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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
Does It Matter How Fast the Code Is?
I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with code lately. One of the things I have been experimenting with is cryptography (See Tiny Book of Simple Cryptography)...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Making of a Computer Science Teacher
There is quite the conversation going on in the private Computer Science Educators group on Facebook about teacher preparation for CS educators. This is a veryhighly...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Tiny Book of Simple Cryptography
I've been playing with simple cryptography. Mostly stuff that was solid before computers. Just for fun mostly but some of it may make for interesting projects for...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
TileCode–Creating games on and for handheld devices
People are Microsoft always seem to be working on interesting and unexpected (to me anyway) things. My most recent discovery is TileCode. From the website:Microsoft...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What If We Asked Students To Write Textbooks?
A professor friend on Facebook posted that a student emailed him to say that they textbook the were using was “crap.” I suggested in jest that he asked the student...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Thinking About the Algorithms in Our Lives
My wife and I use these fitness trackers, ours are made by Garmin, to keep track of our activity during the day. Each day the devices give us a goal for how many...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Artificial Intelligence, Humor, and Appreciation of Beauty
Last night I started re-reading Heinlein’s The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. It’s an old book, written in the mid 1960s, so there are some old ideas about computers...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
MicroBlocks For IoT and other Physical Computing
Well, there is a new tool in town for programming micro devices like the Micro:bit and the AdaFruit Circuit Playground Express and many more! It's called MicroBlocks...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What I miss and don’t miss about teaching
Fall has come and while students are back in school I am not. I’ve been reflecting a bit about that. I don’t miss getting up at 6 AM and driving for close to an...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Why Computer Science Teachers Should Read Books
Since I retired I have been reading more computer science related books. You may have read my book reviews on Humble Pi, Weapons of Math Destruction, or Computer...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Are You Doing?
We’ve now finished the first week after Labor Day and at least in North America almost everyone is back to school. That may not mean physically back in a bricks...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The End of School Computer Labs?
There has been a lot of talk in recent years about doing away with computer labs in schools. BYOD and one to one computers have been talked about and have been...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Book Review: Humble Pi
Recently, I asked my Facebook friends for recommendations for non-fiction books that would not get me depressed. Several people recommended Humble Pi: When Math...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Are You Ready to Help with CSTA 2021
The call for participation in CSTA 2021 is now out. You can learn about the submission process and look at some possible topic areas on the conference information...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Learning Python Part 2: Distracted by a Turtle
I cracked a book and found out that Python supports turtle graphics. I love drawing pictures with graphics. I have since I was in university. So today I played...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming Projects for Learning or Grading
The purpose of school work is to get good grades. Well, at least that seems to be a common view on the part of students. Most teachers will tell you that the motivation...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Learning Python: Part 1
Python has been on my radar for years but I haven’t really had the motivation to learn it myself. It’s time though for several reasons. Reason number one is that...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Changing How We Teach Computer Science
I haven't been blogging much lately. I'm adjusting to being retired for the most part but I have been reading and thinking a lot about teaching computer science...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Book Review: Weapons of Math Destruction
Weapons of Math Destruction has been out for a couple of years now and it is one of those books that a lot of people reference. I finally got around to reading...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson