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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
Omnibus Software (and hardware)
I have several “Swiss Army” type tools. You know the ones with all the different blades, screw drivers and pliers in one tool. They are ok for simple tasks but...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Certified or Qualified
Certification is a hot topic for K-12 computer science educators. It’s a big issue in public schools but not so much in private schools. The concern in privateAm...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Debugging is Good For Learning
I was going to title this post “I love debugging” because, well, I do love debugging code. For me that is one of the most fun puzzle solving mind challenging things...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 1 October 2012
Well it’s a new month. It’s been about three weeks in this location (for the blog) and I sure do appreciate how many people stuck with me over the move. Seems like...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Find The Bug
The big problem I have with using professional quality sample code in class is that it is too professional. By that what I mean is that it is too complete and often...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Creativity In Computer Science
I was reading a blog post titled Creating creative portfolios by Deepa Muralidhar the other day that really got me thinking of this whole notion of creativity in...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What About Small Data?
This is an other post along the lines of We Are Making Things Too Hard more than the more obvious Thinking About Databases. And there may perhaps be a bit of old...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Ruth Hartsook’s CS Teaching Resources
Ruth Hartsook posted links to some interactive web based teaching resources on the Advanced Placement Computer Science discussion forums that I think are just wonderful...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Can We Afford To Wait For a CS Sputnik Moment
I was having a talk with a teacher online recently and he reminded me of the Sputnik scare that started a lot of renewed interest in science and math in education...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 24 September 2012
Happy Monday. Well try to start the day with a big smile until you actually feel like smiling. It works. Trust me on that. Last week a lot of things crossed myNCWIT...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What period is it? Let me check my phone
The Center for Advanced Technology is a great program at Lakewood Senior High School in Florida. Students in this program learn and use technology in interesting...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Thinking About Databases
Some years ago I had students write a program that involved managing a checkbook and balancing it. I was so proud of it. Later a student told be she linked the...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
We Are Making Things Too Hard
I once had a conversation with Bill Gates. Yes, in person, face to face. And while I will not go into the whole meeting he said a couple of things that I continue...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Decorate For Inspiration
Last week Mike Zamansky (blog at C'est la Z Twitter @Zamansky), who is the head computer science teacher at Stuyvesant High School in New York City, tweeted about...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing 2012
One of the ways that one can help young women with an interest in computing and related fields is to provide recognition for the world they have already beenNCWIT...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Controversies For Fun and Discussion
I love a good discussion. Pros and cons and honest and hopefully friendly discussion of issue with different opinions make for good learning experiences. One of...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Don’t Panic
The other day I was looking through the analytics for this blog to see what sort of searches people were doing that let them here. Mostly I was seeing things IThe...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 17 September 2012
From my point of view the first week of this blog at this location has good well. I realize that I’ve posted a number of longish posts about some of my own thoughts...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Think Outside The Textbook
I was talking to a teacher, well chatting online via Facebook actually, and I described what he does as “thinking outside the textbook.” Speaking as someone who...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson