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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
CSTA Board Elections 2019
Wow! Computer Science Teachers Association members should all have gotten an email about this year’s election for the CSTA Board. It is a remarkable slate of candidates...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Don’t Trust Algorithms You Can’t Read
I admit that I am a sucker for “the best [what ever] in each state” lists. I want to see how many I have visited and what is “the best” in my state. Most of these...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Minecraft Curriculum for Teaching Computer Science
I'm not a Minecraft person. I've had the demos. I know that some kids really get into it but … Well, some teachers love it as much as the students. For them it’s...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
US Department of Education Needs CS Experts as Reviewers
I recieved this from Pat Yongpradit of Code.org and thought I should share it.The US Department of Education has announced the EIR grant competition for FY 2019...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming Has Sure Changed
Last week, I was reading some old code. I wrote it in 1975. It was in FORTRAN IV and it was on punch cards. Really bad code. One character, meaningless variable...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming Projects and the Good Idea Fairy
I think Garth Flint (blog at Garth's CS Education Blog) first introduced me to the idea of the good idea fairy. The good idea fairy strikes you with a great idea...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Supply and Demand in Computer Science Education
We have a supply and demand problem in computer science education. Demand has never been higher and it is growing. The need is real. Take a look at We need as....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What is a variable and why is it so hard to understand?
Variables in computer science are complicated. No, really they are. I didn’t consciously realize how complicated until I read “What is a variable?” on the blog...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Standards and Frameworks
I’ve been thinking a lot about computer science standards and frameworks the last couple of days. It’s all Mark Guzdial’s fault because he posted Frameworks and...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Lecture As Performance Art
Mark Guzdial posted a link to an article about him (The social justice case for computing: transforming tools for some into a language for all – you should read...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Everything Old Is New Again
I try not to throw code away. I have punch cards in my attic that are over 40 years old. I also have a bunch of code from my university days on a magnetic tapeDECtape...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Happy New Year 2019
I’ve been thinking about this post for the last several days. My usual practice has been to start the year with a list of thinks I want to watch in CS education...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Looking Back on CS Education in 2018
The last few years I have written start of the year posts about things I want to track in Computer Science education in the new year. Last year’s post is at Computer...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Sub Goal Labeling in Computer Science
One of the interesting ideas in teaching computer science I have been looking at is sub-goal labeling. I’m experimenting with it but to be honest I don’t feel near...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching Phone Programming Should be Easier
Garth Flint and I have been independently looking at resources for teaching mobile phone application development. (Garth’s posts are linked below) I’m currently...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Where Does Computer Science Fit–Revisited
David Renton is teaching his students at Porter-Gaud how to program virtual reality projects. He posted a video of some of these projects a few days ago.These are...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Happy Computer Science Education Week
It’s CS ED week again. Yeah! This is the week that thousands of teachers around the work introduce millions of students to computer science. Many of them for the...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Ready, Fire, Aim–Why Is Design First So Hard To Learn?
“Hours of coding can save you minutes of planning”We’re talking about top-down design in my APCS Principles class this week. I gave the students a worksheet (part...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Problem With CS Education Research
There is some research in who t teach computer science (OK, mostly its about teaching programming but that’s important too) but not a lot of teachers or professors...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson