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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 19 December 2011
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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
First Do No Harm
I came across a great quote by Pablo Picasso the other day
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Pick The Software First
Last week an email passed though my inbox that said something like “my district is buying the latest shiny new computing gadget. What software should I get to teach...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Creating Engineers One Student At A Time
Last weekend I visited the Maine State Championship for FIRST Lego League which is run by a group of volunteers in an organization called Maine Robotics. They...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Year Up Visits the MTC
Last Friday the Microsoft Technology Center in Waltham MA was pleased to again host a group from Year Up Rhode Island. I again gave a career talk. Unlike last time...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 12 December 2012
Last week I posted a list of some of the great computer science related blogs I read on a regular basis (Computer Science Education Blog Roll) Week after week these...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting links 11 December 2011
Last week I posted a list of some of the great computer science related blogs I read on a regular basis (Computer Science Education Blog Roll) Week after week these...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Why I’m Still Excited about Computer Science
It’s computer science education week and that has me thinking about what I’d like to tell students about computer science. So I decided to record something on the...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Education Blog Roll
I’m a firm believer that blogs are a great way for teachers to share ideas and builds community. Supporting that sort of community is why I have many blogs listed...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Could You Pass the AP Computer Science Exam?
There is an article in the Washington Post about a school board member who took a standardized test for 10th grade students. To say he didn’t do well would be an...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Bentley
Last week I accepted an invitation from Professor Mark Frydenberg of Bentley University to attend the open house for their new CIS Learning and Technology Sandbox...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 5 December 2011
Happy Computer Science Education Week! Hope you are doing something fun and interesting to encourage students to study computer science this week. And maybe encouraging...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Bits & Bytes From the National Science Foundation
Another good lead from the CSTA today, the national Science Foundation is starting a new bi-weekly newsletter called CS Bits & Bytes aimed at high school students...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Perfect Educational Computer Lab
I had the following question via Twitter the other day
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12th Annual Computer Science & Information Technology Conference.
The Computer Science Teachers Association runs what I consider the single best and most important professional development events of the year for computer science...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 28 November 2011
Last week was a quiet one for me. Thanksgiving holiday in the US meant I didn’t spend as much time on the Internet as usual. Also a lot less blogging and emailThe...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming for Absolute Beginners from Channel 9
Channel 9 has just launched an absolute beginner series to help people learn to program. There are two versions of the Development for Absolute beginners materials...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Rock Paper Azure Challenge is back
The Rock Paper Azure Challenge is back and you could win big! Play Rock, Paper, Scissors in the cloud for your chance to win a trip to Cancun, an Acer Aspire...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson