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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
Maple Syrup and Coding For Fun
It’s maple syrup time in New Hampshire where I live. My wife and I with some help from the neighbor kid decided it was time we got in on the fun. So we bought some...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 14 March 2016
The US went on to Daylight Savings Time over the weekend. Most of my devices updated their clocks automatically. How that happens is an interesting discussion...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Education
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality - what is their future in education? Last year at ISTE I saw a number of exhibits of educational uses of virtual Reality.Google...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Try Not To Be Boring
Every morning while I eat breakfast I view a few things on the Internet. Dilbert is one of them. Sometimes I find things that apply to teachers as well as managers...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Who Needs a Real Class To Learn Computing?
You hear it all the time “all the resources you need to learn computer science are online!” and “you can get help from professionals in online forums.” Sure you...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 7 March 2016
Well last week was a busy one. I spent the first few days in Memphis working on the K-12 CS Curriculum Framework. (Blogged about that at Writing the K12 CS Framework...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Trip Report–Ed Camp Boston 2016 – #edcampBOS
I spent most of today at one of the Microsoft offices in Cambridge MA for the Boston EdCamp. EdCamp is an unconference about education. Not much (well really none)...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Days, Weeks, Months, and Leap Years
Yesterday was Leap Day – 29 February – a day which only comes along once every four years. Or so. It’s actually more complicated than that which we’ll get to in...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 29 February 2016
February break is over. I’m not actually in school today as I am working with one of the writing teams working on a framework for K-12 Computer Science Education...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Writing the K12 CS Framework
Like most classroom teachers I really hate missing class time with my students. So I’m pretty deliberate about the time that I do miss. I’m missing the next two...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Traffic Light Project in Several Acts
Dawn DuPriest posted an interesting project on her blog - Teaching event-based programming – a traffic light. I like it a lot. It’s a good way to introduce state...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Social Media and Professional Development
Just because I have been on school vacation this week doesn’t mean the learning stops. In fact I have taken advantage of the relaxed time to get involved in some...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Principles Workshops
A lot of schools are adding the Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles course for next year. That means that a lot of teachers are looking for professional...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Getting More Girls in Computer Science is Easy
It seems like one “silver bullet” after another keeps popping up to solve the computer science diversity problem. Today’s solution was drones. Yes, drones. Gary...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 22 February 2016
It’s likely to be quite on this blog this week. My school in on February vacation. I was pretty busy getting a lot of things done last week so I could enjoy this...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
LitDev (little developer) extension for Small Basic
People using Small Basic may be interested in the LitDev (little developer) extension for Small Basic. They add a lot of functionality to the language and open...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What do I mean by CS for All?
Let me start with a statement of belief about computer science education in K-12 schools. Teaching computer science is no more about creating more software developers...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 15 February 2016
What a week. No school Monday because of snow. Stayed home sick on Friday. The first is a a lot more common than the second. I really hate missing school. I’m feeling...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Lift Ticket Project
Have you bought lift tickets at a ski resort lately? There are a lot of options. Different age groups, different days (week days, weekends, holidays) and different...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson