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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
Can I Give You A Hint?
Last month I attended a workshop on CodeHunt at Microsoft Research. A talk there by Daniel Perelman on Hint generation in Code Hunt (you can watch a video of his...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
It’s the Software Stupid
Computers are magic. Well to a few people they are. To others they are annoying and useless pieces of hardware. At least until you add software. I was reading Audrey...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 2 March 2015
Back in school today. It was nice to have a break but I am looking forward to time with my students today. I got no school work done at all during the week off....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Lessons in Time
The other day I was microwaving some food to heat it up. Ten seconds seemed like forever. I was actually able to do several other things while I waited. The microwave...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Simulations Are More Fun
One of my favorite computer science teachers, Judy Hromcik from Texas, posted a link to a video called “The last banana: A thought experiment in probability.” The...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 23 February 2015
It's February break for my school. I’m trying to take it easy this week. And catching up with grading of course. I suspect a lot of teachers use so-called vacation...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Today’s BASIC Is Not Your Father’s BASIC
A post at Doug Peterson’s blog (A Different Time) sent me to a site that has a collection of old BASIC programs. And by old I mean the 1970s. I remember many of...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
2015 CSTA annual conference – Registration is Open
Registration is now open for the CSTA annual conference. CSTA 2015 is a professional development opportunity for computer science and information technology teachers...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
One Thing Leads To Another
One of the great things about teacher blogging is the sharing of ideas. Often these ideas can be easily adapted and adopted in new ways. Earlier today Doug Peterson...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 16 February 2015
President’s Day today which means my school is closed. I can use the rest after cleaning up from the latest snow storm. I’ve lost count of the number of feet (yes...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Creating Code Hunt Puzzles
As I mentioned the other day (see Learning From the Code Hunt Dashboard) I have been creating my own Code Hunt puzzles for use with my students. Earlier this week...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Coding lessons for 8-10 yr olds
Are you a tweeting teacher who teaches K-8 computer science? If so I am hoping you can join the CSTA K-8 task group for the next #CSK8 Twitter chat on Wed Feb 11...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Learning From the Code Hunt Dashboard
This week I am in Redmond WA at a two day workshop around Code Hunt being run by Microsoft Research and the developers behind Code Hunt. After day one I can say...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 9 February 2015
I’m back in Redmond WA today. First time in over three years I have been here. I expect it to feel different as a visitor after being hear many times as an employee...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Recursion – Love it or hate it?
The following was posted to the AP CS Facebook page yesterday with the question "What would the answer be?" Things went along just fine for 3 replies of people...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Girls Who Code Is Hiring Paid Teaching Staff
Looks like these opportunities are in New York, Detroit and San Francisco. Girls Who Code is a national non-profit organization working to close the gender gap...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 2 February 2015
Happy Groundhog Day! We’re having a snow day with schools closed because of a snow storm. I’m betting on six more weeks of winter. It may take that long for all...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Queen of Code – Grace Hopper
There is a new movie about Grace Hopper out in the Internet. The movie is about 16 minutes look and I think it is pretty good. I’m looking for a place in my schedule...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 26 January 2015
A new semester starts for me today. Since I only teach semester courses that means a whole new group of students to meet and teach. I have spent much of the weekend...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson