CSTA Washington
Personal perspectives and lessons learned from teaching, professional learning, conferences, projects, and experiences across the computer science education community.
As an organization, CSTA Washington attended the WA-ACTE Conference in Spokane Aug 2-5. It was also my first time at this conference, and my first visit to Spokane in over 10 years. The wildfires that raged just north of Spokane, forcing over 65,000 residents to evacuate and destroying over 700 homes, cast smoky clouds over…
Due to the Spokane Complex Fire, CSTA Washington Eastern North VP Trish Henry and her family were among the over 65K residents evacuated from their homes in early August. While she is now back home – a home that has now been inspected as safe – many of her neighbors were not so fortunate. Over…
CSTA Washington Secretary Melissa Cook shared her experience at the 2026 CSTA Conference in New Orleans in several Facebook posts shared below:
Heading into this year’s CSTA Conference as a retired teacher and CSTA Washington’s VP of Communications, rather than focusing on specific lesson plans or classroom tools, I wanted to wander, observe, and report on aspects of the conference that wouldn’t be mentioned elsewhere on this site. What emerged was the following collection of quirky insights…
A few CSTA Washington members made it to the “Gateway to the West” for SIGCSE TS 2026 conference. While the weather fluctuated 45 degrees (it was 70 when we arrived and in the 20s by the time we left), the commitment to CS Education has not. For instance, Amy Ko had a fantastic opening keynote…
By Michelle Laskowski CS Ed Week is a time to celebrate CS education and educators. We often start the week in reflection to express gratitude and honor the giants that above us. This is my story of my CS heroes. I can still recall the day my dad brought the first computer into our house, a…