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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 3 December 2012
Last week was about getting some professional development time. I spent two days at the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference where I attended some good sessions...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft’s Imagine Cup
One of the really interesting events that Microsoft runs is a set of competitions called the Imagine Cup. These competitions are international events that challenge...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
A Day With a Windows 8 Slate
One the the farewell presents from Microsoft (actually something I won in a company promotion) was a Samsung Series 7 slate running Windows 8. It’s a very nice...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What Do You Want To Make?
As I mentioned yesterday (Cool Toys For Teaching Software and Engineering) I am attending the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference this week. Not a lot of computer...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Cool Toys For Teaching Software and Engineering
I’m attending the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference this week and spent the morning in the exhibit hall. Most of the hall is stuff I’m not that interested...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Words Matter
Not long ago someone tweeted “Stop using "guru," "ninja," and other terms for job descriptions. You are a Sparkly Code Princess. Own it!” It’s been running though...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 26 November 2012
Last week was Thanksgiving in the US and for me it meant a lot of good food and family time. Among other things my son and I built a new dock. It’s the kind ofThe...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
ACM/IEEE-CS Computer Science Curricula 2013 - Ironman v0.8 Draft Available for Comments
Dear Colleagues, We are happy to announce the availability of the ACM/IEEE-CS Computer Science Curricula 2013 - Ironman v0.8 draft. The draft is available at...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What Programmers Say When Their Programs Don’t Work
Someone posted this to Facebook the other day. I have to admit that I have said several of these and heard most of them. I suspect a lot of these are also said...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 19 November 2012
I made some more changes to the blog this last week. I hope they are not too disruptive but I want to make the site more useable and interesting. The big changes...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Predicting the Future of Computing
This is something a little different. Hopefully a conversation starter. In 1994, after about 18 years in the computer industry working with mini-computers, I found...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Where Do You Go To Learn To Teach Computer Science?
Most people I know who teach computer science more or less figured out how to do it on their own. Some were lucky enough to have peers in the same school or close...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Open-ended Project
I’ve been thinking a lot about projects the last month or so. You may have seen it in my posts. Mostly I’ve been talking in generalities but today I’d like to focus...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Supporting Student Innovation
Pat Yongpradit is one of my heroes. He is a high school computer science teacher who just does amazing things and gets his students involved in projects that take...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Project or Recipe
Chris Lehmann is the principal of the Science Leadership Academy, a partnership school in Philadelphia, and a frequent speaker on educational issues. He’s a great...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 12 November 2012
I spent a little time tweaking this blog layout last week. Just trying to make it look a little less cookie cutter. I also wanted to add the share buttons at the...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Myth of The All-nighter
All-nighters, those storied tales of spending all night in the computer lab or the library trying to meet a school deadline, came up in a Facebook conversationlaw...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Are You Ready for Computer Science Education Week?
I’m a big fan of CSEdWeek (Computer Science Education Week) and in the past I have done school visits and hosted field trips at Microsoft offices during the week...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Should Computer Science Teachers Be Paid More Than Gym Teachers
I first ran into the question of paying faculty based on the subject they taught some years ago during an industry advisory meeting for a university computer science...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson