Computer Science and Information Technology Newsletter August 2025

[joe jkmoch.com]

Hi, WI Computer Science and Information Technology Colleagues

Into Aug, 2025 we have the following features

For Wisconsin, a call for Mentees for 2025-26, first monthly virtual meeting set, LearningBlade software planning for 2025-26 and other items

For all readers

• Hour of AI coming
• Hello World #27 - Integrated CS from Raspberry Pi Foundation
• 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
• Data Science PD and Resources
• Two Recent AI Resources and other resources from prior newsletters
• Updated AI Resources page
• CyberPatriot and National Cyber League registrations
• Congressional App Challenge
• Reinvented - new videos for students to view and issue 19
• PD/Conference Opportunities:  NCWIT, AP Teachers Roundtable, Tapia, Grace Hopper, Slate
• Article from Edutopia “Using AI as a thought partner, not a shortcut"
• CS lesson plans and Teach Engineering Curriculum from NCWIT
• List of 17 Tools to Teach Coding

Here is the Aug 2025 edition of the CSTAWI Newsletter.

https://bit.ly/CSTAWI_Newsletter-Aug2025

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

  • HOUR of AI - preview
  • CS Education Highlights this Month
  • CSTA WI Dairyland CS News for WI CS Educators (partial list)
  • Continuing→ Mentor Program - call for Mentees in WI
  • Reminder → 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→ Hello World #27 - Integrated Computer Science
  • NEW→ NCWIT C4C Connected Counseling Newsletter with resources
  • Latest Issue→ Coding and More monthly newsletter (July)
  • From previous issues
  • Experience CS:  A New Way to Teach CS
  • Data Science PD and Resources
  • Two Recent AI Resources - 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
  • NEW→ CyberPatriot 18 registration closes soon
  • NEW→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 videos, Issue 19 available and plea for donations!
  • Professional Development/Conference Opportunities
  • New→ Back to School with NCWIT including Counselors 4 Computing (C4C)
  • New→ AP Teachers Roundtable
  • New→ Tapia Conference (mid-September)
  • Coming→ Grace Hopper (early November)
  • Coming→ SLATE 2025
  • new → Your homework reading assignment - Action Item

  §  Using AI as a Thought Partner, not a Shortcut

  • new → NCWIT Resource

  §  CS Lesson Plans and Activities for inclusion in many subject areas

  §  Teach Engineering Topics including Computing

  new → Resources - 17 Tools to Teach Coding