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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
More on Signing Up for DreamSpark and AppHub
About a month ago I wrote a post (DreamSpark and AppHub Sign Up) to help people step through the process of signing up for DreamSpark and AppHub accounts. The problem...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 5 March 2012
I took some vacation days last week. Here in New Hampshire the weather has been wild. On Tuesday I went kayaking with my son and on Thursday we had a major snow...
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Wouldn
Interesting new student competition from Time Warner Cable (TWC). As part of Connect a Million Minds (CAMM), the company’s five-year, $100 million commitment to...
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It Doesn
Recently someone posted the following question and bit of code to the Advanced Placement Computer Science teacher mailing list: Assuming that all values are ints...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft at SIGCSE 2012
For the first time in several years I am not attending SIGCSE this week. I
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Young Can/Should You Start Teaching Programming?
Or perhaps how young should you try? And to top if off, why do you want to start them so young in the first place? I received the following from a teacher friend...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
One week left to enter the Kinect Fun Labs Challenge!
I know that here and there you might have some really great Kinect game or app ideas at your schools. If they haven
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 27 February 2012
The highlight of this past week for me was taking part in the CSTA CS & IT conference program committee meeting. The agenda should be available soon once some final...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 27 February 2012
The highlight of this past week for me was taking part in the CSTA CS & IT conference program committee meeting. The agenda should be available soon once some final...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Tutorials, Projects and Problem Solving
Another recent confluence of posts on similar topics (list below) has caused me to spend some time thinking. And sooner or later I have to think though my fingers...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Next Round Of Imagine Cup Deadlines Coming Up
The Imagine Cup series of competitions has a new round of deadlines coming up over the next two weeks. The good news is that the barriers to entry in most of these...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Big Brother Knows More Than You Think
And by Big Brother I don
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Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum–Reminder
I know I keep blogging about this event but it really is a great event and I really hope many of you apply for this wonderful opportunity to showcase your work ...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum
I know I keep blogging about this event but it really is a great event and I really hope many of you apply for this wonderful opportunity to showcase your work ...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
ACM/IEEE-CS Computer Science Curricula 2013 - Strawman draft
Over the weekend, the ACM/IEEE-CS Computer Science Curricula 2013 committee (of which I am a member) released the first public from this effort. (The announcement...
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Interesting Links 20 February 2012
Happy President
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How To Start A Computer Science Flame War
Computer Scientists and computer professionals who may not think of themselves as
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National STEM Video Game Challenge TweetChat
The National STEM Video Game challenge kicked off a couple of months ago but it starting to come down to the wire. IF you missed the spring deadline for the Imagine...
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Microsoft Developer Day: Entertainment Reimagined
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