Chicago Suburban CSTA Chapter

10 CSTA Chapters have joined to host the Midwest is Best CSEd Virtual Unconference 10/15/22, on Hopin, with the theme of CS Across the K-12 Curriculum! Anyone interested in K-12 CS is welcome, even if you are not from the Midwest. Register only $10: ow.ly/3vCS50L4HPL

Attention all Illinois K12 CS teachers: If you have not already joined Illinois’ new CSTA Illinois chapter, we’ve got a space at the table waiting for you. Join us now: illinois.csteachers.org

As is tradition for ChiSub @csteachersorg, we gather once a year around the holidays simply to celebrate each other as colleagues, and as a family. Thanks to all who joined us today at @BelongArenas Schaumburg, and a huge shout-out to @CSForIL for sponsoring this year’s event.

A hypothesis on why #CSforAll remains so elusive in American K12 education (a thread): “Career pathways” isn’t cutting it as rationale for broadening equitable participation in Comp Sci education across K12. We need to reframe the need. 1/ #iledchat #edchat #edutwitter #twill

Save the Date! CSTA Midwest is Best Unconference 2022 is coming soon with representation from 10 different CSTA Chapters. @csteachersorg @CSTA_Ohio @IndianaCSTA @CSTASouthDakota @CSTAKansasCity @IowaCSTA @ChiSubCSTA

A great honor last night to host April’s @csteachersorg @ChiSubCSTA meeting at @RHSRebelPride. It was great to see members both new to our meetings and returning veterans, both online and in-person. Much learning and talking shop, but also much laughter. Next mtg: *May 18th.*

Save the Date: Midwest Is Best CSEd Unconference is happening March 5, 2022! Brought to you by @IndianaCSTA @IowaCSTA @CSTAKansasCity @CSTA_Ohio @CSTASouthDakota @ChiSubCSTA #CSTAWisconsinDairyland #midwestisbest

Our own @AnitaDebarlaben - right here in this video! Congrats Anita - you pour so much love into the work you do for this Chapter, and for #ComputerScience #Educators everywhere. We are all grateful. @csteachersorg @MrJBohrer @uchicagolab

DID YOU KNOW: Today is Day of the Programmer, the 256th day of the year. The number 256 (2^8) was chosen for this day because it is the number of distinct values that can be represented with a byte #TheMoreYouKnow

If you are at the @ILStateFair this weekend, please stop by the @IllinoisDoIT #TechPrairie2021 #STEAMExpo to say “hi”, meet the folk of CS4IL, enjoy some AC, & learn why #K12 #ComputerScience #Education deserves a place in EVERY K-12 school, in IL. #iledchat #edchat #ILStateFair

@NJTEEA @ISBEnews @ChiSubCSTA @csteachersorg

When the great @MrJBohrer of @csteachersorg gives you props for your hoody - made through the work of @JeffSolin - at a local @ChiSubCSTA in-person event, you know you’re doing ok. Shout-out to all who helped put together this year’s Chicago CSTA Unconference, esp @marlobarnett.

Let's bring our admins into the #CSforALL community! @csteachersorg is offering a free workshop for your admin when you register for this summer's conference. This is an awesome idea and much needed. Details here: sm1.multiview.com/t/gcH1AAbbaBPW… #CSforAllNYC

Excellent comparative analysis here by Victoria Chávez of state-level policy support, implementation, & impact on #CSforAll bt CA, RI, & IL. For IL: support & funding for #CSEd is near-exclusively Chicago-centric in IL - a definitive #equity issue. #iledchat #edchat #twill

**Attention all Chicagoland K12 #ComputerScience teachers and #CSEd stakeholders** The next meeting of the Chicago Suburban @csteachersorg chapter is Wednesday, March 17th, at 4:30 p.m. CDT. Join us to talk about teaching #algorithmicbias, #ILHB2170, and much more. #iledchat

@RepChrisWelch @GovPritzker @IllinoisLBC “We have to focus on the #digitaldivide. How can we have #remotelearning without #access to the #internet? How can we have #remotelearning without access to #computers. We have to address that issue, and this #law helps us do that” <-YES!! REAL #racial #equity Thank you!!

Thanks to all the wonderful CS educators that joined the Midwest (is best) regional meet-up at the #CSEquityinAction summit today with @DWCarver and me! Keep adding resources to our collaborative notes at bit.ly/CSTAmidwestEqu…. #CSforIA @CSTA_MN @ChiSubCSTA @nkucinsam @IowaCSTA

Scratch is launching a global network of organizations committed to bringing creative computing opportunities to learners from historically marginalized communities. The deadline to apply has been extended to March 1st! Learn more and apply at: scratch.mit.edu/sec

To all in Chicagoland w/an interest in K-12 #ComputerScience #Education: Let’s have some straight talk on #Diversity, #Equity, & #Inclusion, focusing on the students we serve, right in our own classrooms. Join us this Wed, 1/20, 4:30-6:00 pm CT, for our next mtg. @csteachersorg

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