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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 19 January 2015
School is out today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day. Semester exams start tomorrow. I think I’m ready. I hope my students are ready. I do have a couple of...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Surface Pro 3 – First Thoughts
Thanks to a contest run by the Office Mix people I won a Surface Pro 3 for my school. And I get to use it which is great. I’ve had a Surface RT (first edition)TouchDevelop...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Code Hunt for Review and Problem Solving
Code Hunt is something I have been experimenting with a bit this year. For those who are not familiar with it, Code Hunt “is an educational, browser-based coding...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
But I Have The Same as Him
One thing I hear a lot is “I have the exact same code and someone else and theirs work and mine doesn’t.” The obvious wise guy reply is “if yours doesn’t work then...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 12 January 2015
It’s the end of the semester and I’ve been crazy busy. Outside projects, grading, exam writing, and more. Time for blogging seems to be in short supply these days...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 5 January 2015
First interesting links post of the new year! I hope your year is off to a good start. Classes started back up for me today. I think I’m ready even though I didn...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Education Predictions for 2015
Seems like a lot of people like to make predictions this time of year. I tend not to because I’m not that good at it. But I think I have some ideas so I’m going...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
My Favorite Teaching Tools from 2014
This is the year I got serious about doing things differently in my class. Three tools really helped me out. Yes they are all from Microsoft and part of me really...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Looking Back on The Blog Posts of 2014
Last week was Christmas and I spent very little time online and did not collect a lot of good links. So with the end of the year is just around the corner I thought...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Professional Development Online–Is Twitter the Best?
Last week Audrey Watters wrote a blog post that asked Is Twitter the Best Option for Online Professional Development? Now I love Twitter (follow me there @AlfredTwo...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Geeky Christmas Humor
All you AP CS teachers will want to share this one. This one is the for math teachers in the crowd.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Single Finger Programming
Yesterday I was charged with helping my grandson (he’s three months old) get to sleep for a nap. After walking around and speaking softly to him for a while I got...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 22 December 2014
Christmas vacation for me. I love my students but I sure do need a break right now. Like a lot of teachers I can use the time to catch up with things at home and...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
With Super Power Comes Super Responsibility
Earlier today several people told me that my name was referenced on SlashDot. Specifically it was in reference to me calling programming a super power in a post...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
A Look at Computer Science Education Week
Computer Science Week has been around for about seven years now. In the early years I think most of us didn’t really know how to deal with it. There was talk about...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Too many Arrows in the Quiver?
Last week I saw a tweet complaining to Wonder Workshop about them using Blockly to program their robots when (apparently) the Kickstarter proposal said the would...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Untold History of Women in Science and Technology
A friend sent me a link to an interesting looking page that the White House set up to tell stories of the history of women in Science and Technology. It is a collection...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 15 December 2014
This week is the last week of school for my school this calendar year. We start our Christmas break with Saturday the 20th and will be off until January. I’m looking...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Dot and Dash–My New Robots
I got some robots the other night. Dot and Dash come from Wonder Workshop which is a Kickstarter project I backed. That is Dot on the right and Dash on the left...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson