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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
Cyber Security or Just Good Program Design?
People continue to share things that they learned at SIGCSE online. Recently Ria Galanos, from Thomas Jefferson HS, shared Cybersecurity Modules: Security Injections...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Accessibility and Computer Science
I’ve been following, as much as one can, the SIGCSE conference via Twitter this week. One of the comments I read talked about how many places don’t teach accessibility...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Modeling Good Coding Practice
Facebook showed me this cartoon this morning.Teaching computer science means you are often programming while someone watches. I confess that I have been known to...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Open Letter to People at #SIGCSE2018
The Annual SIGCSE Technical Symposium is taking place in Baltimore this week. Some of the best minds in computer science education are sharing ideas in sessions...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming Patterns For Beginners
Ever since I read those papers on the Rainfall program (How Hard Is That Programming Problem?) I’ve been thinking about patterns in problem solving and programming...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Self Driving Everything
Nissan put together this cute little video that starts with self driving slippers and moves on to self driving pillows and chairs and, well, watch it.What's next...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Jumanji and the While Loop
Cultural references (term used loosely) can make projects and exercises more interesting for students. Now that there is an updated version of the movie Jumanji...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Quotes About Programming and Computer Science
While looking for a quote that was mostly remembered except for who to credit with it I found a couple of fun sites with quote collections in them. Some of these...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching Diversity in Computing
One of the important topics in computing these days is diversity. Why? Well there are things like concern about equal opportunity. (Why Can’t Silicon Valley Solve...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Priming the Computing Teacher Pump
Where are computer science teachers going to come from? That’s the big question. OK it is one of the big questions about Computer Science for All. IncreasinglyFinding...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Struggle To Keep Programs Simple
Debugging code is hard. Really hard. The more complicated the code the harder it is to debug. Brian Kernighan said it well.But oh do my students write clever code...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Is that a Trick Question?
For me at least writing test/quiz questions for programming students is hard. Most of what I assign and grade are projects but sometimes I like to toss out a quiz...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Does Anyone Read the Error Messages?
I suspect most if not every Computer Science teacher has had this conversation:Student: Hey, I’m getting an error.Teacher: What error are you getting?Student: I...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Thinking About CS Textbooks
There are a lot of subjects where I found textbooks to be very valuable when I was a student. History for example. One of my degrees is in Sociology where I read...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Hard Is That Programming Problem?
A recent blog post by Mark Guzdial (Learning Computer Science is Different than Learning Other STEM Disciplines) has my mind going in a bunch of different directions...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Education Things I'm Watching in 2018
This time of year I like to think about what might happen in the year ahead. 2018 looks to be an interesting year for computer science education. There is a lot...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Looking Back on Computer Science Education in 2017
Time to look back on the past year I think. I wrote a post in January about what I was watching (Computer Science Education Things I’m Watching in 2017) so I think...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What Do You Do Besides Write Code?
A bunch of years ago I read an op-ed piece in one of the news magazines. I forget the one but the piece itself has stuck with me for years. The Op-ed was written...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Some Thoughts on Drag and Drop Block Programming
I’ve toyed with drag and drop or block based programming for a bunch of years now. I even keep a list of block programming platforms. But this year I am reallyAppInventor...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson