Spring Symposium 2021 will be held on Zoom on Saturday March 20, 2021 from 9 am to 3 pm EST with an hour for lunch.
Be sure to register for the whole day of talks and professional development sessions for computer science educators. Our agenda is still developing, but we are happy to share some amazing talks and sessions that are already confirmed!
 
9:00 am - Registration, networking
9:30 am - Keynote

Keynote: The STARS Computing Corps: Meeting the Challenge for Equitable & Inclusive Computing Education.

 

We are proud to announce Dr. Jamie Payton, Chair of the Computer Science Department at Temple University, as our Keynote speaker. 

10:15 am - Meet the speaker, a roundtable with Dr. Payton

10:15 am - "Imposter Syndrome", a roundtable with Annie Kelly

10:45 am - Break

11:00 am - Phidgets Inc Presents...

Lucas Pacentrilli, of Phidgets Education, will present an overview of Phidgets and how to use them in a computer science curriculum. All attendees of this session will be able to request a free starter kit from Phidgets to be mailed to their home or work.

11:00 am - Algorithm Design and Pseudocode

12:00 pm - Lunch (on your own)

1:00 pm - Drone presentation for teachers of younger students

1:00 pm - Repl.it for HS with Dr. William Mongan

2:00 pm - Break

2:15 pm - Flash Talks from CS organizations

Check back as we get closer for more sessions to be added!

 

REGISTER HERE! :)