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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
Avoid Puzzles in Code
I keep seeing a lot of order of operations “puzzles” in my Facebook stream. The most recent one was 6/2*(1+2) = ? or A lot of people got it wrong. As you might...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
We Need More Operating Systems
Pure opinion post here. I have never been a big fan of the operating system mono culture. In my first job out of college I worked for a company that developed applications...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 31 December 2012
Well a new year starts tomorrow. Hope it is a great one for all of you. This is the last interesting links list for the year. It’s a pretty short list though. Last...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Looking Back, Looking Forward
This seems to be the time that people look back on the previous year and forward to the new year. It’s almost January which was named after Janus who is often pictured...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Future Belongs To The Creators
A lot of people are thinking about the future this time of year. I’ve got a few ideas myself. This is the year I’ve done a lot with apps on phones and tablets....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Merry Christmas 2012
Merry Christmas and a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year to all my readers and friends. Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 24 December 2012
It’s the day before Christmas and at my house we have been cooking for days getting things prepared that can be prepared early. I haven’t spent as much time on...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
STEM related infographic from RackSpace
Interesting STEM related infographic from RackSpace the hosting/cloud company. It could use a little more computer science content in my opinion but that is not...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How To Become A CS Education Thought Leader
I don’t think many people set out to be thought leaders. I sure didn’t but yet I have been called that from time to time. I think that is more flattering than true...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Looking Back On CSEdWeek 2012
Last week was Computer Science Education week aka CSEdWeek. This was by far the biggest most active CSEdWeek yet. There are over 3,400 pledges to do something...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 17 December 2012
Five school days until Christmas. Well at my house at least. Are you taking some time off for the holiday season or will you be filling a lot of the time with grading...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Calling all US High School CS Teachers: Please give us your thoughts!
You may be seeing this announcement on other blogs or websites. If so I apologize for the repetition. But I do believe this is an important project. An important...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Hackety Hack for Learning Ruby Programming
This being CSEdWeek (Computer Science Education Week) the social media has been flooded with links to articles, information, great programs for promoting CS education...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Call for Proposals Annual CSTA Conference 2013
This call for proposals for the 2012 Annual CSTA Conference went out to members of the Computer Science Teachers Association this week. One doesn’t have to be a...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming With Blocks
Syntax is a royal pain in the neck for beginning programmers. It’s hard to teach both a new (programming) language and a new way of thinking and problem solving...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 10 December 2012
It’s Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek)! Are you celebrating? As part of the celebration I’ll be joining other tech and computing leaders in a CSEdWeekAlfredTwo...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Windows Guy Buys An iPad
In a move that had one of my friends deciding that maybe the Mayan forecast of the end of the world was true and another suggesting a tiny bit of hell had frozen...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Declare the Variables First
Back in the early days of programming one pretty much had to declare ones variables before writing any useful code. COBOL had (probably still has) a special section...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Sharing is Learning
Last week was a great week for sharing among teachers. Microsoft ran their Partners in Learning Global Forum in Prague Czech Republic. They had 500 educators from...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson