K-5 Professional Development

Nextech is excited to help bring computer science to K-5 students throughout the state of Indiana through innovative professional development workshops.

At Nextech, our goal is to remove every single barrier to teaching computer science for teachers, schools, and districts. Because of this, all of our programs are offered at no cost to schools/districts.

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Unpacking the Indiana Academic Standards for Computer Science

This professional development for K-8 teaching across all subjects is designed for educators to unpack the academic standards and find authentic integration points in their existing content and curriculum.
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Incorporating Computer Science in your K-5 Classroom

Throughout this workshop, teachers explore the K-5 Indiana Academic Standards for Computer Science through the lens of their already existing ELA, Social Studies, Science, and Math curriculum and leave with concrete examples and ideas of how to incorporate computer science activities into various units in their classroom.
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Code.org CS Fundamentals

This workshop provides an introduction to computer science, pedagogy, overview of the online curriculum, teacher dashboard, and strategies for teaching “unplugged” classroom activities as well as exploring the Indiana CS standards and how the Code.org CS Fundamentals curriculum maps to them.
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Code.org CS Fundamentals Deep Dive

The CS Fundamentals Deep Dive workshop is a great opportunity to collaborate with other K-5 teachers that have been working on bringing computer science to their students.
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CSPDWeek 2025

Learn more and join us for a full week of computer science professional development alongside 400 other educators across the state.
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CS Licensure Prep with WeTeach_CS

This professional development will prepare K-12 Indiana teachers to take the Praxis Computer Education test to add computer science to their licensure.
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MAKING CS Happen: How Computer Science and Making Go Hand in Hand

AI 101: Incorporating Artificial Intelligence into your K-5 Classroom

This workshop will explore artificial intelligence including what it is and how elementary educators can intentionally use computer science to add age-appropriate AI to their existing general education lessons.
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AI 101: Incorporating Artificial Intelligence into your K-8 Classroom

This workshop will explore artificial intelligence including what it is and how elementary educators can intentionally use computer science to add age-appropriate AI to their existing general education lessons.
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AI Literacy for Educators

This workshop explores tactics and approaches to educate Indiana's K-12 students on concepts, principles and applications of artificial intelligence.
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