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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
Harassment in the Computer Science Classroom
Two interesting and initially unrelated links came across my computer screen in the past couple of days. One was an image that said “Everyone talks about leaving...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA 2014 CALL FOR PROPOSALS
CSTA members (you are a member right?) should have seen this in their email. The CSTA annual conference is in my humble opinion the single best professional development...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 9 September 2013
Busy week for me. Lots of stuff going on at school. Seems like the first few weeks of school wear me out no matter how hard I try to be prepared. I have fewer links...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Most Successful Computer Scientist in the World
During a class discussion last week one of my students asked me “Who is the most successful computer scientist in the world?” Whoa! What a question. I started my...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 2 September 2013
It’s Labor Day in the US and schools are closed here. It’s actually the fourth day in a four day weekend for my school. Some how it always feels like this letsThe...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Google Glass Disrupts The Sports Image Monopoly
I was attending a golf tournament this weekend. So naturally my thoughts turned to technology. Yes it was everywhere. But the most disruptive technology was inDeutsche...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Why Girls Don’t Go Into Computer Science (Infographic)
June Lin from Play-I sent me this infographic which I found interesting enough to share. Play-i is building educational, programmable robots for kids. Not sure...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing Starting Again
I’m a big fan of the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing program. This program recognizes high school young women for their interest and aptitude in technology...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 26 August 2013
School started for me last week. I showed off some sample Kinect apps to most of my classes. For some it was to talk about human computer interaction. For others...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
TurtleArt–Turtle Graphics With Blocks
I ran into an article called How to Pick Your First Programming Language at Help Kids Code that talked about something called TurtleArt. Now there wasn’t a lot...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Bug Report on Computer Science Teacher Certification
Most of us involved in teaching computer science know that the issue of teacher certification is a bit of a mess. How much of a mess no one really knew. Until now...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Using the Tools We Teach
One of the classes I am teaching this year is called Explorations in Computer Science. It’s a step away from the pure applications course (Microsoft Office) in...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Tammy Andrew
Tammy Andrew and I met a bunch of years ago when we both taught summer school at a famous New England boarding school. We were teaching C++ back then. While I’m...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Learning To Program By Programming Games
There seems to be no end to the development of games that meld making a game and playing a game. Kodu is one example I have been using for a while. It’s designed...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 19 August 2013
Summer ends for me tomorrow as my school starts with a professional development day for teachers. First full day with students is Friday. I’ve done some preparation...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Cait Sydney Pickens
One really can meet people online though sites like Twitter. That is how I met Cait Sydney Pickens. I look at everyone who follows me on Twitter and saw her name...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Beware the Self-Taught Know It All
I spent last weekend with a room full of university computer science professors. As you might expect discussions covered a wide range of topics during breaks and...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
All You Know Isn’t Enough
Lou Zulli and I got together recently to talk teaching and computer science education recently. One of the things we talked about was common points from the teachers...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 12 August 2013
Where has the summer gone. A week and a day before all teachers have to return to my school. Students the end of next week. It’s been a great summer but I’m looking...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson