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Join colleagues on December 6 at the virtual CSTA New England Regional Conference 2025

  

KICK off Computer Science Education Week with a full day of professional development!  

Update! The CSTA New England Regional Conference 2025 will be virtual this year on Saturday, December 6th via RingCentral!
No travel, no commute—just a full day of connection, inspiration, and CS learning from anywhere.


 Info: bit.ly/CSTANE2025
 Register: bit.ly/CSTANEReg

Over 20 engaging sessions to pick from!  Check out the full sessions description here. 

Track

Elementary

Middle

High

Admin / Coaching

Sponsor

Session 1

9:50-10:40

Once Upon an Algorithm: Bringing Computational Thinking to Life Through Read-Alouds

More Than Coding: Sparking Joy and Community in and out of School

Equity means Everyone: Developing CS Curriculum that addresses all learners needs.

From Consumers to Creators: Educating for an Ethical AI Future

Introduction to Technology Plus

Session 2

10:50-11:40

Teaching CS With Cardboard And Micro:Bits

AI Learning Priorities for All k-12 Students

Opportunities for Educators: Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity

Equity-Focused Creative Computing Professional Learning for K–12 Teachers

Using Pickcode's Online IDE

Workshop

9:50-11:40

Coding Connections: Bringing Joy to PK–10 CS Through C.A.S.T. – Culinary Arts, AI, Sound & Technology Integration

Creative Coding in Python with imagi

Into the Breach: A Hands-On Cyberattack Simulation for CS Educators

Exploring the Landscape of K–12 AI Literacy Curricula

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Session 3

1:00-1:50

Debugging Destiny: Transforming student attitudes towards CS careers in elementary school through role models

Creating with AI: Creating your first AI Social Robot, while noticing the harms, benefits, and engaging in fruitful discussions!

Computer Science for Good

Rethinking Professional Development

Quantum Made Simple: A Friendly Intro for High School CS Teachers

Session 4

2:00-2:50 

Empowering Young Learners: A Curriculum for Integrating Computer Science in Elementary Education - CSforALL Springfield

Data Jams: Using Creativity to Unlock Data Literacy

Leveling Up Learning: Gamifying CS While Cultivating Self-Learning Skills

Building Robust CS Pathways in K-12 Education

Session 5

3:00-3:50 

Explore your World with OctoStudio

How to incorporate joy in the CS classroom with micro:bits?

Recruitment and retention in AP classes

AI in K-12: Balancing Innovation, Student Needs, and Equitable Implementation (Panel Discussion)

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And don't miss this year's Keynote speaker, Mike Grandinetti,  starting at 9:00 a.m. 

Keynote Speaker Mike Grandinetti

Mike Grandinetti is on a constant mission to explore what’s next. Operating at the point of intersection of innovation and execution. He’s a serial tech entrepreneur, board member, AI and innovation consultant, and multi- award-winning professor. A former Silicon Valley entrepreneur and McKinsey consultant, Mike has played a key leadership role across 8 tech startups, resulting in two NASDAQ IPOs and 7 strategic exits. Currently, Mike is an Executive Fellow at the Harvard Business School. For the past 20 years, he’s taught and mentored the next generation of leaders at Harvard, Brown, Berkeley, MIT, Rutgers and far beyond. He was named Financial Times Global Professor of the Week and has been named Professor of the Year on multiple occasions. His comprehensive course portfolio includes entrepreneurship, new product design, social innovation, leading innovation strategy, creativity, critical thinking, human-centric design and transformative leadership. He’s led over 200 hackathons and design sprints globally, for corporations including Accenture, Capital One, IBM, Microsoft, Nestle and Nike, and for impact organizations including the MacArthur Foundation, Design for America, and the woman’s sanctuary, Rosie’s Place. He served for over a decade on the WGBH Public TV and Radio Corporate Executive Council.

Today, he’s deeply engaged in AI Executive Education on a global scale, teaching custom courses to senior executives through his affiliations with Carnegie Mellon, NYU Abu Dhabi, Oxford, U. Michigan, and Babson across 5 continents. He’s on the faculty of both the Cornell Chief AI Officer Program and the Cornell CxO program.  He’s a long serving organizing team member and senior advisor to the MIT CIO Symposium, where he regularly moderates panels and gives talks. He’s serves as a judge in the annual MIT CIO of the Year award. He’s a frequent keynote speaker and has delivered several TEDx talks on entrepreneurship and AI. He enthusiastically mentors the next generation of young founders in several of the world’s top startup accelerators. Mike is a graduate of the Yale School of Management, where he was named the annual Jess Morrow Johns Memorial Scholar and was a reciptient of the annual Procter & Gamble Lesdership Award.

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