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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
Lecture As Performance Art
Mark Guzdial posted a link to an article about him (The social justice case for computing: transforming tools for some into a language for all – you should read...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Everything Old Is New Again
I try not to throw code away. I have punch cards in my attic that are over 40 years old. I also have a bunch of code from my university days on a magnetic tapeDECtape...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Happy New Year 2019
I’ve been thinking about this post for the last several days. My usual practice has been to start the year with a list of thinks I want to watch in CS education...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Looking Back on CS Education in 2018
The last few years I have written start of the year posts about things I want to track in Computer Science education in the new year. Last year’s post is at Computer...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Sub Goal Labeling in Computer Science
One of the interesting ideas in teaching computer science I have been looking at is sub-goal labeling. I’m experimenting with it but to be honest I don’t feel near...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching Phone Programming Should be Easier
Garth Flint and I have been independently looking at resources for teaching mobile phone application development. (Garth’s posts are linked below) I’m currently...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Where Does Computer Science Fit–Revisited
David Renton is teaching his students at Porter-Gaud how to program virtual reality projects. He posted a video of some of these projects a few days ago.These are...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Happy Computer Science Education Week
It’s CS ED week again. Yeah! This is the week that thousands of teachers around the work introduce millions of students to computer science. Many of them for the...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Ready, Fire, Aim–Why Is Design First So Hard To Learn?
“Hours of coding can save you minutes of planning”We’re talking about top-down design in my APCS Principles class this week. I gave the students a worksheet (part...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Problem With CS Education Research
There is some research in who t teach computer science (OK, mostly its about teaching programming but that’s important too) but not a lot of teachers or professors...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Learner Gets A Vote
One of the cool things about Twitter is that some interesting discussions take place among really smart people and the rest of us get to watch and, if we’re smart...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Testing Computer Science Knowledge Is Hard
How to evaluate computer science students is always a tough question. It’s everywhere that computer science is taught. There is something of an issue with a course...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
16,000 BBC Sound Effects
I don’t know about you but I regularly go on the lookout for sound effects for projects. Today, I have to share this new source for sound files that may be used...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Post-secondary Cybersecurity Curricular Recommendations
There is more computer science than we could ever cover in grades K-12. So much of it is important and exciting. Every parent open house I get suggestions for what...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Toys or Tools
Are we using toys or tools to teach computers science? The cute little robots for example. Or Micro:bit? or any number of other fun little gadgets that we use to...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Guest Hosting a TweetMeet on CS and Hour of Code #MSFTEduChat
Computer Science Education week is fast approaching. It's a big week and one of the big activities for a lot of teachers, students, and schools is the Hour of Code...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Do We Define a Successful High School Computer Science Program?
Mark Guzdial has an interesting post asking When do we know that a programming course is not working for non-CS majors? The focus of the post is undergraduate level...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching Computer Science Teachers to Teach CS
My teaching style, especially in the first years, was greatly influenced by the man who taught me computer science. A wonderful man who really instilled a loveexample...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming Projects Should Be Personal
I’m always looking for new projects. I find them in the strangest places. Facebook for one. And some not so strange places. The AP CS Principles curriculum from...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson