Events

Greetings from the CSTANE 2021 (Computer Science Teacher Association New England regional conference) proposals committee.

We are excited to announce our upcoming CSTA New England Regional Conference on Saturday, October 16th. With COVID-19 taking its sweet time moving along, we are planning for a 100% virtual conference using the Hopin Platform. We have learned a lot about virtual conferences over the last 18 months and are confident this will be an engaging, fun, and educational opportunity for all of our presenters and participants. In addition to invited keynote presentations and state CS panel, we anticipate exhibitors and a full slate of innovative and stimulating presentations.  

This year’s theme is Innovation. Attendees will be exposed to innovations in the ever-expanding field of computer science and its impacts on education,  industry, and the world. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with experts in the field, and discuss concerns, ask questions and share their own innovative ideas. 

We are looking for seasoned and brand-new presenters. If you’ve got a great idea to share, and are willing to try to make it engaging and informative, please complete the Request for Proposals form by Monday, May 24th. We anticipate contacting all who submitted a proposal by June 28th.

Session variety includes 15-minute flash talks, 30-minute topic discussion, and 60-minute sessions. We hope you will make these as interactive with conference participants as possible as well as connecting to our conference theme of “Innovation!”.  

Should you have any questions, please contact Rhonda Tate, rtate@mmsa.org.

We look forward to your presentation ideas!!

The Tallan Women in STEM Scholarship is back for it's 3rd year, and finally open to the entire state of Connecticut!

For more information, here is their SITE to manage this contest.

Direct link: https://info.tallan.com/tallan-scholarship

Would your students enjoy exploring datasets or  

making simple videogames as part of learning  

math, science, or social studies? 

Consider a Bootstrap professional  

development workshop this July! 

Bootstrap provides curricular modules for integrating data science and math-aligned coding activities into middle- and high-school math and science classes (data science can also be used in  social studies). We’re one of the nation’s largest and longest-running projects on integrating  computing with other disciplines. We’re rated Accomplished by STEMWorks, a national  assessor of STEM-oriented curricular outreach projects. 

Our professional development workshops assume no prior computing experience from  teachers. Our materials use concepts from mathematical modeling and data analysis, which we  express in small amounts of code, to complete hands-on projects. Our workshops teach you the  modeling, data analysis, and computing needed for these projects. Most of our teachers are new  to computing, data analysis, and modeling, and leave PD surprised by what they can do. 

Teachers have used our materials in many ways: put them at the beginning of the year to get  students re-engaged in learning, integrate them into regular lessons to reinforce math concepts or  deepen studies through data, use the projects at the end of the year to help students apply what  they’ve learned while exposing them to computing. Our team will help you figure out what will  work best for you and your students. 

Bootstrap: Algebra (modeling): July 19-23, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher

Bootstrap: Data Science: July 26-30, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher 

Registration opens April 28 at: https://www.bootstrapworld.org/workshops/ 

The two workshops are independent content-wise. Each consists of two 2.5-hour sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Sessions will combine short instructional  segments and small-group work (in Zoom and Zoom breakout rooms).Participants will need  internet access and a device (e.g., computer, laptop, Chromebook) sufficient for engaging with  video in Zoom calls, participating in an online discussion forum, and using a programming tool  within a web browser. Links will be provided prior to the workshop. 

The workshop fee includes all teaching materials, an initial set of student paper-and-pencil  workbooks, and long-term support from Bootstrap staff and fellow teachers. 

Visit our website (www.bootstrapworld.org) to learn more about us and see our materials. Send questions to contact@bootstrapworld.org. 

Would your students enjoy exploring datasets or  

making simple videogames as part of learning  

math, science, or social studies? 

Consider a Bootstrap professional  

development workshop this July! 

Bootstrap provides curricular modules for integrating data science and math-aligned coding activities into middle- and high-school math and science classes (data science can also be used in  social studies). We’re one of the nation’s largest and longest-running projects on integrating  computing with other disciplines. We’re rated Accomplished by STEMWorks, a national  assessor of STEM-oriented curricular outreach projects. 

Our professional development workshops assume no prior computing experience from  teachers. Our materials use concepts from mathematical modeling and data analysis, which we  express in small amounts of code, to complete hands-on projects. Our workshops teach you the  modeling, data analysis, and computing needed for these projects. Most of our teachers are new  to computing, data analysis, and modeling, and leave PD surprised by what they can do. 

Teachers have used our materials in many ways: put them at the beginning of the year to get  students re-engaged in learning, integrate them into regular lessons to reinforce math concepts or  deepen studies through data, use the projects at the end of the year to help students apply what  they’ve learned while exposing them to computing. Our team will help you figure out what will  work best for you and your students. 

Bootstrap: Algebra (modeling): July 19-23, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher

Bootstrap: Data Science: July 26-30, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher 

Registration opens April 28 at: https://www.bootstrapworld.org/workshops/ 

The two workshops are independent content-wise. Each consists of two 2.5-hour sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Sessions will combine short instructional  segments and small-group work (in Zoom and Zoom breakout rooms).Participants will need  internet access and a device (e.g., computer, laptop, Chromebook) sufficient for engaging with  video in Zoom calls, participating in an online discussion forum, and using a programming tool  within a web browser. Links will be provided prior to the workshop. 

The workshop fee includes all teaching materials, an initial set of student paper-and-pencil  workbooks, and long-term support from Bootstrap staff and fellow teachers. 

Visit our website (www.bootstrapworld.org) to learn more about us and see our materials. Send questions to contact@bootstrapworld.org. 

Would your students enjoy exploring datasets or  

making simple videogames as part of learning  

math, science, or social studies? 

Consider a Bootstrap professional  

development workshop this July! 

Bootstrap provides curricular modules for integrating data science and math-aligned coding activities into middle- and high-school math and science classes (data science can also be used in  social studies). We’re one of the nation’s largest and longest-running projects on integrating  computing with other disciplines. We’re rated Accomplished by STEMWorks, a national  assessor of STEM-oriented curricular outreach projects. 

Our professional development workshops assume no prior computing experience from  teachers. Our materials use concepts from mathematical modeling and data analysis, which we  express in small amounts of code, to complete hands-on projects. Our workshops teach you the  modeling, data analysis, and computing needed for these projects. Most of our teachers are new  to computing, data analysis, and modeling, and leave PD surprised by what they can do. 

Teachers have used our materials in many ways: put them at the beginning of the year to get  students re-engaged in learning, integrate them into regular lessons to reinforce math concepts or  deepen studies through data, use the projects at the end of the year to help students apply what  they’ve learned while exposing them to computing. Our team will help you figure out what will  work best for you and your students. 

Bootstrap: Algebra (modeling): July 19-23, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher

Bootstrap: Data Science: July 26-30, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher 

Registration opens April 28 at: https://www.bootstrapworld.org/workshops/ 

The two workshops are independent content-wise. Each consists of two 2.5-hour sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Sessions will combine short instructional  segments and small-group work (in Zoom and Zoom breakout rooms).Participants will need  internet access and a device (e.g., computer, laptop, Chromebook) sufficient for engaging with  video in Zoom calls, participating in an online discussion forum, and using a programming tool  within a web browser. Links will be provided prior to the workshop. 

The workshop fee includes all teaching materials, an initial set of student paper-and-pencil  workbooks, and long-term support from Bootstrap staff and fellow teachers. 

Visit our website (www.bootstrapworld.org) to learn more about us and see our materials. Send questions to contact@bootstrapworld.org. 

Would your students enjoy exploring datasets or  

making simple videogames as part of learning  

math, science, or social studies? 

Consider a Bootstrap professional  

development workshop this July! 

Bootstrap provides curricular modules for integrating data science and math-aligned coding activities into middle- and high-school math and science classes (data science can also be used in  social studies). We’re one of the nation’s largest and longest-running projects on integrating  computing with other disciplines. We’re rated Accomplished by STEMWorks, a national  assessor of STEM-oriented curricular outreach projects. 

Our professional development workshops assume no prior computing experience from  teachers. Our materials use concepts from mathematical modeling and data analysis, which we  express in small amounts of code, to complete hands-on projects. Our workshops teach you the  modeling, data analysis, and computing needed for these projects. Most of our teachers are new  to computing, data analysis, and modeling, and leave PD surprised by what they can do. 

Teachers have used our materials in many ways: put them at the beginning of the year to get  students re-engaged in learning, integrate them into regular lessons to reinforce math concepts or  deepen studies through data, use the projects at the end of the year to help students apply what  they’ve learned while exposing them to computing. Our team will help you figure out what will  work best for you and your students. 

Bootstrap: Algebra (modeling): July 19-23, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher

Bootstrap: Data Science: July 26-30, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher 

Registration opens April 28 at: https://www.bootstrapworld.org/workshops/ 

The two workshops are independent content-wise. Each consists of two 2.5-hour sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Sessions will combine short instructional  segments and small-group work (in Zoom and Zoom breakout rooms).Participants will need  internet access and a device (e.g., computer, laptop, Chromebook) sufficient for engaging with  video in Zoom calls, participating in an online discussion forum, and using a programming tool  within a web browser. Links will be provided prior to the workshop. 

The workshop fee includes all teaching materials, an initial set of student paper-and-pencil  workbooks, and long-term support from Bootstrap staff and fellow teachers. 

Visit our website (www.bootstrapworld.org) to learn more about us and see our materials. Send questions to contact@bootstrapworld.org. 

Would your students enjoy exploring datasets or  

making simple videogames as part of learning  

math, science, or social studies? 

Consider a Bootstrap professional  

development workshop this July! 

Bootstrap provides curricular modules for integrating data science and math-aligned coding activities into middle- and high-school math and science classes (data science can also be used in  social studies). We’re one of the nation’s largest and longest-running projects on integrating  computing with other disciplines. We’re rated Accomplished by STEMWorks, a national  assessor of STEM-oriented curricular outreach projects. 

Our professional development workshops assume no prior computing experience from  teachers. Our materials use concepts from mathematical modeling and data analysis, which we  express in small amounts of code, to complete hands-on projects. Our workshops teach you the  modeling, data analysis, and computing needed for these projects. Most of our teachers are new  to computing, data analysis, and modeling, and leave PD surprised by what they can do. 

Teachers have used our materials in many ways: put them at the beginning of the year to get  students re-engaged in learning, integrate them into regular lessons to reinforce math concepts or  deepen studies through data, use the projects at the end of the year to help students apply what  they’ve learned while exposing them to computing. Our team will help you figure out what will  work best for you and your students. 

Bootstrap: Algebra (modeling): July 19-23, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher

Bootstrap: Data Science: July 26-30, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher 

Registration opens April 28 at: https://www.bootstrapworld.org/workshops/ 

The two workshops are independent content-wise. Each consists of two 2.5-hour sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Sessions will combine short instructional  segments and small-group work (in Zoom and Zoom breakout rooms).Participants will need  internet access and a device (e.g., computer, laptop, Chromebook) sufficient for engaging with  video in Zoom calls, participating in an online discussion forum, and using a programming tool  within a web browser. Links will be provided prior to the workshop. 

The workshop fee includes all teaching materials, an initial set of student paper-and-pencil  workbooks, and long-term support from Bootstrap staff and fellow teachers. 

Visit our website (www.bootstrapworld.org) to learn more about us and see our materials. Send questions to contact@bootstrapworld.org. 

Would your students enjoy exploring datasets or  

making simple videogames as part of learning  

math, science, or social studies? 

Consider a Bootstrap professional  

development workshop this July! 

Bootstrap provides curricular modules for integrating data science and math-aligned coding activities into middle- and high-school math and science classes (data science can also be used in  social studies). We’re one of the nation’s largest and longest-running projects on integrating  computing with other disciplines. We’re rated Accomplished by STEMWorks, a national  assessor of STEM-oriented curricular outreach projects. 

Our professional development workshops assume no prior computing experience from  teachers. Our materials use concepts from mathematical modeling and data analysis, which we  express in small amounts of code, to complete hands-on projects. Our workshops teach you the  modeling, data analysis, and computing needed for these projects. Most of our teachers are new  to computing, data analysis, and modeling, and leave PD surprised by what they can do. 

Teachers have used our materials in many ways: put them at the beginning of the year to get  students re-engaged in learning, integrate them into regular lessons to reinforce math concepts or  deepen studies through data, use the projects at the end of the year to help students apply what  they’ve learned while exposing them to computing. Our team will help you figure out what will  work best for you and your students. 

Bootstrap: Algebra (modeling): July 19-23, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher

Bootstrap: Data Science: July 26-30, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher 

Registration opens April 28 at: https://www.bootstrapworld.org/workshops/ 

The two workshops are independent content-wise. Each consists of two 2.5-hour sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Sessions will combine short instructional  segments and small-group work (in Zoom and Zoom breakout rooms).Participants will need  internet access and a device (e.g., computer, laptop, Chromebook) sufficient for engaging with  video in Zoom calls, participating in an online discussion forum, and using a programming tool  within a web browser. Links will be provided prior to the workshop. 

The workshop fee includes all teaching materials, an initial set of student paper-and-pencil  workbooks, and long-term support from Bootstrap staff and fellow teachers. 

Visit our website (www.bootstrapworld.org) to learn more about us and see our materials. Send questions to contact@bootstrapworld.org. 

Would your students enjoy exploring datasets or  

making simple videogames as part of learning  

math, science, or social studies? 

Consider a Bootstrap professional  

development workshop this July! 

Bootstrap provides curricular modules for integrating data science and math-aligned coding activities into middle- and high-school math and science classes (data science can also be used in  social studies). We’re one of the nation’s largest and longest-running projects on integrating  computing with other disciplines. We’re rated Accomplished by STEMWorks, a national  assessor of STEM-oriented curricular outreach projects. 

Our professional development workshops assume no prior computing experience from  teachers. Our materials use concepts from mathematical modeling and data analysis, which we  express in small amounts of code, to complete hands-on projects. Our workshops teach you the  modeling, data analysis, and computing needed for these projects. Most of our teachers are new  to computing, data analysis, and modeling, and leave PD surprised by what they can do. 

Teachers have used our materials in many ways: put them at the beginning of the year to get  students re-engaged in learning, integrate them into regular lessons to reinforce math concepts or  deepen studies through data, use the projects at the end of the year to help students apply what  they’ve learned while exposing them to computing. Our team will help you figure out what will  work best for you and your students. 

Bootstrap: Algebra (modeling): July 19-23, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher

Bootstrap: Data Science: July 26-30, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher 

Registration opens April 28 at: https://www.bootstrapworld.org/workshops/ 

The two workshops are independent content-wise. Each consists of two 2.5-hour sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Sessions will combine short instructional  segments and small-group work (in Zoom and Zoom breakout rooms).Participants will need  internet access and a device (e.g., computer, laptop, Chromebook) sufficient for engaging with  video in Zoom calls, participating in an online discussion forum, and using a programming tool  within a web browser. Links will be provided prior to the workshop. 

The workshop fee includes all teaching materials, an initial set of student paper-and-pencil  workbooks, and long-term support from Bootstrap staff and fellow teachers. 

Visit our website (www.bootstrapworld.org) to learn more about us and see our materials. Send questions to contact@bootstrapworld.org. 

Would your students enjoy exploring datasets or  

making simple videogames as part of learning  

math, science, or social studies? 

Consider a Bootstrap professional  

development workshop this July! 

Bootstrap provides curricular modules for integrating data science and math-aligned coding activities into middle- and high-school math and science classes (data science can also be used in  social studies). We’re one of the nation’s largest and longest-running projects on integrating  computing with other disciplines. We’re rated Accomplished by STEMWorks, a national  assessor of STEM-oriented curricular outreach projects. 

Our professional development workshops assume no prior computing experience from  teachers. Our materials use concepts from mathematical modeling and data analysis, which we  express in small amounts of code, to complete hands-on projects. Our workshops teach you the  modeling, data analysis, and computing needed for these projects. Most of our teachers are new  to computing, data analysis, and modeling, and leave PD surprised by what they can do. 

Teachers have used our materials in many ways: put them at the beginning of the year to get  students re-engaged in learning, integrate them into regular lessons to reinforce math concepts or  deepen studies through data, use the projects at the end of the year to help students apply what  they’ve learned while exposing them to computing. Our team will help you figure out what will  work best for you and your students. 

Bootstrap: Algebra (modeling): July 19-23, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher

Bootstrap: Data Science: July 26-30, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher 

Registration opens April 28 at: https://www.bootstrapworld.org/workshops/ 

The two workshops are independent content-wise. Each consists of two 2.5-hour sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Sessions will combine short instructional  segments and small-group work (in Zoom and Zoom breakout rooms).Participants will need  internet access and a device (e.g., computer, laptop, Chromebook) sufficient for engaging with  video in Zoom calls, participating in an online discussion forum, and using a programming tool  within a web browser. Links will be provided prior to the workshop. 

