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Today I was able to attend the 2024 CSTA New England conference. There were 14 exhibits at the conference and I spent some time with several of them. One of the...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 2, 2024 at 06:02 PM
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The NCWIT Aspirations in Computing High School Award is an amazing program for young women THe students I have had who earned these awards have found it very useful...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 19, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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It’s about 2:45 AM as I start this post. Why am I writing at this hour? Well, it’s because some things are keeping my mind from shutting down and maybe by writing...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 21, 2024 at 03:32 AM
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The 2024 CSTA conference was the best one ever for me. It was wonderful to catchup with old friends and to talk to many people I had never met before. CSTA is about...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 21, 2024 at 03:48 PM
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Last day of the conference and I woke up to news of a global network outage that was causing delays in thousands of flights. Including my trip home. Oh well. IGUI4Sher...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 19, 2024 at 03:48 PM
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Before I start on my day three report, I want to suggest people look at Mike Zamansky’s Day Two report on his blog. We attended mostly different sessions and he...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 18, 2024 at 08:39 PM
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The exhibit hall was impressive this year. I believe three are something like 80 exhibitors. Below is a snapshot of s few of them that caught my eye. The usualFuture...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 18, 2024 at 06:58 PM
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Day two starts with sessions for ALL attendees. I started proctoring a session called Classroom To Career – CS Curriculum With a Purpose. This was a session presented...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 17, 2024 at 08:19 PM
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Day one for me was the chapter leadership summit. I got talked into the New Hampshire chapter treasurer role. The first thing I did was to connect with the other...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 16, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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CTSA turns twenty and as I write this I am about ready to fly out to Las Vegas for the annual CSTA conference. I’m in the mood to look back a bit. After the conference...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 14, 2024 at 02:10 PM
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Summer conference season is coming up. ISTE starts this weekend (without me) and CSTA (with me) is in July. Over the years I have been to scores of conferences...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 21, 2024 at 05:59 PM
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Regular readers of this blog know that I have been doing the New York Times Spelling bee (Computer Science Teacher: Spelling Bee Solver Project). Actually, I do...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 27, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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I used to start a talk on internationalization of code with the question “How many letters are in the alphabet?” Once I had several people say “26” I would ask...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 27, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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A meme was posted (by Doug Peterson I believe) asking why if the computer knows there is a semi colon missing that the computer doesn’t add it? It’s a good question...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 18, 2024 at 12:59 PM
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Back to the basics! Get students close to the hardware! Really? Just how much hardware knowledge do students need today? This post was prompted by a post getting...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 18, 2023 at 07:02 AM
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“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future!” --Niels BohrMy track record at looking forward in CS education is a mixed bag. I kept expecting...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 13, 2023 at 07:46 AM
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I’m posting this early this year. My thinking is clear so why wait?For many, 2023 was the year that Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT and other tools, really toss...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 10, 2023 at 12:37 PM
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My wife loves word puzzles. She is amazing at them. Me? Not so much. On the other hand I love programs and programming projects that involved string manipulation...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 29, 2023 at 11:03 AM
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The CSTA Call for Proposals is coming to an end October 30, 2023 11:59 PM PT.Presentations are what makes the CSTA Conference is what makes CSTA the best conference...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 24, 2023 at 08:57 AM
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One thing that happens when you know who to write computer code is that you know how hard or easy some things are. If you’re even the least OCD some things that...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 17, 2023 at 07:39 PM