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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

And A Light Bulb Lights Up

Several people today linked to Tickle. Now I have heard about Tickle before. I even have it listed in my blog post about Programming With Blocks. But today I looked... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 5, 2015 at 08:58 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Taking Things To Another Level

Many of my Explorations in Computer Science students are creating a version of the Lights Out game as their final project. (Instructions at the bottom if you’re... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 4, 2015 at 05:41 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

You Know You Are A Computer Teacher When …

Recently I saw this meme posted on Facebook. Because I teach computer science and am always looking for interesting projects my immediate thought was “well this... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 3, 2015 at 05:35 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Fun With Fonts – Adding A Little Extra Information

This week I was working through some examples of looping with students in my Explorations in Computer Science course. We created a simple program with some nested... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 2, 2015 at 06:20 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 1, 2015 at 07:55 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 1 June 2015

Two more weeks of school for me. Our seniors graduate this weekend and then we have final exams for everyone else. The year has flown by. Soon I’ll be into summer... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 1, 2015 at 06:15 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

You Get What You Pay For

I haven’t been blogging much this week. In part that is being busy with the year ending at school. In part it is because the connection between Windows Live Writer... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 29, 2015 at 08:31 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 25 May 2015

Memorial Day in the US today. We remember those who died in battle fighting for our country. A somber day in some ways. In other, it makes the unofficial startWhat... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 25, 2015 at 06:32 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Computer Science and ?

Several conversations lately have me thinking about combining computer science with other subjects in school. My thinking regularly comes back to that for a number... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 21, 2015 at 09:33 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Expanding Computing Education–Are We Forgetting Rural Schools

One big announcement last week was College Board and Code.org announc[ing] an alliance to improve diversity in computer science. The plan is to partner with the... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 19, 2015 at 06:27 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 18 May 2015

Last week I made my travel arrangements for the Annual CSTA Conference. Less than two months away and I’m really looking forward to it. I’ll also be at ISTE this... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 18, 2015 at 05:41 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Coming soon – 2015 Computer Science Teachers Association’s annual conference

With the Computer Science Teachers Association’s annual conference coming up in July there are a few things we thought you should know now that we’ve sprung into... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 17, 2015 at 09:49 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Code, Compile, Test, Repeat

I came across this image on Facebook recently and it got me thinking. My first old guy “get off my lawn” thought was that when I started coding one was lucky if... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 12, 2015 at 11:53 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 11 May 2015

Last week was special. Teacher Appreciation week at many schools. International Star Wars Day (May the Fourth). And of course the Advanced Placement Computer Science... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 11, 2015 at 06:03 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Red Green–A different Hello World

Hello World is more or less the ubiquitous first program for most development environments. I hate it. It’s boring. It made a lot of sense in a command line environment... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 6, 2015 at 10:41 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Office Mixes for Learning TouchDevelop

While looking for other things (you know how that goes) I found a series of Office Mixes that teach how to program using TouchDevelop. They are mixed in as part... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 5, 2015 at 05:58 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 4 May 2015

Last week was school vacation week and I had a lot of plans. I threw them all away and decided to spend a couple of days getting over a nasty stomach bug. I think... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 4, 2015 at 06:04 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Office Mixes for Learning C#

Over the last few months I have recorded a few Office Mixes for use in my C# class. I’ve also built up a nice collection of PowerPoint presentations which I have... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 1, 2015 at 12:28 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

HOW OLD DO I LOOK?

Microsoft announced a new web site yesterday that tries to guess the age of people in images. Well guess is probably not the right word. I’m sure the researchers... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | April 30, 2015 at 08:34 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 27 April 2015

Here in New Hampshire we are on school vacation this week. Seems like a lot of places were on vacation last week. Like a lot of teachers I will be spending break... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | April 27, 2015 at 06:22 AM