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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
Arrays, Loops, and Racing Horses
One of the things I like about using Visual Studio and C# (and Visual Basic for that matter) is the ability to easily create some fun graphical projects. I’ve been...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Training The Next Generation of Computer Science Teachers
The biggest problem in computer science education is training the teachers we need. That seems to be the big thing on my social media in the last few days.ThisMark...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teachers For Now or Teachers Forever?
One really can get a lot out of following Twitter hashtags from conferences and other events. Today I saw the following Tweet:This in a nutshell is the concern#Home4CS...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Can We Afford a Digitally Illiterate Congress?
Like many people I found the Zuckerberg Congressional Hearings disturbing on several levels. Yes, there are some serious issues with Facebook and other Internet...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Why Programmers Need To Ask Questions
I keep seeing suggestions that people don’t need to learn programming because computers will do it better. I am skeptical. In part I am a skeptic because I have...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Idealism and Computer Science
Idealism is a good thing. Well, mostly it is. This morning I heard Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg say that Facebook was too idealistic about somethings and that lead...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Thoughts on where CS education tools come from
TouchDevelop is being retired. It’s not the first tool with educational use to be retired by Microsoft. Or from other companies either. While I have used TouchDevelop...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Phillips Academy Capture the Flag 2018
Those of you with interests in working on cybersecurity with your high school students this Capture the Flag event will find this to be of interest.PACTF is back...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How To Teach Computer Science
How can I do a better job of teaching computer science? It’s a question I ask myself just about every day. There have been two big influences on my teaching style...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Digital Thinkers?
This message from Brian Aspinall was floating around in my social media the other day and it really resonates with me.I’ve long said that we don’t need to teach...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Is Computer Science Hard to Learn?
It’s been close to 45 years since I took my first computer science course. I really struggled with the first program. OK someone mostly wrote it for me. The third...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
But I Digress
Students sure are good at distracting teachers from the main topic. Especially if they have a teacher who likes to talk. I confess that I am someone who likes to...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Problems With Small Programming Projects
Most programming projects for beginners are small ones. They are focused on a specific concept that is under discussion. They are often forced in the sense that...
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Should We Do More With Spreadsheets in CS Education?
The Microsoft Research podcast has some very interesting interviews. One of them is How Programming Languages Quietly Run the World with Dr. Ben Zorn There are...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Advanced Placement Computer Science is a necessary evil for #CSforAll
Two controversial assertions in that title. That APCS is necessary and that it is evil. I thought about leaving this post at that and seeing what sort of conversation...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Impressive High School Computer Science Students–Made or Born?
ACM and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) announced the winners of the 2017-2018 Cutler-Bell Prize in High School Computing recently. Five students...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
ACM and CSTA Announce 2017-2018 Cutler-Bell Prize Student Winners
Some cool projects which you can read about here.For more information about ACM/CSTA Cutler-Bell Prize in High School Computing, visit http://www.csteachers.org...
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Learning By Coding
Throughout my career I have increased my knowledge by working on projects. As a teacher who teaches mostly beginners I don’t see a lot of complicated code. No I...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Let The Computer Grade the Projects
It seems like a great idea – have the computer automatically grade student projects. Save all that boring work. Looking at all those projects is a pain. Why not...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson