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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
Kinect SDK
Finally! The officially supported Kinect Software Developer Kit for the Kinect Device for Windows is now available. Kinect SDK download. To help you get started...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Is Internet Education the Answer
A friend sent me a link to this inforgraphic about Internet education. I have mixed feelings about all this. I am ok with distance learning – where the lecture...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
US Kodu Cup Winners Announced (2011)
Yesterday the Unlimited Potential team announced the winners of the inaugural US Kodu Cup competition. Today we are announcing the winners of the first U.S...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links Post 13 June 2011
I spent part of this weekend installing new kitchen cabinets. Not all of us computer geeks are afraid of hand tools and physical labor. On the other hand I
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What is Digital Literacy? And is it enough?
Someone on twitter sent out a link to an article/video from the BBC called Are children becoming 'digitally illiterate'? that got me thinking. What does it mean...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Related Finalists in the Innovative Education Forum 2011
Yesterday Microsoft announced the second round of finalists for the Innovative Education Forum. Over in the Teacher Tech blog they listed brief summaries of all...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
TouchStudio
OK you have a smart phone and you want to create an application for it. But you don
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming is for Girls
Fair warning: Some gross generalizations and exaggeration for emphasis follow. But some valid points I think. I wrote my first computer program over 35 years...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links Post
Last week I celebrated eight years at Microsoft. I still miss the students which makes the guest talks I do in schools particularly valuable to me. Interestingly...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Student Insiders and Imagine Cup Game Teams
I thought I might highlight a few student related things going on at Microsoft these days. I
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
So You Want To Teach Your Kids To Program?
In all honestly I tend to avoid Slashdot. Oh I scan it for the news from time to time but I work hard at avoiding the comments and avoid the Q&A forums. Why? The...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Random Hacks of Kindness June 2011
Are you interesting in public service, of using you computer science, web development, information technology and other
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Atlanta (Georgia) Area Windows Phone Camp for Students
Tara Walker is running a three-day Microsoft Mobile Development appLab at the Library at the Atlanta-Fulton County Library June 7 - 9th : 9:30am - 4:00pm This...
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Interesting Links Post 31 May 2011
Since yesterday was Memorial Day I posted something just a bit fun and saved my links post for today. I hope those of you in the US enjoyed a three day weekend...
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XNA and Visual Basic
I have been playing with Visual Basic and XNA for a few days now. Support has been out for VB and XNA for a little while now but the release of the Windows Phone...
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Windows Phone 7 Games in Visual Basic
I’ve been working all week in C#. Now C# is a wonderful language if you are going to use semi-colons and curly braces. It fixes almost all of the issues I haveYou...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
US Teams in the Worldwide Imagine Cup Finals 2011
The Worldwide finalists for all categories of the Imagine Cup are out and you can read all of the amazing projects at the Imagine Cup Blog. There are 124 teams...
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Never Underestimate a 13-Year Old With a Computer and a Dream
Now I taught middle school during the longest year of my life. And I do guest talks at middle schools all the time. But honestly I do not have the knack for doing...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Imagine Cup WorldWide Game Competition Finalists 2011
Andrew Parsons is the Game Capitan for the Worldwide Imagine Cup Game competition. This gives him a good close look at the competitors especially the finalists....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson