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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
What To Tell Students About Computer Science
Last Friday I drove down to Cape Cod. Just over the Cape Cod canal via the Bourne Bridge is Upper Cape Tech. They have an outstanding culinary arts program andKinect...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links Post 31 October 2011
Busy week last week. You may have read about my two days in Atlantic City (Kinect-ing at the NJSBA Annual Workshop). Real work. Enjoyable work but none the less...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links Post 31 October 2011
Busy week last week. You may have read about my two days in Atlantic City (Kinect-ing at the NJSBA Annual Workshop). Real work. Enjoyable work but none the less...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Preaching to the STEM Choir
This week I received an announcement about yet another
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Kinect-ing at the NJSBA Annual Workshop
Normally the conferences I attend are about educational technology or computer science education. Events like ISTE, MASSCue, TCEA, SIGCSE or CSTA
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Mini-Grants for Collaborative Projects to Include Disabled Youth in CS
Passing along this announcement from the CSTA Blast announcement list. Computer science has a lot of opportunity to help differently abled people but to maximize...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 24 October 2011
I am constantly amazed by the opportunities to learn things online by virtual attendance at events these days. In the past week I listened to a keynote (Live streamed)...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
More Access to the ACM Digital Library
One of the great resources available on the Internet is the ACM Digital Library. One of the problems for many is that access to this library is not free. I am...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Imagine Cup as Group Projects
One of the things that often makes Imagine Cup entries a good educational experience is that they require planning and team work. A good Imagine Cup entry is seldom...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Many Jobs Are There For Poets
I was listening to an Internet stream of Gary Stager presenting a keynote at an education conference in Iowa the other day. The technology for this amazes me but...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
New Hampshire TechFest 2011
Last Saturday I spend the day at Windham High School in Windham New Hampshire for the second annual NH TechFest. TechFest is a project created by parents and others...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 17 October 2011
I spent two days are a Windows Phone event last week. One of several I posted date for at Your Chance to Learn Windows Phone Development for Free There are a lot...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 17 October 2011
I spent two days are a Windows Phone event last week. One of several I posted date for at Your Chance to Learn Windows Phone Development for Free There are a lot...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Preparation to Teach High School Computer Science
“What qualifies you to teach computer science?” The question took me off guard. The tone as much as the words seem to be more of a challenge than anything else....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching Kids to Read but not Write?
A tweet passed though my stream last night. Eugene Wallingford retweeted someone else
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Southern Interactive Entertainment & Game Expo 2011
Last week I attended part of SIEGE 2011 (Southern Interactive Entertainment & Game Expo) in Atlanta Georgia. Before the main part of the conference started the...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 10 October 2011
Last week the computing industry lost one of its great innovators in Steve Jobs. It
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Be The Robot
One of the issues with computer science is that some people would rather move atoms than pixels. That is to say that virtual objects, even if they involve images...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Conversations in Kodu
Recently the Kodu team announced a new version of Kodu and a new Kodu Community Website. You can read a lot of the details at Announcing the Kodu v1.2 and the Kodu...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson