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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
CS Education Interview: Tammy Pirmann
Tammy Pirmann is my mentor on the CSTA Board of Directors and is helping me understand how and what it is all about. More importantly she teaches at a public high...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Norm Messa
Today we visit a career/technical school in the seacoast area of New Hampshire. Norm Messa is the teacher we talk to there. Norm is a second career teacher whoSeacoast...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 5 August 2013
I turned 3C years old yesterday. That’s in Hex of course. 110 1100 in binary. In place of presents post a link to my blog on your blog, Facebook and/or Twitter...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computers Really Are Everywhere
Last week I took a little drive. Something around 10 miles in something under 8 minutes I guess. That’s me behind the wheel of a NASCAR race car. I rode with a...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Rebecca Dovi
Just north of Richmond VA to talk to Rebecca Dovi who teaches at Patrick Henry High School. Rebecca is also very active in the CSTA and is a chapter President....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Trick Questions Are A Bad Idea
Thanks to a post by Mark Guzdial I found What Makes Code Hard to Understand? This was a report of a study looking into what makes cade hard to understand even for...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Peter Beens
Back to Canada for our interview today. Peter Beens teaches at Beamsville District Secondary School in a small town in Ontario. Peter is very active online buthere...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 29 July 2013
Short week last week as my wife and I headed down to Walt Disney World for a bit of actual real vacation. That doesn’t mean I didn’t collect a good batch of links...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Louis Zulli Jr
Lou Zulli Jr is a quiet unassuming man. What he does with his students is anything but minor though. The projects his students have done with smartphones, SharePoint...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: David Burkhart
Today’s interview is David Burkhart from rural Ohio. Dave is another teacher who has been very active in the CSTA and is a former board member. As you read though...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
5 Programming Mistakes To Warn Students About
I like posts like 5 Programming Mistakes You Should Stop Making by Rahul Singh because they help me focus my thoughts. Through the summer I am working on planning...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Mike Zamansky
Mike Zamansky (wearing the white shirt in the center of the picture) has created a very impressive computer science program at one of New York’s top entrance exam...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 22 July 2013
The big thing for me last week was the annual CSTA conference. A great professional development experience as always. Almost 300 computer science educators were...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Robert Medrano
Today we return to Texas to talk to Robert Medrano who teaches about as far south as you can get in the US. I met Robert at a TCEA conference a few years ago where...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Thoughts On Mobile Phone Development
For the second year the annual CSTA Conference has had a mobile phone development “throwdown.” In this session each participant has 15 minutes to create a mobile...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
An Hour of Code–Something for CS Ed Week 2013
At the CSTA Conference earlier this week Hadi Partovi from Code.Org announced some plans for this year’s Computer Science Education Week. Specifically providing...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Tom Indelicato
I didn’t go far from home for this one. Tom Indelicato and I teach together at Bishop Guertin High School. Some years ago I hired him to be the fill a need for...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Windows Phone Random Dialer Demo
This is posted on day two of the annual CSTA Conference. This afternoon I am taking part in a mobile developer throw down. Three of us are writing the same program...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 15 July 2013
Today is the first day of the CSTA Annual conference. Ten workshops today and later a tour of Microsoft’s New England Research and Development Center (Yeah I’ve...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson