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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 22 November 2010
Had an interesting end of the week last week. I visited the Bergen County Academies on Friday and on Saturday I attended a meeting of the Northern New Jersey CSTA...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Wisdom in Lists
Like a lot of people I have an affection for lists that condense a lot of wisdom into a brief set of statements or items. Some time ago I wrote a series of posts...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Pledge to Participate in and be a Supporter of Computer Science Education Week!
Computer Science Education week is December 5-11, 2010 this year. ACM and the chair of CSed Week steering committer are asking people to sign up and pledge to support...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Windows Phone 7 Development for Absolute Beginners
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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 15 November 2010
I got a new Xbox 360 with a Kinect device last week. I spent much of a day
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
EduBlogger Nominations 2010
I have this whole mixed emotion thing with the EduBlogger awards. On one hand I think that everyone who blogs in education is a positive force and basically a
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Lines Can Be Fun
Graphics can be a lot of fun for students. Well honestly they are fun for a lot of adults. Recently I read a blog post by Cate Huston (Experimenting with a Visual...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
XNA and Game Development and Expression Web and Web Design Talks
Last summer I helped present two talks at the CSTA CS & IT Symposium. In both cases I had small rolls with Pat Philips doing almost all of the talking on the talk...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft Technology Associate Certifications Revisited
Last July I wrote about the Microsoft Technology Associate program and I thought it was time to revisit that program. I have some additional information to post...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Does Kinect Work?
Chances are you have heard about the Kinect for Xbox 360 which lets you play games without a controller. The Kinect is a full body motion sensing device that lets...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 8 November 2010
Well we are really and truly into November now. Over the weekend we went back to Eastern Standard time in New Hampshire. The best thing about that is that for a...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Three New Chances to Get Involved in the Imagine Cup
I talked about these new Imagine Cup events briefly on my links post on Monday but I wanted to pull them out and highlight them on their own today. The following...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching real-world programming
The title of this post is borrowed from an article at the MIT (original article at Teaching real-world programming) about a programming course at MIT that uses...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 1 November 2010
The big thing going on last week was the Microsoft WorldWide Innovative Educators forum in South Africa. I didn
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft Free Tools for Teachers
Every so often I do a talk on various free software tools that Microsoft has available for teachers. The other day I did one such talk at the Mass CUE conference...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
An Exploratory Computer Science Course
One of the great things I get to do these days is to participate in advisory boards for Programming and Web Development programs at some local career/technical...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Imagine Cup 2011 IT Challenge
Imagine Cup 2011 is the premier student technology competition. Inspired by the UN Millennium Development Goals, Imagine Cup encourages students to help
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Welcoming Andrew Parsons to the US Academic Team
The latest person to join the US Academic Developer Evangelist team is Andrew Parsons. Andrew is moving from the other side of the world (Australia) to work with...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 25 October 2010
Busy week last week but than most weeks are. Also a long week since I was working a booth at the New Hampshire Tech Fest on Saturday. That was a good day though...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson