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Microsoft at ISTE 2011
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Microsoft at ISTE 2011

As I promised yesterday, here is more information about Microsoft at ISTE 2011 in Philadelphia. First off the good stuff. OK well the stuff that means the most...

Award Winning Keynoters at CSTA's Annual CS&IT Conference 2011
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Award Winning Keynoters at CSTA's Annual CS&IT Conference 2011

This year, CSTA

Interesting Links 20 June 2011
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Interesting Links 20 June 2011

This time next week I will be in Philadelphia for ISTE. I

Kinect SDK
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Kinect SDK

Finally! The officially supported Kinect Software Developer Kit for the Kinect Device for Windows is now available. Kinect SDK download. To help you get started...

Is Internet Education the Answer
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Is Internet Education the Answer

A friend sent me a link to this inforgraphic  about Internet education. I have mixed feelings about all this. I am ok with distance learning – where the lecture...

US Kodu Cup Winners Announced (2011)
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US Kodu Cup Winners Announced (2011)

Yesterday the Unlimited Potential team announced the winners of the inaugural US Kodu Cup competition. Today we are announcing the winners of the first U.S...

Interesting Links Post 13 June 2011
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Interesting Links Post 13 June 2011

I spent part of this weekend installing new kitchen cabinets. Not all of us computer geeks are afraid of hand tools and physical labor. On the other hand I

What is Digital Literacy? And is it enough?
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

What is Digital Literacy? And is it enough?

Someone on twitter sent out a link to an article/video from the BBC called Are children becoming 'digitally illiterate'? that got me thinking. What does it mean...

Computer Related Finalists in the Innovative Education Forum 2011
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Computer Related Finalists in the Innovative Education Forum 2011

Yesterday Microsoft announced the second round of finalists for the Innovative Education Forum. Over in the Teacher Tech blog they listed brief summaries of all...

TouchStudio
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TouchStudio

OK you have a smart phone and you want to create an application for it. But you don

Programming is for Girls
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Programming is for Girls

Fair warning: Some gross generalizations and exaggeration for emphasis follow. But some valid points I think. I wrote my first computer program over 35 years...

Interesting Links Post
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Interesting Links Post

Last week I celebrated eight years at Microsoft. I still miss the students which makes the guest talks I do in schools particularly valuable to me. Interestingly...

Student Insiders and Imagine Cup Game Teams
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Student Insiders and Imagine Cup Game Teams

I thought I might highlight a few student related things going on at Microsoft these days.  I

So You Want To Teach Your Kids To Program?
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So You Want To Teach Your Kids To Program?

In all honestly I tend to avoid Slashdot. Oh I scan it for the news from time to time but I work hard at avoiding the comments and avoid the Q&A forums. Why? The...

Random Hacks of Kindness June 2011
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Random Hacks of Kindness June 2011

Are you interesting in public service, of  using you computer science, web development,  information technology and other

Atlanta (Georgia) Area Windows Phone Camp for Students
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Atlanta (Georgia) Area Windows Phone Camp for Students

Tara Walker is running a three-day Microsoft Mobile Development appLab at the Library at the Atlanta-Fulton County Library June 7 - 9th : 9:30am - 4:00pm This...

Interesting Links Post 31 May 2011
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Interesting Links Post 31 May 2011

Since yesterday was Memorial Day I posted something just a bit fun and saved my links post for today.  I hope those of you in the US enjoyed a three day weekend...

XNA and Visual Basic
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XNA and Visual Basic

I have been playing with Visual Basic and XNA for a few days now. Support has been out for VB and XNA for a little while now but the release of the Windows Phone...

Windows Phone 7 Games in Visual Basic
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Windows Phone 7 Games in Visual Basic

I’ve been working all week in C#. Now C# is a wonderful language if you are going to use semi-colons and curly braces. It fixes almost all of the issues I haveYou...

US Teams in the Worldwide Imagine Cup Finals 2011
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US Teams in the Worldwide Imagine Cup Finals 2011

The Worldwide finalists for all categories of the Imagine Cup are out and you can read all of the amazing projects at the Imagine Cup Blog. There are 124 teams...
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