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Registration now open for PLU Programming Contest, February 11 Registration is now open! PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY 11TH ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMMING CONTEST SATURDAY, FEB 11, 2023 \| 9:30AM - 3:30PM MORKEN CENTER, PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY Read more... HS MS contests	Registration now open for PLU Programming Contest, February 11		2023-01-08 08:00:00Z	HS,MS,contests
Save the date! Creative Computer Science Education: A Physical Computing Workshop Registration is now open! Date: Saturday, February 25, 2023 Time: 10:00 AM-1:30 PM Location: Microsoft Building 273009 157th Pl NE, Redmond, WA, 98052 3 STEM Clock Hours available Lunch Provided Read more... PD	Save the date! Creative Computer Science Education: A Physical Computing Workshop		2022-12-22 08:00:00Z	PD
PSCSTA provides official Washington state clock hours for online, self-paced CSTA courses PSCSTA is providing official Washington state clock hours for the following online, self-paced CSTA courses for its members: Identity Inclusion for K-12 Computer Science Educators [Winter Session] \| Computer Science Teachers Association (csteachers.org) [10 clock hours] AND Teach Security: The Security Mindset [Winter Session] \| Computer Science Teachers Association (csteachers.org) [4 STEM clock hours] The winter session is from Jan 3 - Mar 12, 2023. Cost is free to CSTA+ members. While these courses are available to standard CSTA+ members for $40 (security) or $99 (identity), suggest becoming a CSTA+ member first and then taking these courses for free. PSCSTA will also provide clock hours for future sessions of this course for the rest of this school year. If you are interested in getting clock hours for either of these courses, please contact csta.pugetsound@gmail.com before starting work on the actual course so that we can look out for you.	PSCSTA provides official Washington state clock hours for online, self-paced CSTA courses		2022-12-15 08:00:00Z
CS Endorsement Exam Prep Course for Washington CSTA+, WeTeach_CS, Shoreline Community College, and CSTA Puget Sound (PSCSTA) are pleased to announce a free, online, self-paced pilot course to help Washington teachers pass the WEST/NES Computer Science Endorsement Exam. The course is based on the WeTeach_CS Foundations of CS for Teachers: Praxis Prep course ($600 value) which has helped over 2000 teachers pass the endorsement exam in their states and adapted for the WEST/NES exam used for Washington. Course participants will also receive CSTA+ memberships ($50 value) to provide them with the resources, professional development, and professional learning community to support them throughout their careers. Interested applicants should apply at CSTA+ WeTeach_CS Washington State CS Endorsement Exam Prep Course Application. The first cohort of successful applicants will be admitted on Dec 16, 2022 and may start the course on Jan 9, 2023. After this initial cohort, applications will remain open until our initial allotment of 15 free seats has been filled Read more...	CS Endorsement Exam Prep Course for Washington	Lawrence Tanimoto	2022-11-11 08:00:00Z
Allen School CSEd Week events December 5-10 Join the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering in celebrating Computer Science Education Week! We are hosting a series of virtual events throughout the week for high school students to explore and learn about computing. We also invite students and their families to the UW - Seattle Campus on Saturday (12/10) to tour our Allen School buildings, engage in computing activities, meet current students, and more! Read more... Allen School CSEd Week	Allen School CSEd Week events December 5-10		2022-11-04 07:00:00Z	Allen School,CSEd Week
PLU Programming Contest, February 11 PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY 11TH ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMMING CONTEST SATURDAY, FEB 11, 2023 \| 9:30AM - 3:30PM MORKEN CENTER, PACIFIC LUTHERN UNIVERSITY Read more...	PLU Programming Contest, February 11		2022-11-04 07:00:00Z
How We Teach Summit Clock Hours Earn clock hours by attending the CSTA's How We Teach Computing summit on October 29. Read more... CSTA PD meetups	How We Teach Summit Clock Hours		2022-10-13 07:00:00Z	CSTA,PD,meetups
PSCSTA Nov 2 open planning meeting Help us plan our January - June 2023 chapter events. Read more... Zoom planning	PSCSTA Nov 2 open planning meeting		2022-10-13 07:00:00Z	Zoom,planning
PSCSTA August 10 open planning meeting Come hear about our trip to the CSTA national conference and help us plan our 2022-23 chapter events. Read more...	PSCSTA August 10 open planning meeting	Lauren	2022-07-22 07:00:00Z
PSCSTA/STEP CS Lightning Talks! PSCSTA (Puget Sound Computer Science Teachers Association) welcomed the first cohort of STEP CS Master's in Education program students on the evening of May 20, 2022 at The Gates Center on the campus at the University of Washington. Read more...	PSCSTA/STEP CS Lightning Talks!		2022-05-22 07:00:00Z
#csedweek Events! Check out what's happening for CS Ed Week (Dec 6 - Dec 10) around Puget Sound, Washington State, and beyond! Read more...	#csedweek Events!		2021-11-29 08:00:00Z
Looking to Lead? PSCSTA has always been run by a small steering committee. Have a talent with social media and marketing? Or maybe you're really good at thinking of events for an organization. Join us for a meeting! Read more...	Looking to Lead?		2021-10-06 07:00:00Z
CS4Teachers, August 2-6, 2021 PSCSTA is helping to support the annual CS4Teachers event August 2-6 2021, 9am - 12pm, hosted by the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. The event will be held virtually and no Computer Science experience is required! Read more... State csta	CS4Teachers, August 2-6, 2021		2021-07-08 07:00:00Z	State,csta
Women Make Movies Exciting opportunity for virtual screening and discussion of CODED BIAS, an award-winning WMM production, in April! Read more...	Women Make Movies		2021-04-17 07:00:00Z
Accessible Computer Science: Teacher to Teacher Teach CS to Blind and Visually Impaired Students Read more...	Accessible Computer Science: Teacher to Teacher		2021-03-24 07:00:00Z
State of CS in WA State on 11/21 Join us for a lively discussion of the state of computer science education in Washington State led by Shannon Thissen, Computer Science Program Supervisor, OSPI and Amy Ko, University of Washington, The Information School. Read more... Event State Zoom	State of CS in WA State on 11/21		2020-11-08 08:00:00Z	Event,State,Zoom
CSTA Recap... Recap! A quick recap of our gathering on 8/5, and an invitation to our gathering on 8/12! Read more...	CSTA Recap... Recap!		2020-08-11 07:00:00Z
Post CSTA Conference updates Read about PSCSTA updates and early August meetings!!!! Read more...	Post CSTA Conference updates		2020-07-30 07:00:00Z
Shoreline Community College job posting Positions available at Shoreline Community College Read more...	Shoreline Community College job posting		2020-07-30 07:00:00Z
Recruiting families for a coding games study Looking for parents with children (9-14 years old) who are interested in games and technology for a UW/MSR study. Read more...	Recruiting families for a coding games study		2020-07-30 07:00:00Z
Eat, Drink, and Help Your Local CS Teachers Association Information on local social gathering grants! Read more... csta csteachers grant meetups pugetsound	Eat, Drink, and Help Your Local CS Teachers Association		2020-02-27 08:00:00Z	csta,csteachers,grant,meetups,pugetsound
PLU 10th Annual Middle and High School Programming Contest High School Programming Contest Results are in!!! Read more... HS MS PLU contests	PLU 10th Annual Middle and High School Programming Contest		2020-02-06 08:00:00Z	HS,MS,PLU,contests
Tenth Annual PLU Programming contest The 10th annual PLU programming contest will be on Saturday February 1, 2020. Registration opens on Monday January 6, 2020.	Tenth Annual PLU Programming contest	Lauren Bricker	2020-01-04 08:00:00Z
Computer Science for Diverse Learners: Computer Science for Diverse Learners: Creative Approaches to Achieving CS Standards Using Arduino Microcontrollers and Physical Computing Read more...	Computer Science for Diverse Learners:	Lauren Bricker	2019-09-25 07:00:00Z
PSCSTA Programmers Rain Code in April Posted by Josh Caldwell on Apr 28, 2019 The PSCSTA Spring 2019 Programming Contest held on April 20 at the Microsoft Commons in Redmond was an enormous success. With approximately 180 students from 85 teams, this was the largest number of students we have ever had for a spring event. Special thanks to our keynote speaker George Moore, Chief Technology Officer, Azure Global Retail Engineering, Microsoft Corp for his speech on computer science and the work of tomorrow Thank you to Grace Waylen, Matt Paulson, Kenny Chan, Rachel… Read more...	PSCSTA Programmers Rain Code in April	Josh Caldwell	2019-04-28 07:00:00Z
Def Hacks April 13-14 Posted by Josh Caldwell on Mar 28, 2019 Read more...	Def Hacks April 13-14	Josh Caldwell	2019-03-28 07:00:00Z