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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 8 April 2013
According to the daffodils in the front of the house it really is spring. A small pile of snow in my backyard is fighting but I think it is doomed to failure. I...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Thoughts on Bring Your Own Device to School
I seldom pay attention to the cars that students drive to school. I’m not that interested. Their technology on he other hand does interest me. I see all manner...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Problem With Projects
When teaching beginners how to program there are a whole cast of variables to deal with. One of them is finding learning projects or exercises that are complicated...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Education and New York City
I’ve been following CS education events in my old home of New York City from a distance with great interest. As the song says if you can make it in New York you...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 1 April 2013
It’s April First which means both the real and virtual worlds will be filled with jokes and tricks and attempts to fool people. No jokes here though. I find most...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Relearning Math
One of the problems with teaching students how to tell the computer how to do calculations is that they have to learn a new way of expressing formulas. For example...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Turtle Graphics–Some Student Images
Earlier this week I introduced a simple Turtle graphics program. The program itself (written in Visual Basic) was created by one of the teachers I work with. It...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 25 March 2013
I’ll getting my feet under me again lately. I’m catching up on grading for one thing. And lesson planning and trying to have a life away from the computer. Having...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
HTML and Computer Science
It started innocently enough as Twitter conversations are want to do. Eric Williams, a school superintendent in Virginia, posted a tweet about computer scienceHTML...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Math, Physics, Art and the Spirograph
When I was a kid there were a number of spirograph toys available. Some, like the ones available today, had gears and circles with sprockets. One very old toy that...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Imagine Cup Kodu Challenge 2013
I wasn’t sure if this sort of event would happen again but it has. I saw the announcement yesterday. If you have students looking for a challenge and they are...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Apply to be a Pilot Sites for the AP CS Principles Course
As you may know a new Advanced Placement Computer Science, usually called AP CS Principles, is being developed by/for the College Board. The College Board is now...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 18 March 2013
Posting this a bit late today. I had a very busy weekend which included some snowboarding. That means I was much too tired and sore yesterday to get this ready....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
TouchDevelop–This is Cool!
I finally decided to get serious about learning TouchDevelop this week. I have sort of toyed with it from time to time and I’ve seen the development team do demos...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Real Life Is …
One of my favorite sayings is that “real life is an open book test.” I don’t remember where or when I first heard it but it is something I repeat rather regularly...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Lecturing or Conversing
I was reading one of those articles about Bill Gates talking about education again. I should stop that. The man is a genius in many areas but education is not one...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
2013 CSTA National Survey on High School Computer Science
The Computer Science Teachers Association is conducting their annual computer science survey right now. CSTA members should have received notice in our email. I...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 11 March 2013
It’s Women’s History Month and last week was International Women’s Day. Not surprisingly that there was a lot of talk about women in computer science in particular...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
It’s not lazy – its efficient
Years ago I worked for a company that sold computers, software, terminals and many other things. A terminal salesperson worked out of the same office I did and...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson