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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
What Jobs Are Safe From Automation?
“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” – Yogi BerraThat doesn't mean people don't try. Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence have a...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Looking Back and Looking Forward in CS Education 2023
Traditionally I write a year end look back on thee previous yest in CS education. (Last year at Looking Back on Computer Science Education in 2021) Honestly, that...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Thoughts on Optimization of Code
Donald E. Knuth famously said "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." The important word there is “premature.” Optimization is not a bad thing. It isn...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Coding with ChatGPT–Armstrong Numbers
Trying out ChatGPT seems to be all the rage these days in certain geek circles. I may even be late to the game but I tried a few things over the last couple ofnarcissistic...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
When Computers Write Code
For most of my career I hive been hearing that some day computers will write all the code and human programmers will no longer be needed. Or at least, not as needed...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Adventures in Taking Code From the Internet
Facebook memories remined me that ten years ago I was thinking about writing a program that would ring bells (nautical time) on the hour and half hour. I didn't...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA New England Regional Conference #cstaNE2022
This year’s CSTA New England regional conference is at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) school of Education. It’s a great venue. There are around 150 people...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Computer Science Professional Development Problem
Mike Zamansky is stirring up trouble again. OK not really his intent I’m sure but people can get defensive. I have to say that I agree in principle with most of...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Micro:Bit Programming for Grades K to 3 With #MicroCode
The Micro:Bit is a pretty cool piece of hardware being used in a lot of schools. It’s mostly used in middle school and above but that may be changing. New fromMicrocode...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Far We Have Come With Programming Languages
Last night I had a dream during which someone suggested that COBOL would make a good first programming language. They tried to promote the data division and English...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Dealing With Student Misconceptions
I was reading through The Big Book of Computing Pedagogy, as one does, the other night. Specifically, the section on student misconceptions. Misconceptions are...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Coding It Yourself Can Be Fun
Every couple of weeks I bake a couple of loaves of bread. The bread mostly gets used for breakfast sandwiches. Now my bread does not look as perfect as what I could...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Names Have Power – Names and Programming
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" William Shakespeare.There are cultures where people have a sort of public name and a secret or true name that is...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
A Spoon Full of Computer Science
I was thinking about data science lately. The problem is that I don’t know much about data science. I learned about data bases in school and worked with them some...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Artificial Intelligence and CS Education
It;s seems like artificial intelligence has been “10 years away” for the last 40 years. Back in the mini computer days every computer was custom and configurations...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Cyber Security and CS Education
Way back in time, cybersecurity was all about controlling access to the computer in the locked room with the raised floor. Well, you had to trust the people you...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Jacdac and Micro:Bit 2.0–First Look
Learning about Jacdac devices was my incentive to buy a Micro:Bit 2.0 The Micro:Bit 2.0 has a number of upgrades and new features from the original. These include...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Freedom To Teach Computer Science Our Way
Mike Zamansky had another interesting post (CS - it isn't all that) that got me thinking. The last three paragraphs started me going. For exampleAs CS becomes more...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
A Summary Look Back at #CSTA2022
CSTA 2022 was energizing! After three years of not seeing people in person it was awesome to reconnect with people. And to meet new people. The energy level was...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson