Advice from recent high school grads to K-12 CS teachers:
▶️ Always be patient. Encouragement makes a huge difference in persistence.
▶️ Keep going. Your job is so hard, often thankless but so important. We need you.
Thanks to @drabigailjoseph for moderating at #CSTA2024!
Thank you to equity fellow Daa’iyah Cooke for speaking about the importance of believing in students in order to support them at the #CSTA2024 closing keynote.
We need to do better with accessibility in K-12 CS education. At #CSTA2024, @AndreasStefik of @unlv shares suggestions to make CS more accessible to students with disabilities:
1️⃣ Ed: only use accessible tech
2️⃣ @NSF: consider accessibility in grant reviews
3️⃣ tech: do better
Don't miss out on our first meeting of the year. @shuchig is our presenter on AI in K12. 9/12 at 6:30 pm in person at @GunnHigh . DM for room and Zoom details if attending virtually! #aik12#csk12#csforall#csk8#csforca
Woohoo! Silicon Valley CSTA's first meeting of the year on 9/12 at Henry M. Gunn HS presented by none other than Dr. Grover @shuchig on AI in K12. DM for meeting details. Will be offered on Zoom as well. #csta#csforall#aik12#csk8
Bay Area CS folks, our last meeting of the year today at 6:30 pm PDT at Gunn HS Palo Alto. DM for details. Also, DM if you would like to contribute and share dinner from China Wok. #csed#csforall#csta
Reminder. Today's Silicon Valley CSTA meeting is only virtual. DM for link. 6:30 pm PDT. Meet with Katherine Goyette, CDE CS Coordinator and Geoff Belleau, an education administrator and won the CUE advocate of the year award. #csk12#csta#csforall#csk8
Not too late to let us know if you can join us in person for our January meetup at the @gotynker office this evening 6:30 PST in Mountain View including dinner. DM for details. #csta#csk8#csforall