Computer Science and Information Technology Newsletter April 2026

[joe jkmoch.com]

Hi, WI Computer Science and Information Technology Colleagues

Into April, 2026 we have the following features

For Wisconsin, AI Week, our ninth monthly virtual meeting, our updated WI CS Standards and other items

For all readers

• New Hello World #29
• Experience CS update
• US Dept of Labor AI Initiative
• CodeClub
• NCWIT Counselors for Computing newsletter
• Day of AI site with new curriculum, etc
• Learn.Java website, resources, webinars
• AI Code and More latest newsletter
• Eight items from previous newsletters
• AI Resources page
• Student Opportunity:
• 2026 Girls Who Code Pathways Summer Program
• Hacker HS Curriculum
• GenCyber Program Announcement
• Last Mile Education Fund
• QCaMP for Educators - summer workshop to be immersed in quantum computing
• Two opportunities from previous issues
• Reinvented - new video and current issue #20
• PD/Conference Opportunities: NICE Cybersecurity, 3iSTEM Summit, Logic For All, CSTA Summit and more
• Reading: 4 short articles
• NCWIT — 2026 Summit
• ProjectEuler.Net

Here is the April 2026 edition of the CSTAWI Newsletter.

https://bit.ly/CSTAWI_Newsletter-Apr2026

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→ AI Week at MSOE - K-12 day on Thurs 4/23/26
• Updated→ CSTA WI monthly video meeting on pedagogy
• New→ Link to revised WI CS Academic Standards (Dec 2025)
• …and more
• Computing Education Resources
• New→ Hello World #29 - Safety and Security
• Updated→ Experience CS:  A New Way to Teach CS
• New→ U.S. Dept of Labor “Make America AI-Ready” initiative
• New→ CodeClub from Raspberry Pi Foundation
• Update→ NCWIT Counselors for Computing newsletter
• Update→ Day of AI site with new curriculum, student opportunities
• Update→ Learn.Java - website, resources and webinars
• Update→ Coding and More monthly newsletter 
• From previous issues
• Reminder→ Technovation - AI in Action Curriculum
• Reminder→ Book Review of “AI with Intention”
• Three recent AI resources→ AI Learning Priorities for all K-12 Students, AI Guidance and AI Literacy Framework 
• 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
• Hurry! → Girls Who Code 2026 Pathways Summer Program
• Reminder→ Hacker High School curriculum
• Reminder→ GenCyber Program Announcement
• From previous issues
• Continuing→ Last Mile Education Fund - Community College support
• Opportunities for Educators
• Reminder→ QCaMP for Educators - summer week long workshop on quantum computing
• From previous issues
• Recording available→ Learner’s Apprentice: AI and Human Creativity
• Reminder→ Pathfinders Online Institute
• Updated → CSTA - Largest CS Dept in the World; latest newsletters
• Student Publication
• New videos→ Watt’s Up Girl videos season #2, episodes 0, 1, 2;  magazine #20 available
• Professional Development/Conference Opportunities
• New→ SIGCSE TS 2026 keynote recordings now available
• Coming→ NICE K-12 Cybersecurity Conference & Expo
• New→ Innovate, Inspire, Impact:  STEM Teaching Summit. 
• New→ Logic For All: summer opportunity from Stanford AI Lab (SAIL)
• Reminder→ Coming Summer ‘26
• new → Your homework reading assignment - Action Item

§  Four short articles from CSTA blog

• new → NCWIT Resource

§  2026 NCWIT Summit

• new →CS Resource:  ProjectEuler.net - challenging problems