Passing this along on a friend's behalf in case anyone here is a K12 programming instructor or knows one who would be interested: > Do you know anyone who works in teaching computer science and might be interested in a few hour long free "summit" on the topic? > My friend Ness has been working for years now on a K-12 (really grades 6-12) computer programming curriculum, which largely integrates programming into the instruction of other subjects. > ...he's invested a huge amount of resources into this project but hasn't been able to get it into more than a couple dozen school districts so far, and this summit is by/for a group of educators in charge of computer programming curriculum for each state. I thought you might know some interested parties. The overall program is at https://www.blackbirdcode.com/; PM me if it's not obvious from there how to get an invite to the summit. (PS -- I realize this is a quasi-commercial message, but it seems like a worthy goal and I've got no financial or personal connection to this, just passing it along. Happy to delete if people feel it's inappropriate.)

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