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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 9 July 2012
I am writing this from Irvine California where I have come for the CSTA CS & IT Conference. I have already had a bunch of great conversations with people who arrived...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computational Fairy Tales the Book
Just about a year ago I wrote a post about a Computational Fairy Tale blog (Computational Tales) Briefly Dr. Jeremy Kubica, software engineer and manager at Google...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Windows 8 Developer Camps and Hackathons
A new series of Windows 8 developer events are coming soon! These are special two-day events, with a DevCamp on day one featuring a full day of sessions plus an...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching Teachers
Next week is the CSTA Computer Science & Information Technology Conference in Irvine CA. I
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft Research Faculty Summit Live Stream 2012
I received this news from the ACM recently. The Microsoft Research Faculty Summit will be available live for the public this year. I
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Where is the computer science at ISTE?
My prime focus at Microsoft is K-12 computer science education. While I am very interested in various areas of using technology in education I basically get paid...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 2 July 2012
I was pretty quiet last week. Some family stuff going on kept me away from work and (largely) off the Internet. Still over the last few days I have been catching...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links
Well I am not at ISTE this year. Sorry to miss it but in the long run it worked out as I am taking care of some important family stuff this week. If you are there...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science in the Common Core
Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that I really believe that we need more computer science in education long before university. The only national influence...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Thinking About Next School Year
As the rolling schedule of school year openings and closings continues it looks like school is just about done everywhere in the US this week. Today is the last...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Studio K
The other day the Kodu team announced Studio K. What is Studio K you ask? In my opinion it
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 18 June 2012
Some of you may remember that I was nominated for the Top 30 Fascinating Technology Teacher blog voting. I came in at number 7. Thanks to all of you who voted'Who...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Why I Love Windows Live Mesh
It could be argued that I have too many computers. There is my cool demo machine
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft Store Summer Camps are Now Open for Registration!
Microsoft Store Summer Camps are Now Open for Registration! Our 2012 Summer Camps are first come, first served. Don't...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
My IT Department Will Not Let Me
Today on Facebook Gary Stager posted a rant of a status update: Here's a novel idea. Don't send teachers to computing PD with laptops on which they are banned...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Latest Curriculum Resources at the Faculty Connection
The latest Microsoft Faculty Connection Newsletter came yesterday. I thought it might be useful to highlight some of the news from this issue here. The Faculty...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Big Projects!
Last night I visited Londonderry (NH) High School to see some of their student’s senior projects. I met a student from this school at the FIRST Robotics Championship...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 11 June 2012
Well I had a great weekend. My wife and I spent the weekend with our son and daughter in law. I little work done around my father
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
So you want to teach computer science?
A number of years ago after being laid off from a job developing software I went into teaching. I taught a year in a pair of elementary schools and then spent 8...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson