CSforALL Summit 2019 - Utah

Less watching, more doing.

Come experience how the creative minds from Cartoon Network have joined with education experts from Wonder Workshop to give kids new ways to engage with the characters they love, while fostering their creativity and coding skills. You’ll leave the session not only having helped Craig of the Creek and his new friend, Dash, conquer fun and exciting missions, but you’ll have what you need to bring the Wonder League Robotics Competition and this unique partnership to kids and educators in your community.

PRESENTERS:
Vikas Gupta, Wonder Workshop
Jennifer Light, Cartoon Network

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It's fast, fun and impactful. Hear direct from Commitment Makers about the many ways they are building #CSforALL into P-12 education systems in and out-of-school. Expect high-energy Ignite style talks, audience participation, and even a bit of competition!

EMCEE: Kiki Prottsman, KIKIvsIT

IGNITORS:

Christina Gardner-McCune, AI4K12

Jake Baskin, Computer Science Teacher's Association (CSTA)

Deborah Singer, Girls Who Code

Emmanuel Schanzer, CSPDWeek

Megan Hamilton and Breanne Litts, USU Learn Explore Design Lab

Dennis Kambeitz, Robots.Education

NC Family Code Nights with Kate Maloney, Infosys Foundation, Dave Frye, Friday Institute and John Pearce, Family Code Night

Armando Somoza, CodeScty

Join a panel of esteemed speakers from the opening plenary for an intimate Q&A session. This is your chance to ask your own questions and learn more about the initiatives and programs shared on the plenary stage.

MODERATOR: Leigh Ann DeLyser

SPEAKERS:
Milton Chen, George Lucas Educational Foundation
Sylvia Acevedo, Girl Scouts of the USA
Natasha Singer, New York Times
Debra Sanchez, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Senator Ann Milner, State of Utah

Join this interactive session to contribute to the CS education research agenda and help identify the biggest research questions to inform the future of CS education.

Hear from rural education leaders about innovative strategies for integrating computer science into rural education systems.

SPEAKERS:
Deb Ivie, USU Extension Faculty of Youth Programs, STEM Lead, Utah State University
Wren Hoffman, Computer Science Consultant, Iowa Department of Education
Alicia Biggs, Computer Science Coordinator, Lewiston Public Schools
Kit Mantz, CTE Director, San Juan School District
Sue Kane, PhD, North Central Educational Service District

Strike a balanced pathway between in-and out-of-school CS learning. Out-of-School (OST) educators and leaders will share successful models of integrating real-world CS into the OST infrastructure.

SPEAKERS:
Andrew Coy, Executive Director, Digital Harbor Foundation
Chris Neitzey, Director of STEM Initiatives, Afterschool Alliance
Ben Trentelman, Director of Operations,UT Statewide Afterschool Network
An-Me Chung, Fellow, CSforALL

Media messages are critical to helping students develop a CS identity, disrupting stereotypes, and providing diverse role models of people in CS. In this session, you'll hear from authors and content creators on the moves they are making to leverage media messages for #CSforALL.

SPEAKERS:
Marvin Carr, Senior Program Officer, The Institute of Museum and Library Services
Aimee Lucido, Author, Emmy in the Key of Code
Caeley Looney, Founder & Editor in Chief, Reinvented Magazine
Cydni Tetro, Co-Founder/President, Women Tech Council
Miriam Peskowitz, Author, Code Like a Girl

Technology is dynamic by design, and often moves faster than the education system can respond. This session will explore innovative approaches to integrating emerging and dynamic topics like artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, data science and security, and how to design resilient CS programs that can adapt to the dynamic nature of the field.

SPEAKERS:
Kumar Garg, Senior Director for Technology and Society, Schmidt Futures
Blakeley H. Payne, Graduate Research Assistant, MIT Media Lab
Mandy Galante, CyberStart Program Director, CyberStart - SANS Institute
Chad Dorsey, President and CEO, The Concord Consortium
Melissa Oldrin, Senior Manager, Global Education Programs, Unity3D
Carl Domingo, Global Student Programs, Unity3D

Standards alignment is the price of admission for working within the school system. Are you a curriculum or content provider? Join this session to explore the standards alignment process.

SPEAKERS:
Pat Yongpradit, Chief Academic Officer, Code.org
Nicole Reitz, SLC Schools
Emilio Vargas, Data and Systems Analyst

Much of the focus of the #CSforALL movement has been on preparing existing teachers to offer CS content, but meanwhile new teachers are graduating from our colleges of education every year. Join this session to explore recommendations for building CS into the pre-service teacher education pipeline.

SPEAKERS:
Jake Baskin, Executive Director, Computer Science Teachers Association
Josh Childs, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Lauren Margleaux, Professor, Georgia State
Suzy Cox, Associate Professor, Utah Valley University

Invention Education encourages problem identification, experimentation, collaboration, critical thinking, and hands-on engagement to inspire and equip students to solve real-world challenges, and prepare them for an ever-changing future. This session will discuss how CS education and invention education complement and support each other, and will share innovative approaches to inventing with computing.

SPEAKERS:
Leigh Estabrook, Invention Education Officer, Lemelson-MIT Program
Molly Beth Kocialski, Director, USPTO
Sean Hurley, Teacher, The ASK Academy
James Sandusky & Rodney Reichert, Students, The ASK Academy
Anthony Perry, Invention Education Coordinator, Lemelson-MIT Program

Achieving #CSforALL means conquering the gender gap in tech. Come hear from national experts in gender equity about effective strategies for inviting, engaging and keeping girls and young women in the CS pathway.

SPEAKERS:
Angela Cleveland, Program Director, NCWIT Counselors for Computing
Dr. Nicki Washington, Winthrop University
Hau Moy Kwan, PhD., TECHNOLOchicas
Savita Raj, Vice President, National Partnerships, Girl Scouts of the USA
Shalini Kesar, Associate Professor of IS & Director of Masters Cyber Security Degree, Southern Utah University

School districts and local education organizations are the units of change toward creating rigorous, inclusive and sustainable K-12 computer science education programs in schools. Getting there requires a shared vision and strategy. Learn how districts are using the SCRIPT to create systems-level change.

SPEAKERS:
Ines Fernandez, SCRIPT Program Manager, CSforALL
Sara Vogel, Doctoral Candidate, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Jennifer Wilkie, Instructional Coach and Professional Development, Ithaca City School District

Getting to #CSforALL means building systems that include students traditionally underrepresented in computing. Learn how schools, organizations and content providers are building inclusion into their program design to enable all students to succeed.

SPEAKERS:
Paige Prescott, EcoSystemsforCS Representative, New Mexico Computer Science Alliance
Robin Lowell, Special Education Teacher
Brianna Blaser, Coordinator/Counselor, Access Computing
Ronald Summers, Senior Director of CS Education Policy & Implementation, NYC Department of Education

Research shows that family engagement is a key success factor for underrepresented youth in CS. This session will explore strategies to effectively engage parents and families without a tech background in supporting their kids' CS journey.

SPEAKERS:
Teresa Drew, Associate Director, STEM Next
John Pearce, Executive Director, Family Code Night
Theresa Maves, Sr. Manager, Education Innovation, KinderCare Education
Grechen Huebner, Chief Product Officer, Kodable

Maybe the best person to get a student excited about CS, is a student excited about CS? Join this session to hear from young CS education entrepreneurs working to inspire and engage their peers and near-peers.

SPEAKERS:
Jennifer Manning, Program Director, AspireIT Partnerships, NCWIT
Taylor Fang, Founder, Girls Explore Tech
Iva Chho, Co-President, Park City High School Girls In Tech
Annabella Miller, Co-President, Park City High School Girls In Tech
Zach Latta, Founder, Hack Club