Computer Science and Information Technology Newsletter June 2026

[joe jkmoch.com]

Hi, WI Computer Science and Information Technology Colleagues

Into June, 2026 we have the following features (bolded ones are new for our newsletter)

For Wisconsin,WI CS Ed Week 2026 in August and new dates for Fall 2026 Summit

For all readers

• Counselors For Computing Newsletter with resources
• Day of AI site with free AI training for HS Teachers
• Learn.Java website, resources, webinars
• Coding and More latest newsletter
• A bunch items from previous newsletters
• AI Resources page
• Student Opportunity:
• Hacker HS Curriculum
• GenCyber Program Announcement
• Last Mile Education Fund
• Opportunities for Educators
• Micro:bit CreateAI Pilot Program for 2026-27 school year
• Summer PD - 2026 Pathfinders Summer Institute
• CSTA News
• Reinvented - new video and current issue #20
• PD/Conference Opportunities
• Free AI training for HS teachers - Day of AI and NAAIC
• STEM Teaching Summit
• Logic for All at Stanford AI Lab
• Other conferences
• Reading: National Academies report on the Future of Data and Computing:  The Role of K-12
• NCWIT - AspireIT Toolkit and “Which computing pathway is right for me” resource
• Featured link:  Cheatsheet to Learn AI

Here is the June 2026 edition of the CSTAWI Newsletter.

https://bit.ly/CSTAWI_Newsletter-Jun2026

Table of Contents: (links work in Google Doc)

• • • Table of Contents: (links work in Google Doc)
      ·       CS Education Highlights this Month
      o   CSTA WI Dairyland CS News for WI CS Educators (partial list)
      §  NEW - WI CS Ed Week 2026 - upstate WI, second week of August
      §  New Dates→ Fall 2026 CSTA-WI Summit planning
      §  Newish→ CSTA Mentors in CS goes national!
      §  …and more
      ·       Computing Education Resources
      o   Update→ Counselor for Computing newletter
      o   Update→ Day of AI site with free AI training for HS teachers and a TED talk
      o   Update→ Learn.Java - website, resources and webinars
      o   Update→ Coding and More monthly newsletter 
      o   Previously…
      §  Hello World #29 - Safety and Security
      §  Experience CS:  A New Way to Teach CS
      §  U.S. Dept of Labor “Make America AI-Ready” initiative
      §  CodeClub from Raspberry Pi Foundation
      §  Technovation - AI in Action Curriculum
      §  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
      o   From previous issues
      §  Reminder→ Hacker High School curriculum
      §  Reminder→ GenCyber Program Announcement
      §  Continuing→ Last Mile Education Fund - Community College support
      ·       Opportunities for Educators
      o   New→  Micro:big CreateAI Pilot Program - for 2026-27 school year for 4gr-8gr educators
      o   Reminder→  Summer PD Opportunities:  2026 Pathfinders Summer Institute
      §  New→ Ctrl + AI + Teach - one of the many courses available
      ·       Updated → CSTA - Largest CS Dept in the World; latest newsletters
      ·       Student Publication
      o   New video→ Watt’s Up Girl videos season #2, episode #5;  magazine #20 available
      ·       Professional Development/Conference Opportunities
      o   New→ Free AI training for HS teachers - Day of AI and NAAIC
      o   Reminder→ Innovate, Inspire, Impact:  STEM Teaching Summit. 
      o   Reminder→ Logic For All: summer opportunity from Stanford AI Lab (SAIL)
      o   Reminder→ Conferences coming Summer ‘26
      ·       new → Your homework reading assignment - Action Item
      §  National Academies report: Developing Competencies for the Future of Data and Computing: The Role of K-12
      ·       new → NCWIT Resources
      §  AspirtIT Toolkit and “Which computing pathway is right for me” resource
      ·       new →Cheatsheet to Learn AI
    §  NY Tiimes article - The end of computer programming…
    • new → NCWIT Resources
    §  Scorecard: the Status of Women in Computing and By the Numbers
    • new →CS Resource:  Beyond Euclid - math and science tidbits

[joe jkmoch.com]

[Frank, Theodore]

Joe, 

Do you know if the Fall Community of Practice around the Day of AI is paid?

Theodore Frank

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