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2026 Fall ACSE Educator Exchange EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION CLOSING OCT 5th!

We have updated the site with the sessions for the upcoming ACSE Educator Exchange on Saturday, October 17th.

With the generous support of our sponsors we have been able to reduce the price to $50 (but only until October 5). We also plan to have door prizes at the end of the day.

Whether you teach CS or Technology courses, you will find sessions for you. There will be many networking opportunities throughout the day and we will also be hosting an exciting new Expert Panel over a delicious lunch for all attendees.


Panel Session

Beyond the Syntax: Preparing High School CS Students for the Reality of AI

Generative AI has fundamentally changed how code is written, analyzed, and taught. For secondary educators, this shift poses a critical question: How do we prepare high school students for post-secondary CS programs when the foundational methods of creating software are being rewritten?

This session brings together a panel of distinguished university and college Computer Science and Educational faculty to bridge the gap between high school preparation and higher education realities.

Panelists will explore how introductory post-secondary courses are adapting to this new landscape. Attendees will gain actionable insights into what post-secondary institutions expect from incoming students, how to structure high school CS tasks to emphasize problem solving and computational thinking rather than AI dependency, and how to foster academic integrity while building essential Computer Science and AI fluency skills.

Panelists

  • Dr. Ken Pu
    Associate Professor of Computer Science in the Faculty of Science at Ontario Tech University.
  • Dr. Brian Harrington
    Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough.
  • Dr. Steve Engels
    Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
  • Cathy Leung
    Professor and Program Coordinator of Computer Programming and Analysis at Seneca.
  • Dr. Lydia Cao
    Assistant Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto.

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