CSTA-MN August 2023 Newsletter (Aug 17, 2023)

Back to School!

This newsletter contains some of the events, news, and opportunities related to the start of this academic year.

Photo by Jess Bailey on Unsplash

UPCOMING EVENTS

August Member Meeting

Our CSTA-MN chapter will meet on Zoom next week on Tuesday, August 22.

3:30 - 4:30 p.m Central Time

https://css.zoom.us/j/9531600202

STEM Day at the MN State Fair

Thursday, August 24th

Website: https://www.scimathmn.org/stem-day-at-the-state-fair-2023/

CSTA Conference 2024 - Las Vegas

July 16 - 19, 2024

Interested in presenting?

Proposals are due October 30, 2023

CSTA-MN Book Club (2023-2024)

CSTA-MN plans to host a book club this fall with the book Data, Responsibly (Vol. 1), Mirror Mirror, a free downloadable comic discussing AI, algorithms, equity, access, and more. Would you be interested in participating in the CSTA-MN fall book club?

If yes, please complete this book-club interest form.

NEW!

Monthly Fireside AI chats.

Join us the second Thursday of every month to learn a new AI tool, discuss AI success/concerns and learn about business/industry AI applications. These meetings will be quick but informative at 35 min. @ 3:15-3:50

dates: (9/14, 10/12, 11/9, 12/14, 1/11, 2/8, 3/14, 4/11, 5/9)

Save these dates on your calendar and look for an email from the organizer (Alexandra Holter, aholter@isd271.org) with details on how to join. The first meeting will focus on AI Prompting.

Minnesota CS Legislation Passed

On May 24th, 2023, Governor Walz signed the K-12 education omnibus into law, which includes a CS education policy! This 1-page summary includes information about the bill, including the following details of what is included in the legislation. Want to be involved? Consider joining the working group. Working Group Applications are available here: https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/stds/ComputerScience/
Applications close on August 25, 2023

PD Opportunities

Beginner Scratch PD (Virtual): September 16th, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Intermediate Scratch PD (Virtual): September 30th, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Curricular Resources

Book (free): Data, Responsibly: https://dataresponsibly.github.io/comics/
Code.org AI Resources: https://code.org/ai
AI Education project: https://www.aiedu.org/ai-in-five

Job Opportunities

Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Carleton College
Adjunct, Computer Science; University of St. Thomas
Computer Science Instructor; Normandale Community College
High School Coding, Programming, Computer Science Teacher; New Century School, St. Paul

For more opportunities, check out the CSTA job board: https://jobs.csteachers.org/