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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
Failure to Upgrade
There was a funny movie out a few years ago called Failure To Launch. It tells the story of a man in his mid thirties who still lives at home. He doesn
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Assessment And Computer Science
I was reading the CSTA blog the other day and there is an article called Assessment by Joanna Goode that got me thinking. Good blog posts are like that
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Join the Campaign! Tweet and Blog for Ed Tech May 12 2010
Things are a little scary in Washington DC these days. From the ISTE Campaign! Tweet and Blog for Ed Tech The 2011 federal budget eliminates funding for Enhancing...
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Programming and Excel
Not everyone needs to be a programmer! You probably hear that a lot if you talk about trying to get more students to program. I know that I do. And of course there...
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Interesting Links 10 May 2010
You have to love the Internet and especially twitter. You can hear about things that you
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Point Them in a Direction and Get Out of the Way
I’ve heard Bill Gates talk a number of times about how influential his middle school experiences with computers were in his life. (You can hear him talk about it...
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Program me a story
I recently came across a blog post titled
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What do you need to know?
The Microsoft Job Blog recently has a two part interview study guide set of posts. In the second (Microsoft interview study guide: Part II of II) there was a long...
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Interesting Links 3 May 2010
Last week was a struggle for me both blogging and otherwise. A lot of stuff going on at work and at home. Plus of course I spent a lot of my blogging energy onImagine...
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Interesting Links 28 April 2010
As promised here are a bunch more links that I hope you will find interesting and useful. The CSTA blog had a couple of recent posts of interest: Preparing...
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Interesting Links 27 April 2010
I twittered up quite a storm last week. Much of it was because of the US Imagine Cup which I was also blogging a lot about. I was also putting updates on theU...
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US Imagine Cup Winners
Today after keynote presentations by James Cameron (who praised Microsoft Research for helping them create a digital asset management system that made Avatar possible)...
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Windows Phone 7 Rockstar Award
If you have been reading my blog (or following on Twitter @AlfredTwo) you have been reading about the US Imagine Cup finals. Hopefully you have found some interesting...
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Finalists for the US Imagine Cup 2010
Don
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Full Day One for US Imagine Cup Finals
At 8AM this morning, judging for the US Imagine Cup finals began. Ten software design and ten game design teams each had 50 minutes to
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Opening Night US Imagine Cup Finals
The competitors have arrived in Washington DC (OK technically Chevy Chase MD) for the US Imagine Cup finals. Tonight started with a light dinner, some social time...
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US Imagine Cup Finals This Weekend
Today I have a presentation to give around mid-day and then I go home to pack for a trip to Washington DC for the US finals of the Imagine Cup. Ironically last...
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New Silverlight 4 Training Kit Available
Microsoft has just released a new free Silverlight 4 Training Kit that walks you through building business applications with Silverlight 4. You can also download...
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The Intersection of Education and Entertainment
How many times have you heard a teacher say something like
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