Computer Science Teachers Association

Daniel Jones is a CTE and computer science teacher for a large school district in South Florida. He also advises his school’s Computer Science Honors Society and serves as an esports, drones, and robotics coach. His ESports team recently successfully defended their World Championship title and are now the Two-Time NASEF Mario Kart 8 World Champions. Dan and the students used ...

In a Springfield, Massachusetts kindergarten classroom, a five-year-old turned to her partner and said there was a bug in their algorithm. Then they fixed it together, smiling. Her teacher, Melissa Zeitz, didn’t write that sentence on the board. She built the conditions where a kindergartener could reach for it on her own.

That is what computer science education loo...

Have you ever had that student, the one who can dream up a stunningly complex, creative solution to a problem but can’t seem to write a single coherent paragraph for the final report? The student who builds a breathtakingly innovative project that blows the prompt wide open but completely ignores the rubric’s step-by-step instructions?

I have. And for years, I’ve wa...

A dedicated educator of 21 years and former first- and second-grade classroom teacher, Sandra Wilfong is currently the elementary technology innovation coach for Chesapeake Public Schools. Sandra holds a BA from the College of William and Mary and a master’s degree from Old Dominion University. She has been named a 2023 Amazon Future Engineer Teacher Ambassador, the 2024 VSTE...

I want to start with a confession: I use AI tools. Every day. In my classroom, in my lesson planning, in my professional work. So when I say we need to defend critical thinking against AI, I’m not talking about banning the tools. I’m talking about something more urgent — and more personal.

Responsible AI use isn’t about controlling the tool. It’s about p...