CS4TX Quarterly Webinar - April 2017
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This quarterly webinar slide deck covered past coding events in Austin, upcoming conferences and hackathons, including a May coding event for Texas. It also discussed a state of the states report, next steps such as aligning objectives with state recommendations, and integrating computer science into more plans and curriculums. Finally, it noted upcoming regional and state computer science contests.
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