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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 5 September 2016
It’s Labor Day in the US which means this is the last day of a four day weekend for me. It’s nice to have an extra long weekend this early in the school year. Making...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Scratch Resources from Ireland
A friend recently sent me a link to this site that looks like it will be very helpful for teachers who are using Scratch from MIT. Check it out at scratch.ie Lero...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 29 August 2016
Classes started at my school last week. Whoa! Getting back in the groove is hard. But I have great students and fun classes so it will be ok. I spent the weekend...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
App Challenge! Enter to Win $20,000 for your School
I had an email the other day about the Verizon app challenge. It looks interesting and I may have some students enter this year. The fact that coding IS NOT required...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Cutler-Bell Scholarship Deadline November 1 2016
Dave Cutler and Gordon Bell have funded an amazing CS competition for American high school students. Last year’s winners had some truly impressive projects. Doawards...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 22 August 2016
I meet my new freshmen students today. I hope they are as excited as I am. Should be a good year with lots of interesting things to try with my students. It starts...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 15 August 2016
Teachers report on Friday this week for back to school. The College Board was making a big thing about Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles starting for...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Trip Report: Advanced Placement Summer Institute
My school will be offering AP CS Principles in the 2017/2018 school year so it was suggested that the current computer science teachers attend an AP Summer Institute...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 8 August 2016
Today is back to school for some students. Also for some teachers. I know some teachers who reported to school last week. Whoa! It’s getting close for the restCollege...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 1 August 2016
In parts of the US, teachers start returning to school this week. I'm not one of them but the time is approaching. Fewer than three weeks to go for me. It’s been...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Should Be Its Own Requirement
There is an idea that high school curriculum is a bit of a zero sum game. In other words that adding something new can only happen if something else is removed....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Advanced Placement CS Principles Off By One Errors
I’m learning about the new AP CS Principles class the week. There is some good stuff in it. On the other hand the arrays in the pseudo code that is used to write...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Collecting and Grading Programming Projects
No one like grading. Well no one I know. But as teachers it is an essential part of what we do. Grading programs can be a real pain to do though. Do you run every...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 25 July 2016
Blogging just hasn’t been my thing the last two weeks. Too much travel, too much work around the house when I haven’t been traveling, and I really need to do more...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Picking a Platform for Teaching Mobile App Development
Come late August I’ll be teaching a course in Mobile Application Development. It seemed like a great idea when we were discussing new courses to add to the program...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 11 July 2016
Yes I’m late with this week’s interesting links. In my defense I have been extremely busy the last four or five days. Last Thursday and Friday were the CSTA Board...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Secretary of Education Hosts Tea with Computer Science Teachers
Once a month a small group of teachers is invited to have tea with US Secretary of Education John King. June was the month for computer science teachers and I was...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Three Legs to a Successful Computer Science Curriculum
Summer is a great time to think. I’ve bene fortunate enough to have several opportunities to talk to other computer science teachers this summer. And will have...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Must and Should Are Not The Same Thing
I came under some criticism for a comment I made on Facebook earlier today. I asked “I wonder how many high schools teach Calc AB to students who have not had math...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson