Computer Science & STEM

Reflect, Connect, and Inspire: Using Learning Blade to Deepen Career Exploration

Discover how Learning Blade can be used to create meaningful STEM and career exploration experiences while encouraging student reflection and personal growth.

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Creating Inclusive Engineering Experiences with Sphero Blueprint

What happens when every student has a voice in the design process? Explore how engineering experiences can become collaborative experiences using Sphero’s open-ended design challenges and robotics competitions – perfect for a STEM classroom, makerspace, or club.

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AI Is Already in the Classroom. AI Literacy Isn’t.

Using AI is not the same as understanding it. Explore what developmentally appropriate AI literacy can look like across grade levels and leave with practical lessons that help students make informed choices about AI – without requiring them to use generative AI tools.

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Meaningful Projects That Build Resourceful Future Leaders with Stiix

Career exploration and STEM discovery go hand-in-hand! See how project-based learning can help students build life skills and expose them to engineering opportunities that take them beyond the classroom.

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Computational Thinking with Sphero

Come see how Sphero indi, BOLT+, and RVR+ can help hands-on computational thinking can grow in your classroom. Explore everything from screenless sequencing and foundational logic to creative coding, sensors, and autonomous navigation.

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CS & STEM Networking Meeting

Calling all K-12 computer science and STEM educators! Join your peers from across the state each month for an informative, engagement-rich networking meeting centered on topics that matter most to you.

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CS & STEM Networking Meeting

Calling all K-12 computer science and STEM educators! Join your peers from across the state each month for an informative, engagement-rich networking meeting centered on topics that matter most to you.

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Esports in Illinois K-12 Schools

In Illinois, scholastic esports has grown from informal after-school clubs into a statewide ecosystem that includes a sanctioned state series and collegiate pathways. This overview for school leaders offers background and rationale for esports’ inclusion in Illinois schools.

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Don’t Add, Blend! Infuse CS and Literacy into What You Already Teach!

Integrating computer science concepts and digital literacy into the curriculum shouldn’t feel like adding “one more thing” to an already packed school day.

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STEM Cohort

This workshop will equip educators with practical, plug-and-play strategies to bring computer science (CS) and artificial intelligence (AI) to life.

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