Communications of the ACM
Refine your search:
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
Microsoft Technology Associate Certifications Revisited
Last July I wrote about the Microsoft Technology Associate program and I thought it was time to revisit that program. I have some additional information to post...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Does Kinect Work?
Chances are you have heard about the Kinect for Xbox 360 which lets you play games without a controller. The Kinect is a full body motion sensing device that lets...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 8 November 2010
Well we are really and truly into November now. Over the weekend we went back to Eastern Standard time in New Hampshire. The best thing about that is that for a...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Three New Chances to Get Involved in the Imagine Cup
I talked about these new Imagine Cup events briefly on my links post on Monday but I wanted to pull them out and highlight them on their own today. The following...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching real-world programming
The title of this post is borrowed from an article at the MIT (original article at Teaching real-world programming) about a programming course at MIT that uses...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 1 November 2010
The big thing going on last week was the Microsoft WorldWide Innovative Educators forum in South Africa. I didn
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft Free Tools for Teachers
Every so often I do a talk on various free software tools that Microsoft has available for teachers. The other day I did one such talk at the Mass CUE conference...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
An Exploratory Computer Science Course
One of the great things I get to do these days is to participate in advisory boards for Programming and Web Development programs at some local career/technical...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Imagine Cup 2011 IT Challenge
Imagine Cup 2011 is the premier student technology competition. Inspired by the UN Millennium Development Goals, Imagine Cup encourages students to help
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Welcoming Andrew Parsons to the US Academic Team
The latest person to join the US Academic Developer Evangelist team is Andrew Parsons. Andrew is moving from the other side of the world (Australia) to work with...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 25 October 2010
Busy week last week but than most weeks are. Also a long week since I was working a booth at the New Hampshire Tech Fest on Saturday. That was a good day though...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 25 October 2010
Busy week last week but than most weeks are. Also a long week since I was working a booth at the New Hampshire Tech Fest on Saturday. That was a good day though...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
New Hampshire TechFest 2010
I spent most of Saturday at the New Hampshire TechFest at Windham High School. NH Tech Fest is a Satellite Event of the USA Science and Engineering Festival which...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Class or Computer Science Class
There is much too much confusion about the difference between a
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
President Obama Recognizes Science Superstars
Earlier this week President Obama hosted the winners of a number of major STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) competitions. Two of the students who...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Finding a Place For Computer Science Education
While I spend a lot of time, some of it laying awake at night, thinking about the state of pre-collegiate computer science education it seems like many more people...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Introducing the Microsoft US Academic Bloggers
I'm part of a group of people at Microsoft who work with academics all across the country. A number of them have active blogs and I thought this might be a good...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 18 October 2010
Well things are heating up with the Imagine Cup. Last week was the round one entry for the fall round of the game and Software Development invitational. Lots of...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
FIRST Women in Science and Technology Forum (WIST) - November 5, 2010
FIRST, the people who bring us a whole range of robotics competitions and more, are once again hosting their annual FIRST Women in Science & Technology Forum. The...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson