Computer Science and Information Technology Newsletter February 2026

[joe jkmoch.com]

Hi, WI Computer Science and Information Technology Colleagues

Into February, 2026 we have the following features

For Wisconsin, student workshop, student award, our seventh monthly virtual meeting and other items

For all readers

• Day of AI.org
• Counselors for Computing newsletter
• Learn.Java website, resources, webinars
• AI Code and More latest newsletter
• Ten items from previous newsletters
• AI Resources page
• Student Opportunity:  2026 Pathways Summer Program
• Code/Art three Crunch Time - Due dates coming
• Technovation Girls Competition
• GenCyber Program Announcement
• Last Mile Education Fund
• QCaMP for Educators - summer workshop to be immersed in quantum computing
• Reinvented - new issue #20
• PD/Conference Opportunities:  SIGCSE 2026, NICE Cybersecurity, CSTA Summit and more
• Reading: A New Direction for Students in an AI World: Prosper, Prepare, Protect
• NCWIT — Engagement Practices Framework, Teach Engineering
• Little Man Computer (LMC)

Here is the Feb 2026 edition of the CSTAWI Newsletter.

https://bit.ly/CSTAWI_Newsletter-Feb2026

Table of Contents: (links work in Google Doc)

• CS Education Highlights this Month
• CSTA WI Dairyland CS News for WI CS Educators (partial list)
• Both NEW→ Tech Savvy Workshop and Technology Exploration Award
• Updated→ Learning Blade Corner celebrates Engineering Week
• Updated→ CSTA WI monthly video meeting on pedagogy
• Computing Education Resources
• New→ Day of AI site with new curriculum, student opportunities
• New→ NCWIT Counselors for Computing newsletter - CTE month/Engineering Week
• Update→ Learn.Java - website, resources and webinars
• Latest issue→ Coding and More monthly newsletter 
• From previous issues
• Reminder→ Hello World #28 - Programming
• Updated→ Experience CS:  A New Way to Teach CS
• 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
• New → Girls Who Code 2026 Pathways Summer Program
• Reminder→ Code/Art three annual competitions for girls and non-binary students
• New→ Technovation Girls Competition
• New→ GenCyber Program Announcement
• From previous issues
• Continuing→ Last Mile Education Fund - Community College support
• Opportunities for Educators
• New→ 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 magazine→ Magazine Issue 20 available; Watt’s Up Girl videos
• Professional Development/Conference Opportunities
• Reminder→ SIGCSE TS 2026
• Coming→ NICE K-12 Cybersecurity Conference & Expo
• New→ Coming Spring ‘26 and Summer ‘26
• new → Your homework reading assignment - Action Item

§  New Direction for Students in AI World - Brookings Institution

• new → NCWIT Resource

§  Engagement Practices Framework

§  Teach Engineering

• new →CS Resource:  Little Man Computer (LMC)