2023 To Code + Beyond: Why AI (?)
Beyond the AI Precipice Equipping Students and Teachers
Christina Gardner-McCune, Associate Professor, University of Florida, Co-Chair, AI4K12.org
To Code + Beyond
Our Annual Conference
To Code + Beyond is Cornell Tech’s annual conference surfacing best practices, burning questions and persistent challenges in K-12 computer science education, with a focus on research and practice. The conference is typically held on the beautiful Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island and is attended by educators, nonprofit leaders, funders and policymakers from New York City and across the country. Past keynote speakers have included Phil Bagge, Margaret Honey, Mark Guzdial, Kamau Bobb, Luvelle Brown, and Dr. Jeffrey Forbes. Some of the videos of these keynotes and panels of our esteemed colleagues can be seen below.
2023-2019 Keynote Speakers
2023 To Code + Beyond: Why AI (?)
2022 To Code + Beyond: The Research Horizon
2021 To Code + Beyond: Toolkits for Change
2020 To Code + Beyond: Rising to Equity
2019 To Code + Beyond: Thinking + Doing
Our Previous Conferences
2023 To Code + Beyond: Why AI (?)
2023 To Code + Beyond: Why AI (?)
2023 To Code + Beyond: Why AI (?)
AI in K-12 Classrooms
- Moderator: Kelly Powers
- Bryan Cox, Lead Computer Science Program Specialist GA Dept. of Education
- Cristina Nowak, Chief Learning Officer The AI Education Project
- Irene Lee, Research Scientist, Scheller Teacher Education Program, MIT
- Melissa Mejias Parker, Associate Director of Equitable Practices New York City’s Computer Science for All Initiative
- Dave Touretzky, Lead Computer Science Program Specialist, Georgia Department of Education
2023 To Code + Beyond: Why AI (?)
Fireside ChatGPT
- Marisa Shuman, CS Teacher, TYWLS Bronx
- Natasha Singer, Reporter, The New York Times
2023 To Code + Beyond: Why AI (?)
CT to AI
Amber Oliver, Managing Director of Learning + Tech Fund, Robin Hood Foundation
2023 To Code + Beyond: Why AI (?)
ALL In
- Moderator: Leigh Ann Delyser, Exec. Director, CSforALL
- Zarek Drozda, Director, Data Science 4 Everyone
- Christina Gardner-McCune, University of Florida
- Katie Hendricks, Chief of Staff, Code.org
- Cristina Nowak, CLO, The AI Education Project
- Bryan Twarek, Director of Education, CSTA
- Interlocutors:
- Katy Knight, President Siegel Family Endowment
- Joshua Elder, Vice President Siegel Family Endowment
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2022 To Code + Beyond: The Research Horizon:
Research Pathways to Broadening Participation in Computing
Dr. Jeffrey Forbes, National Science Foundation
Photos from the 2022 Conference
Research Pathways to Broadening Participation in Computing
Research Horizons New PhD's
Photos from the 2022 Conference
- Madison Allen, PhD student in the Educational Psychology & Educational Technology Program at Michigan State University
- Ricarose Roque, Assistant Professor at University of Colorado Boulder
- Enrique Suárez, Assistant Professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Sara Vogel, Associate Research Scientist at New York University – Steinhardt
Designing Research in the Context of Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Perspectives from the Classroom
Photos from the 2022 Conference
- Jennifer Allen, Assistant Principal, PS/IS 217
- Brian Malin, Teacher, High School for Environmental Science
- Felix Alberto & Christy Crawford, NYC Dept. Of Education CSforAllNYC
- Moderated by Kelly Powers, Cornell Tech
Assessing Curriculum for Equity
Computing Education in the Future: Student Demo
Computing Education in the Future: Student Demo
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2020 To Code + Beyond: Rising to Equity
2019 To Code + Beyond: Thinking + Doing
2016 Conference
2016 Conference
2015 Conference
2015 Conference
2014 Conference
2014 Conference
2014 Conference
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