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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
What Have I Gotten Myself Into?
One of the things I hear from university computer science faculty on a regular basis is that they have trouble retaining students. What happens is that students...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Are You The Best Part Of A Student’s Day/
Yesterday is used a quote from an educator friend of mine that “I may be the best thing that happens in my students and my staff's lives that day. I can handle...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Yes I’m Still Excited about Computer Science
It’s the start of a new school year and a new chapter in my life. I thought I would report this from about a year ago. The short version is that 38 years after...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 10 September 2012
Happy Monday! I actually want to start this post with something my friend Paul R Wood @paulrwood said on Twitter last week. Paul is a technology director at aDoug...
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
Useful Download Links for Windows 8 and Windows Phone Development
Part of my job is to help people find valuable resources. I especially like it when they are free. Free is good. These links are for students, faculty and professional...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Welcome to My New Blog Home
This blog has actually existed for a while but had not been my real blog home. Recent changes (Leaving Microsoft) mean that I can no longer blog about computerprevious...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Imagine Cup 2013 Opens with Larger Prizes
Last week Microsoft announced the opening of the 2013 Imagine Cup. This year there are thee competition and three challenges for students to enter. The prizes are...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 3 September 2012
Happy Labor Day! Today is commonly thought of as the last day of summer in the US. Few if any schools in the US will start (with students) later than tomorrow. ...
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
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
Cloud Fundamentals Video Series
The Trustworthy Computing group has been recording a series on Cloud computing fundamentals. The series (some 25 videos) wraps up this week with a series finale...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
I ran into these Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics created by the Computer Ethics Institute while looking for something completely different. Isn’t that so often...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Useful Download Links for Windows 8 and Windows Phone Development
Part of my job is to help people find valuable resources. I especially like it when they are free. Free is good. These links are for students, faculty and professional...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Useful Download Links for Windows 8 and Windows Phone Development
Part of my job is to help people find valuable resources. I especially like it when they are free. Free is good. These links are for students, faculty and professional...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 27 August 2012
Back to school hit home today as my wife went back to school for the first day of teachers. Kids come back the day after Labor Day so it is professional development...
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
Quantity Is Not Enough
There is often a focus on quantity in our society. Let’s get more apps! Lets get more students taking the AP course! Lets get more [you name it]? UnfortunatelyHow...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Online Coding Exercises For Programming Education
Well it is that time of year again – back to school. On the SIGCSE mailing list are a couple of reminders about online exercise tools for a variety of programming...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson