Computer Science and Information Technology Newsletter May 2026

[joe jkmoch.com]

Hi, WI Computer Science and Information Technology Colleagues

Into May, 2026 we have the following features

For Wisconsin, Fall 2026 CSTA-WI Summit, our tenth monthly virtual meeting, etc

For all readers

• New Hello World #29, Experience CS update, US Dept of Labor AI Initiative, Code Club
• 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:
• Hacker HS Curriculum
• GenCyber Program Announcement
• Last Mile Education Fund
• Opportunities for Educators
• Summer PD - 2026 Pathfinders Summer Institute
• CSTA News
• Reinvented - new videos and current issue #20
• PD/Conference Opportunities
• CSTA Mentors in CS goes national!
• SIGCSE keynotes, NICE Cybersecurity, 3iSTEM Summit, Logic For All (Stanford), CSTA Summit
• Reading: NY Times article on the end of programming
• NCWIT - Status of Women in Computing and By the Numbers
• Beyond Euclid

Here is the May 2026 edition of the CSTAWI Newsletter.

https://bit.ly/CSTAWI_Newsletter-May2026

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→ Fall 2026 CSTA-WI Summit planning
    • New→ CSTA Mentors in CS goes national!
    • Updated→ CSTA-WI monthly meeting for May
    • …and more
    • Computing Education Resources
    • Reminder→ Hello World #29 - Safety and Security
    • Reminder→ Experience CS:  A New Way to Teach CS
    • Reminder→ U.S. Dept of Labor “Make America AI-Ready” initiative
    • Reminder→ CodeClub from Raspberry Pi Foundation
    • 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
    • Reminder→ Hacker High School curriculum
    • Reminder→ GenCyber Program Announcement
    • From previous issues
    • Continuing→ Last Mile Education Fund - Community College support
    • Opportunities for Educators
    • New→  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
    • New videos→ Watt’s Up Girl videos season #2, episodes 3, 4;  magazine #20 available
    • Professional Development/Conference Opportunities
    • New→ Mentors in CS - CSTA took this program national!
    • SIGCSE TS 2026 keynote recordings now available
    • Coming→ NICE K-12 Cybersecurity Conference & Expo
    • Reminder→ Innovate, Inspire, Impact:  STEM Teaching Summit. 
    • New→ Logic For All: summer opportunity from Stanford AI Lab (SAIL)
    • Reminder→ Conferences coming Summer ‘26
    • new → Your homework reading assignment - Action Item
    §  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