The workshop fee includes all teaching materials, an initial set of student paper-and-pencil  workbooks, and long-term support from Bootstrap staff and fellow teachers. 

Visit our website (www.bootstrapworld.org) to learn more about us and see our materials. Send questions to contact@bootstrapworld.org. 

Would your students enjoy exploring datasets or  

making simple videogames as part of learning  

math, science, or social studies? 

Consider a Bootstrap professional  

development workshop this July! 

Bootstrap provides curricular modules for integrating data science and math-aligned coding activities into middle- and high-school math and science classes (data science can also be used in  social studies). We’re one of the nation’s largest and longest-running projects on integrating  computing with other disciplines. We’re rated Accomplished by STEMWorks, a national  assessor of STEM-oriented curricular outreach projects. 

Our professional development workshops assume no prior computing experience from  teachers. Our materials use concepts from mathematical modeling and data analysis, which we  express in small amounts of code, to complete hands-on projects. Our workshops teach you the  modeling, data analysis, and computing needed for these projects. Most of our teachers are new  to computing, data analysis, and modeling, and leave PD surprised by what they can do. 

Teachers have used our materials in many ways: put them at the beginning of the year to get  students re-engaged in learning, integrate them into regular lessons to reinforce math concepts or  deepen studies through data, use the projects at the end of the year to help students apply what  they’ve learned while exposing them to computing. Our team will help you figure out what will  work best for you and your students. 

Bootstrap: Algebra (modeling): July 19-23, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher

Bootstrap: Data Science: July 26-30, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher 

Registration opens April 28 at: https://www.bootstrapworld.org/workshops/ 

The two workshops are independent content-wise. Each consists of two 2.5-hour sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Sessions will combine short instructional  segments and small-group work (in Zoom and Zoom breakout rooms).Participants will need  internet access and a device (e.g., computer, laptop, Chromebook) sufficient for engaging with  video in Zoom calls, participating in an online discussion forum, and using a programming tool  within a web browser. Links will be provided prior to the workshop. 

The workshop fee includes all teaching materials, an initial set of student paper-and-pencil  workbooks, and long-term support from Bootstrap staff and fellow teachers. 

Visit our website (www.bootstrapworld.org) to learn more about us and see our materials. Send questions to contact@bootstrapworld.org. 

Would your students enjoy exploring datasets or  

making simple videogames as part of learning  

math, science, or social studies? 

Consider a Bootstrap professional  

development workshop this July! 

Bootstrap provides curricular modules for integrating data science and math-aligned coding activities into middle- and high-school math and science classes (data science can also be used in  social studies). We’re one of the nation’s largest and longest-running projects on integrating  computing with other disciplines. We’re rated Accomplished by STEMWorks, a national  assessor of STEM-oriented curricular outreach projects. 

Our professional development workshops assume no prior computing experience from  teachers. Our materials use concepts from mathematical modeling and data analysis, which we  express in small amounts of code, to complete hands-on projects. Our workshops teach you the  modeling, data analysis, and computing needed for these projects. Most of our teachers are new  to computing, data analysis, and modeling, and leave PD surprised by what they can do. 

Teachers have used our materials in many ways: put them at the beginning of the year to get  students re-engaged in learning, integrate them into regular lessons to reinforce math concepts or  deepen studies through data, use the projects at the end of the year to help students apply what  they’ve learned while exposing them to computing. Our team will help you figure out what will  work best for you and your students. 

Bootstrap: Algebra (modeling): July 19-23, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher

Bootstrap: Data Science: July 26-30, 10:30 – 4:30 EST, $750 per teacher 

Registration opens April 28 at: https://www.bootstrapworld.org/workshops/ 

The two workshops are independent content-wise. Each consists of two 2.5-hour sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Sessions will combine short instructional  segments and small-group work (in Zoom and Zoom breakout rooms).Participants will need  internet access and a device (e.g., computer, laptop, Chromebook) sufficient for engaging with  video in Zoom calls, participating in an online discussion forum, and using a programming tool  within a web browser. Links will be provided prior to the workshop. 

The workshop fee includes all teaching materials, an initial set of student paper-and-pencil  workbooks, and long-term support from Bootstrap staff and fellow teachers. 

Visit our website (www.bootstrapworld.org) to learn more about us and see our materials. Send questions to contact@bootstrapworld.org.