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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 September 6 2011
Labor Day in the US means a three-day weekend and I took advantage of it. That is why this post is a day late. Hope it didn’t ruin anyone’s day. I’d like to make...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Readability in Programming Languages
I saw a side by side comparison of a bunch of scripting languages online recently. Scripting Languages: PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby My first, and second reaction was...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Private Character Editor
I get questions. Oh boy do I get questions. I don
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Python Tools for Visual Studio V1.0 Released
A lot of people are looking into using Python in computer science education these days. Of course a lot of people are also using Visual Studio for Visual BasicPython...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
ACSL International Contest About to Begin
Interested in programming competitions for your students but travel is not in the budget? You may want to look into the ACSL contests. This announcement came via...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 29 August 2011
Hurricane Irene was the big news on the east coast of the US and parts of the Caribbean last week. Oh and there was a surprising east coast earthquake last week...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 29 August 2011
Hurricane Irene was the big news on the east coast of the US and parts of the Caribbean last week. Oh and there was a surprising east coast earthquake last week...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
2011 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing
Calling all digital divas, web chix & coder girls! It’s time to start thinking about the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing. This is a great program which...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computational Thinking Leadership Toolkit
Computational thinking is, in my opinion at least, a lot more than the latest buzz word or fad in education. It is really at the core of what we need for success...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Languages That Make You Think
The old joke used to be that
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There Is Research On That
Computers are good at games. Well sort of. Computers are good at following rules and making decisions based on rules that are programmed into them. These rulesresearch...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 22 August 2011
No out of the area travel for me last week. It was nice to sleep in my own bed every night. This is not to say that I wasn
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 20 August 2011
No out of the area travel for me last week. It was nice to sleep in my own bed every night. This is not to say that I wasn’t busy. I had some meetings with the@purplespatula...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Ready or Not
Well according to my Twitter feed a lot of schools in the US south are back to school. Teachers are reporting for duty and students are expected any day now. My...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Ready or Not–New School Year About To Start
Well according to my Twitter feed a lot of schools in the US south are back to school. Teachers are reporting for duty and students are expected any day now. My...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Web-Based Problem Solving Software for Programming Courses
We all know that students benefit for problem solving exercises. Creating these sorts of problems can be difficult and time consuming. Evaluating them and help...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Time To Cut The Cake
I ran across a couple of cool Lego links yesterday. One of was this link to Robots for Everyone: Getting Kids Interested in Programming with Legos which talks about...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Windows Phone Development Training Online
SO you probably know that a new version of the Windows Phone software is coming very soon. If you are planning on teaching phone development you may also be thinking...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 15 August 2011
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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson