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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
New Windows 7 Track on Microsoft
OK so maybe you
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 8 February 2010
Well did you watch the Super Bowl? I confess that I did not. I
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Bliink Web Design Competition for Texas High School Students
The Microsoft Corporation, NASA, the Texas Business & Education Coalition, and the State of Texas would like to invite you and your students to participate in the...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What Are You Learning This Summer
No, really! Are you making your summer plans yet and do they include learning time? I have some ideas for you. First off is CS & IT run by CSTA. This is in my opinion...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Facebook Development
One of the things that came up from the panel I was on last week (that panel has prompted a bunch of blog and Twitter posts already) was that students like relevant...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What Programming Language to Teach First?
Have you ever been asked a question that you have been asked time and again but suddenly decided you have a different answer for? One of the questions I hear aDon...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Surprise and Wonder in Computer Science
Last week I attended a workshop day at Stevens Institute of Technology where Michael Kolling, University of Kent and creator of Greenfoot was the keynote speaker...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 1 February 2010
All sorts of good things last week. Tops among them was a visit to Stevens Institute of Technology for a workshop with a great group of high school computer...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Can Movie Computer Screens Help Us Design Better
NPR did a story recently on the computer screens that we see in the movies. You know the ones with big read
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
DigiGirlz Days Spring Schedule
Well the latest batch of DigiGirlz Days are starting to get scheduled. What are DigiGirlz Days? They are fun, interesting and educational events, sort of like a...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting links 25 January 2010
Last week
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
So are there or are there not jobs in CS and IT
The other day in my interesting links post I included links to several articles/blog posts. One article was titled - IT hiring increases last month despite broader...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming as a super power
From the time I wrote my first computer program about 38 years ago as a college student there has always been a bit of magic about the process. A bit of a super...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft at TCEA
In a couple of weeks I’ll be heading down to Austin Texas for the annual TCEA conference. This is one of the biggest and best (we are talking Texas after all) educational...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 18 January 2010
When it rains it pours! I spent last week at FETC in Florida but kept a weather eye out for interesting things to pass on via Twitter (follow me on Twitter @AlfredTwo...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Some Thoughts On Getting The Most From Ed Tech Conferences
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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
FETC Day 1 (2010)
My first piece of advice to anyone attending FETC or other major education technology conference is don’t show up at the end of three weeks away from home. I did...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Brute Force or is there an easy way?
This year being ‘10 has lead to a lot of talk about numbers that look like binary numbers 1/11/10 or 11110 for example. Related to this is talk about palindrome...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Kodu Game-Creation Tool for Kids Adapted for the PC
I love Kodu and I’ve written about it before (my Kodu blog posts) and I am regularly asked “when can I get Kodu for the PCs in my classroom?” Well now there isKodu...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson