CSTANJ CSPDWeek 2026: Full Schedule

CSPDWeek 2026

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12:00pm EDT

How to organize, implement and improve a Hackathon in your school

Wednesday August 5, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Hackathons are an educational tool, because not only does a problem get identified but the solution to the problem is often one that requires vast research. When the solution is implemented using student interest, it can provide the community with awareness to the problem posed and the solution created.

Running a Hackathon may sound overwhelming, especially if one has not been run in your school before. This workshop will provide you with details and guidelines necessary to run a hackathon in your school. Hackathons are an educational tool, if implemented using student interest and community problems can be very effective in educations attendees on solving problems using computer science. Hackathons should be passion driven, propose a solution to a problem in the community and educate the community members on the problem and proposed solution. From this workshop, you will gain knowledge on how to create, implement and improve a hackathon in your school.

Speakers

Yasemin Kinak

CS Teacher, Carteret High School

Yasemin Kinak is a 9-12 Math and Computer Science teacher at Carteret High School. She has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and a Masters Degree in Mathematics with a concentration in secondary education. She has been teaching for over 20 years and has created and developed... Read More →

Wednesday August 5, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Virtual

How to Run a Hackathon, PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Admin | Digital Tools, PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Admin | Digital Citizenship, PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Admin | Collaboration, PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Admin

Company Virtual

1:00pm EDT

Lunch and Watch Party

Wednesday August 5, 2026 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

Social Sciences Building Atrium

Attend the in-person sessions at TCNJ and network with other attendees after your in-person session. Enjoy lunch, attend virtual sessions, or network with others.

Speakers

Paige Besthoff

CSPDWeek Project Manager, CSTANJ Vice President, Professional Learning Resource Designer, Teach Me For Tomorrow

Paige taught K-12 computers for over 25 years and designed her district’s K-5 CS curriculum based on the CSTA and NJ standards. She is the founder of Teach Me For Tomorrow, where she designs lessons and supplemental resources for popular programming platforms and facilitates computer... Read More →

Wednesday August 5, 2026 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Social Sciences Building Atrium

Collaboration

Company In-person

CSTANJ CSPDWeek 2026

12:00pm EDT

Yasemin Kinak

1:00pm EDT

Paige Besthoff

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