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Problem Solving For All Times
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Problem Solving For All Times

I am not a carpenter. I know carpenters. One of my friends and co-workers is a well-trained restoration carpenter. The work he has done in his own house is to drool...

DreamSpark, AppHub and Windows Phone Development
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DreamSpark, AppHub and Windows Phone Development

So are your graduating high school seniors bored? or perhaps you are still looking for things to do after the AP CS exam. or maybe you know college or high school...

Interesting Links 25 April 2011
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 25 April 2011

Apparently some people actually do read this blog. I have talked to a couple of people recently who say they keep up with what I

What Are The Odds
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

What Are The Odds

Now I took three semesters of statistics in college. Unfortunately that was 35 years ago and not as much stuck as I would like. Embarrassing but true. So when someone...

Learning With Visualizations
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Learning With Visualizations

A picture is worth a thousand words so what is a video worth? Add some music and off you go reaching today

XNA Game Development Tutorial
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

XNA Game Development Tutorial

From the makers of the

The Internet is the Answer for School Reform
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The Internet is the Answer for School Reform

A friend of mine sent me links (via Slashdot which I occasionally read for the articles myself) that he thought were an interesting contrast. The Internet...

Interesting Links Post 18 April 2011
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links Post 18 April 2011

Imagine Cup US is over and now we start thinking and planning for the Worldwide Imagine Cup finals in New York City this summer. The CSTA CS & IT Conference will...

Boring is Bad
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Boring is Bad

I have long been an advocate that teaching should be as much about sharing enthusiasm and it is about imparting information. Teachers who are bored or down on the...

Kinect For Windows is Coming
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Kinect For Windows is Coming

You know you want it. Ever since the Kinect was announced back when it was code-named Project Natal you know you were thinking

Books for Computer Science Students
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Books for Computer Science Students

Ever since I was told about a list of Movies for Computer Science Students and wrote some comments about that list I have been thinking book. Fiction books. Novels...

Be Careful What You Wish For
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Be Careful What You Wish For

Mark Guzdial had a guest post by Eric Roberts of Stanford today titled - Guest Post: Eric Roberts on the Dangers of Escalating Enrollments which really got me thinking...

Interesting Links
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links

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Champions for The US Imagine Cup 2011
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Champions for The US Imagine Cup 2011

We just announced the winners in the US Imagine Cup for game development and software design. The winning software design team will be representing the United States...

XozGaming
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

XozGaming

XozGaming is an Imagine Cup game development team made up of two high school juniors from Lick-Wilmerding High School. Julius is the artist and Xander is the...

Final US Imagine Cup Teams Announced - 2011
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Final US Imagine Cup Teams Announced - 2011

After a trip to Seattle (space needle, Pike Place Market, etc.) last night the US Imagine Cup teams started today at the Microsoft store in down town Bellevue...

US Imagine Cup Finals 2011
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US Imagine Cup Finals 2011

I have been in the Seattle area (mostly Bellevue and Redmond) the past couple of days for the US Imagine Cup Finals. And it has been an amazing time with the...

Movies for Computer Science Students
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Movies for Computer Science Students

I had some email yesterday with a link to a post titled "The Top 10 Movies for Computer Science Students." It is an interesting list and I have seen most of these...

Computer Science Curricula In Flux
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Computer Science Curricula In Flux

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Imagine Cup Stories
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Imagine Cup Stories

Today I am on my way out to Redmond WA for the US Final of the Imagine Cup. Here I will see 22 teams who have advanced over hundreds of other teams to win the invitation...
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