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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 4 August 2014
It was both a slow week and a busy week last week. Slow online for the most part. There were a couple of big events that friends of mine were at but I was home....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Troubles with Tutorials
The first thing I ran into with regards to programming tutorials last week was this tweet and accompanying image. 99% of #programming tutorials on the web pic...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 28 July 2014
The highlight of last week was a two-hour workshop on TouchDevelop which I presented to teachers who are part of the New York City Department of Education Software...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Geeks Pick Nits Even On Jokes
I posted this following image on my Facebook page. Comments came immediately. First one was something like “only one step?” Another said the method should be...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Whack A Mole Project
I’ve done variations in Whack A Mole over there years. I did a Whack Something Game for Windows Phone 7 some years ago for example. But somehow I put it aside and...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Scalable Programming Projects
One of the things I look for in a project is that it is extensible. That means that a reasonable and simple version can be done but that students who want to do...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
One semi colon away from disaster
At a recent workshop Alexander Repenning said that sometimes teaching programming is “one semi colon away from disaster.” How true that is. Minor syntax issues,...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 21 July 2014
What a week I had last week. The CSTA Annual Conference, the National CS Principles Summit and then the CSTA Board meeting. I need a rest. I tweeted a lot fromB...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Save The Date for the 2015 CSTA Annual Conference
Yes, we just finished the Computer Science Teachers Association conference. And it was a great one. You can get copies of many of the presentation decks at http...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA 2014 Day Two
CSTA like so many great conferences is as much about learning from face to face informal conversations as it is about formal sessions. I’ve been able to talk with...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
My Big Learning at CSTA 2014 Day 1–Not From A Session
Usually I’m good about writing up the events of a conference at the end of the day and putting up a blog post. Not this time. I blame it on Peli de Halleux from...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 14 July 2014
Another week another trip. Last one of the summer though. I am at the CSTA Annual Conference today and tomorrow. If you are as well look me up. I’ve wearing myCode...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Code Hunt Contest for CSTA 2014 Attendees
Looks like you have to be registered for the CSTA 2014 conference for this one. I am and I’d like a Surface Pro 2 which is the big prize. Code Hunt is a very cool...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Principles Virtual Summit
Are you interested in the new CS Principals course that will be the new (additional) Advanced Placement Computer Science course? CSTA is helping to host a CS Principles...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
As The Top Universities Go So Goes Who Actually?
Philip Guo had an interesting post on the Blog @ CACM titled Python is now the most popular introductory teaching language at top U.S. universities which summarizes...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 7 July 2014
Did you notice that there wasn’t an interesting links post last week? I’ve been on a real vacation with five days of Walt Disney World after ISTE. I spent a lot...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Many Languages Can You Find
A little Friday fun from Microsoft. How many programming languages can you find in this puzzle? The first one I found is COBOL FWIW.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science History
Computer science tends to be a very forward looking field. We are constantly looking at the newest things including the future of computers, of programming languages...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Overcoming the Isolation of the Computer Science Teacher
This morning I had a conversation with the other computer science teacher at my school. I told him I wasn't sure what to use for an exercise for my students inLocal...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson