WeTeach_CS Summit 2025

WeTeach_CS Summit 2025

June 9-10, 2025
Renaissance Austin Hotel - 9721 Arboretum Blvd, Austin, TX 78759
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5:30pm CDT

Volunteer Meeting (Invitation Only)

6:30pm CDT

Trivia

7:30am CDT

Breakfast and Networking

7:30am CDT

Registration

8:30am CDT

Opening Session

9:45am CDT

Rapid Feedback with JUnit Testing

9:45am CDT

Effective Use of AI in the CS Classroom

9:45am CDT

Breaking Barriers: Strategies and Tools for Middle to High School Computer Science Pathways

9:45am CDT

CSfoEL: Empowering English Learners within Computer Science

9:45am CDT

Power of the Portrait: Art Meets Code to Inspire Girls in CS

9:45am CDT

Securing the Future: Introducing NIST 800-171 to High School Educators

9:45am CDT

Data Science: How to Thoughtfully Integrate Science, Math and Computer Science

9:45am CDT

Pseudocode in the Kitchen

9:45am CDT

If You’re Happy and You Code It: Experiencing Joy with Music and Computational Thinking

9:45am CDT

Building Bridges in K-12 Computer Science Education: A Town Hall for Collaboration and Support

9:45am CDT

Integrating Computer Science and Amateur Radio into your TEKS and After School Club

9:45am CDT

Introducing Physical Computing Inputs and Outputs to Young Learners

10:45am CDT

Exclusive Exhibit Hall Hours

11:30am CDT

Lunch and Awards

12:45pm CDT

Teaching CS and Math Concepts through Creative Calculations of Pi

12:45pm CDT

Humans In The Loop: A Deep Dive Into Human-AI Collaborative Development

12:45pm CDT

CS and Multilingual Learners: Curriculum, Professional Development, and Community Engagement

12:45pm CDT

PANEL: NCWIT : Aspirations in Computing

12:45pm CDT

Cybersecurity and Computer Science Industry-Based Certifications

12:45pm CDT

Wireshark: Getting started with packets

12:45pm CDT

Bring on the Chaos!

12:45pm CDT

Creativity and Innovation: Developing Mental Models to Incorporate the Design Process K-5

12:45pm CDT

Rewiring Education: Creating a Computational Thinking Ecosystem in Schools

12:45pm CDT

Unleash Creativity and Critical Thinking: Exciting Ways to Blend Computational Thinking into K-2 Lessons

12:45pm CDT

Amazon Future Engineer - Virtual Field Trips to Explore Careers of the Future

12:45pm CDT

Boosting CS: Partnering with School Counselors

12:45pm CDT

Cross-Disciplinary Integration with Micro:bits: A Hands-On Coding Experience

2:00pm CDT

Incorporating Python Through Google Colab into Physics/Kinematics

2:00pm CDT

AI in the Kitchen: Which Recipe Recommender Wins?

2:00pm CDT

Transforming Science Classrooms with AI: Innovations and Applications

2:00pm CDT

ComputeHer Science: Amplifying the Female Voice in CS

2:00pm CDT

Culturally Responsive Teaching: Empowering Students Through Representation and Relevance

2:00pm CDT

PANEL: Cybersecurity Essentials: Key Controls for Staying Secure

2:00pm CDT

Code.org CS Connections: Resources to integrate CS into Core Content Classes

2:00pm CDT

Strategies for Integrating Computational Thinking Across the Curriculum in Grades K-8

2:00pm CDT

Expanding Opportunities in Computer Science with CMU CS Academy

2:00pm CDT

HPC-ED: Building a Community CyberTraining Catalog

2:00pm CDT

Learn about CS4TX Advocacy Work

2:00pm CDT

Deep in the Heart: A Micro:bit Musical Road Trip

2:00pm CDT

Engaging K-5 Students with Physical Computing

3:00pm CDT

Networking & Exhibitor Fair / Door Prizes / Physical Computing Playground

6:00pm CDT

Song Bingo

7:00am CDT

Breakfast and Networking

7:30am CDT

Registration

8:30am CDT

Plenary Session - Speaker

9:30am CDT

Hotel Checkout / Networking

10:00am CDT

Bringing Advanced Astronomy to High School Students with a Google Colab Computational Essay

10:00am CDT

Create a Successful UIL Computer Science Program

10:00am CDT

PANEL: Utilizing AI and ML in Cybersecurity

10:00am CDT

A New Era in CS Education: Overcoming Obstacles and Embracing Change

10:00am CDT

Strengthen Real World Experiences in CS Classrooms through an Equity Externship at Google

10:00am CDT

What is on the Horizon for Accessibility

10:00am CDT

Capture the Flag 101: A Teacher's Guide to Running Engaging Cyber Competitions

10:00am CDT

Harmonizing Identity and Innovation: Using AI as a Tool to Create Self-Expression Through Music

10:00am CDT

Spectacular Science Projects with Scratch

10:00am CDT

25 Ideas to Spark CS in Under 60 Minutes

10:00am CDT

Reflectively Unpacking the CSTA Standards for CS Teachers

10:00am CDT

Teaching and Learning About AI with the Micro:bit

10:00am CDT

TXCSP Pre-service (private meeting)

11:15am CDT

Intro to Quantum Information Science: What's a Qubit?

11:15am CDT

Ethical Generative AI with App Inventor

11:15am CDT

Intro to AI and Machine Learning with Code.org

11:15am CDT

Crack the Code, Unlock Potential: Attracting and Retaining Young Women to CS Programs

11:15am CDT

Life is Just a Classroom (Taylor's Version)

11:15am CDT

Cyber Guardians: A Role-Playing Game (RPG) for Teaching Cybersecurity

11:15am CDT

From SOC to C-Suite: Real-World Perspectives on the Future of Cybersecurity Education

11:15am CDT

Coding Through Music: Engaging Students from Elementary to High School

11:15am CDT

CS+Elementary is for Everyone!

11:15am CDT

Introduction to Programming in Python

11:15am CDT

TEKS Guide for Technology Applications

11:15am CDT

Micro:bit Magic - Sparking Science with Hands-On Tech

11:15am CDT

TXCSP Pre-service (private meeting)

12:15pm CDT

Lunch - Birds of a Feather & Speaker

1:30pm CDT

TXCSP Pre-service (private meeting)

1:30pm CDT

Impacting Student Attitudes About CS Through Coding Integration into Science

1:30pm CDT

GOOGLE Sponsored Session

1:30pm CDT

Strategies and Practices to Increase Girls' Enrollment in CS Classes

1:30pm CDT

Why Sense of Belonging Matters (And How to Increase It)

1:30pm CDT

AP Career Kickstart - What is this?

1:30pm CDT

PANEL: From Texas to Nationals: Insights from CyberPatriot Leaders and Champions

1:30pm CDT

Deceptive Data Displays - Teaching Students to Decode the Truth

1:30pm CDT

K-5 Share-on-thon or Speed Share

1:30pm CDT

Nurturing the Next Generation of CS Educators: A Space for New and Early Career CS Teachers

1:30pm CDT

Unplugging Recursion

1:30pm CDT

Defining Barriers and Advancing Computer Science Education in Rural Texas Schools

1:30pm CDT

Scaling Computer Science Education: The IDEA Public Schools Model

1:30pm CDT

Row, Row, Row your Code: Navigating the Streams of Making Music on the TI Innovator Hub

2:45pm CDT

Closing and Door Prizes