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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 11 January 2016
I didn’t win PowerBall this weekend so it is back to school for me. BTW am I the only one who has been thinking about what sort of database is used to keep track...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
2016 AP Computer Science Principles Scholarship Programs
A lot of people are looking for help getting professional development. I saw this on the CSTA mailing list and thought I should post it for people who have have...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching Looping as a Concept
I’m introducing loops to my Freshmen this week. I’m trying a couple of new things. I thought I might put them out there in hopes of getting feedback but also possibly...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Robots For Teaching Programming
One of my most popular posts has been a collection of links to block programming (drag and drop programming) tools and languages. The other day it occurred to me...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
WeDo 2.0–LEGO Robot for Teaching Science and Coding
This week at the big Consumer Electronics Show LEGO Education announced a new product - WeDo 2.0. In the press release they called it a “New wireless, tablet-ready...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
International Blog Delurking Week 2016
OK this is the first I have heard of this but it is a great idea. Comments are a huge thing for bloggers. I get a few comments now and again and they add great...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 4 January 2016
Happy New Year! Happy 11111100000! Today is forst day back at school. I didn’t get to everything I wanted to do over the break but I did start playing with some...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
When Blogging Works For Educators
It seems like there is a regular stream of articles, often on blogs, talking about blogging going away. Or changing for the worse. Or other negative comments. But...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Education Things to Watch in 2016
“It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” I was thinking about writing a post with predictions but realized that I’m not smart enoughHow...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Code in Different Languages
The other day I found an older blog post by Rob Underwood called Code Syntax Compared. In it he wrote a very simple program in 5 different languages. He used Python...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Top Posts from 2015
I decided it was time to take a look at my most read posts from the last year. This is an interesting exercise for several reasons. One is the inconsistency ofProgramming...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer (and Math) Humor
I like this one in part because it is subtle. There are two basic standards for opening the curly brace in C-type languages. Not everyone will pick up on it....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 28 December 2015
I just realized that this will be the last interesting links post of 2015. What a year it has been. Last week I spent less time online or thinking about schoolThe...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Merry Christsmas 2016
It’s Christmas at my home. If you are also celebrating I wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 21 December 2015
Yea! I’m on Christmas Break. Most of the public schools in my area start their winter break after Wednesday. I’ll be spending some of my free time getting ready...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
2015-16 ACM/CSTA Cutler Bell prize closing soon
There is still time to encourage your students to apply for the 2015-16 ACM/CSTA Cutler Bell prize! This $10,000 award will go to four graduating high school seniors...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
2016 CSTA Annual Conference
Making Waves with CSTA!2016 CSTA Annual Conference | July 10-12, 2016Town and Country Resort & Convention CenterSan Diego, CaliforniaRegistration is now open...
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CSTA Board of Directors Election Call for Applications/Nominations
It's time for elections or at least nominations for positions on the Computer Science Teachers Association board of directors. I'm in my third year on the board...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 14 December 2015
I’m late this week. Windows Live Writer’s connection to Blogger (where this blog is hosted) is broken. Now that it is being open sources as Open Live Writer I am...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson