From Schneier on Security
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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B. Schneier| February 29, 2024
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This year’s CSTA New England regional conference is at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) school of Education. It’s a great venue. There are around 150 people...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 12, 2022 at 05:08 PM
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Mike Zamansky is stirring up trouble again. OK not really his intent I’m sure but people can get defensive. I have to say that I agree in principle with most of...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 25, 2022 at 10:31 AM
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The Micro:Bit is a pretty cool piece of hardware being used in a lot of schools. It’s mostly used in middle school and above but that may be changing. New fromMicrocode...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 7, 2022 at 06:06 PM
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Last night I had a dream during which someone suggested that COBOL would make a good first programming language. They tried to promote the data division and English...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 28, 2022 at 04:56 PM
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I was reading through The Big Book of Computing Pedagogy, as one does, the other night. Specifically, the section on student misconceptions. Misconceptions are...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 22, 2022 at 07:20 AM
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Every couple of weeks I bake a couple of loaves of bread. The bread mostly gets used for breakfast sandwiches. Now my bread does not look as perfect as what I could...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 20, 2022 at 04:04 PM
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"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" William Shakespeare.There are cultures where people have a sort of public name and a secret or true name that is...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 3, 2022 at 11:35 AM
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I was thinking about data science lately. The problem is that I don’t know much about data science. I learned about data bases in school and worked with them some...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 17, 2022 at 04:01 PM
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It;s seems like artificial intelligence has been “10 years away” for the last 40 years. Back in the mini computer days every computer was custom and configurations...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 16, 2022 at 05:20 AM
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Way back in time, cybersecurity was all about controlling access to the computer in the locked room with the raised floor. Well, you had to trust the people you...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 13, 2022 at 03:24 PM
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Learning about Jacdac devices was my incentive to buy a Micro:Bit 2.0 The Micro:Bit 2.0 has a number of upgrades and new features from the original. These include...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 28, 2022 at 01:36 PM
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Mike Zamansky had another interesting post (CS - it isn't all that) that got me thinking. The last three paragraphs started me going. For exampleAs CS becomes more...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 19, 2022 at 08:07 AM
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CSTA 2022 was energizing! After three years of not seeing people in person it was awesome to reconnect with people. And to meet new people. The energy level was...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 18, 2022 at 08:28 AM
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It’s a short day today but with plenty to learn. Last night was a great party at the Museum of Science and Technology. I left early (age?) but I know that a lot...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 17, 2022 at 03:27 PM
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Day two started off great as I connected with several people from my home CSTA Chapter –CSTA New Hampshire. The CS community in New Hampshire is growing and the...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 15, 2022 at 05:52 PM
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I blog about what interests me or stirs my curiosity. One thing that fits that is what are the really big tech companies doing to support CS education. So I amAmazon...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 15, 2022 at 02:45 PM
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Well it was day one for me. I know that some people got in yesterday or earlier either because they were taking a workshop today or were part of the Chapter Leadership...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 14, 2022 at 10:52 PM
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My friend Andrew Parsons send me this link to an interesting video The unexpected logic behind rolling multiple dice and picking the highest. Now I love simulating...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 12, 2022 at 08:10 AM
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The CSTA Annua Conference is only days away. I’m pretty excited about it. It’s my first plane ride since CSTA in Phoenix in 2019. That’s a long time for me. OrJacdac...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 11, 2022 at 08:44 AM
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On my first visit to the Lifelong Kindergarten Group and the MIT Media Lab, I notices a message on the windows. “Some people would rather move atoms than pixels...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 5, 2022 at 10:16 AM