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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
Picking a Platform for Teaching Mobile App Development
Come late August I’ll be teaching a course in Mobile Application Development. It seemed like a great idea when we were discussing new courses to add to the program...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 11 July 2016
Yes I’m late with this week’s interesting links. In my defense I have been extremely busy the last four or five days. Last Thursday and Friday were the CSTA Board...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Secretary of Education Hosts Tea with Computer Science Teachers
Once a month a small group of teachers is invited to have tea with US Secretary of Education John King. June was the month for computer science teachers and I was...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Three Legs to a Successful Computer Science Curriculum
Summer is a great time to think. I’ve bene fortunate enough to have several opportunities to talk to other computer science teachers this summer. And will have...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Must and Should Are Not The Same Thing
I came under some criticism for a comment I made on Facebook earlier today. I asked “I wonder how many high schools teach Calc AB to students who have not had math...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 4th of July 2016
Happy US independence day for my friends in the US. Also happy birthday to Queen Sonja of Norway. My family in Norway jokes that the American embassy always throws...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Projects Funded by SIGCSE
Earlier this week I received email about several grants that SIGCSE has awarded. I think they look pretty interesting. I’m especially excited about the first one...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft US MIE Forum 2016–Day 2
Day two started with a keynote by Stephen Reid about game playing in education. It was very interesting and he showed samples of a lot of games. He spent the most...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft US MIE Forum 2016–Day 1
I’m in Denver for the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert Forum this weekend. I’ve spent some time at these events in the past but those times I was there as a...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Do We Teach Design for Everyone?
Summer is a time for me to think about how I want to teach better in the next school year. I’m always looking for ideas about this and recently came across this...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Better Comments in Visual Studio
Thanks to Channel 9 I found an interesting extension for Visual Studio called Better Comments. "Better Comments is a Visual Studio extension that gives you the...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 20 June 2016
I think my brain shut down when I left school last Monday to start the summer break. While I got a lot of personal business done last week my mind was really not...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 13 June 2016
School is out for the summer! Well it is for me as of noon today. Teacher wrap up but my grades are in and my room is cleaned up for the summer. Looking forward...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Because Students Like It
Code.org posted this image of the class students like the most on their blog. The full survey data is on slide 48 of this PowerPoint from the researchers who did...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Final Review of the K-12 CS Framework Now Open
Good stuff here. We really need a good review of this framework to make sure it is as good as it can be. The ACM, CSTA, Code.org, CIC, and NMSI, along with lead...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 6 June 2016
Sorry there was no interesting links post last week. Long story – feel free to ask me about it if you run into me in person this summer. In any case I am back on...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Helping Students Debug Code
It is final project time for my programming students. They are working on projects to show me what they have learned. They are very clever these kids. So clever...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
You’re the Variable
One of my big goals this year has been to make my classes more interactive. I want to get kids involved and not be just passive listeners. Surprisingly students...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
You’re Having Fun Wrong #CSforAll
In several episodes of the comedy TV show “The Big Bang Theory”, Sheldon, the main character, complains that people are “having fun wrong.” What he means of course...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson