for students to view and issue 19 of Revisited Magazine
• PD/Conference Opportunities:  NCWIT, AP Teachers Roundtable, Grace Hopper, Slate
• AI for Economic Opportunity and Advancement
• Award for Aspirations - application period open - from NCWIT
• Online tutors for programming students

Here is the Sept 2025 edition of the CSTAWI Newsletter.

https://bit.ly/CSTAWI_Newsletter-Sept2025

Table of Contents: (links work in Google Doc)

• HOUR of AI - preview and link
• CS Education Highlights this Month
• CSTA WI Dairyland CS News for WI CS Educators (partial list)
• NEW → Public Review of WI CS Academmic Standards
• Continuing→ Mentor Program - call for Mentees in WI
• Registration Open → CSTA WI-Dairyland Summit, Nov 11, 2025, UW-Stevens Pt
• Reminder→ 2nd Annual AP Teacher Roundtable at Oconomowoc HS
• New→ CSTA WI 2025-26 virtual event on Aug 20 on APCS/A updates
• Update→ Learning Blade software - planning for 2025-26
• Useful links and more
• Computing Education Resources
• NEW→ AI Learning Priorities for all K-12 Students
• Two Recent AI Resources - AI Guidance and AI Literacy Framework (want feedback)
• Reminder→ Hello World #27 - Integrated Computer Science
• NEW→ NCWIT C4C Connected Counseling Newsletter with resources (Sept 2025)
• Latest Issue→ Coding and More monthly newsletter (August)
• From previous issues
• Experience CS:  A New Way to Teach CS
• CS Teaching Tips
• Reimagining CS Pathways Report (CSTA)
• Guidance on the Future of CS EDucation in an Age of AI
•  AI Resources
• Opportunities for Students
• NASA TechRise Student Challenge
• Due Soon→ CyberPatriot 18 registration closes soon
• Reminder→National Cyber League (cyber skyline)
• From previous issues
• Reminder→ Congressional App Challenge for 2025
• Continuing→ Last Mile Education Fund - Community College support
• Updated→ GirlCon newsletter
• Opportunities for Educators
• Updated → ISTE+ASCD AI Explorations - Fall course section
• From previous issues
• Recording available→ AI Explorations for Educators - an ISTE U Course
• Reminder→ Pathfinders Online Institute
• Updated → CSTA - Largest CS Dept in the World; latest newsletters
• Student Publication
• Updated→ Reinvented: Watt’s Up Girl video #5, Issue 19 available
• Professional Development/Conference Opportunities
• New→ Back to School with NCWIT including Counselors 4 Computing (C4C)
• New→ AP Teachers Roundtable
• Coming→ Grace Hopper (early November)
• Coming→ SLATE 2025
• new → Your homework reading assignment - Action Item

§  AI for Economic Opportunity and Advancement

• new → NCWIT Resource

§  Aspirations in Computing Award - application period open until Oct 28, 2025

• new → Resources - online tutors for programming students