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Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
I meet my new freshmen students today. I hope they are as excited as I am. Should be a good year with lots of interesting things to try with my students. It starts...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 22, 2016 at 06:12 AM
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Teachers report on Friday this week for back to school. The College Board was making a big thing about Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles starting for...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 15, 2016 at 05:51 AM
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My school will be offering AP CS Principles in the 2017/2018 school year so it was suggested that the current computer science teachers attend an AP Summer Institute...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 9, 2016 at 06:06 AM
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Today is back to school for some students. Also for some teachers. I know some teachers who reported to school last week. Whoa! It’s getting close for the restCollege...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 8, 2016 at 06:18 AM
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In parts of the US, teachers start returning to school this week. I'm not one of them but the time is approaching. Fewer than three weeks to go for me. It’s been...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 1, 2016 at 06:20 AM
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There is an idea that high school curriculum is a bit of a zero sum game. In other words that adding something new can only happen if something else is removed....Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 31, 2016 at 09:33 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
I’m learning about the new AP CS Principles class the week. There is some good stuff in it. On the other hand the arrays in the pseudo code that is used to write...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 27, 2016 at 05:40 PM
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No one like grading. Well no one I know. But as teachers it is an essential part of what we do. Grading programs can be a real pain to do though. Do you run every...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 26, 2016 at 09:35 PM
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Blogging just hasn’t been my thing the last two weeks. Too much travel, too much work around the house when I haven’t been traveling, and I really need to do more...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 25, 2016 at 05:52 AM
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Come late August I’ll be teaching a course in Mobile Application Development. It seemed like a great idea when we were discussing new courses to add to the program...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 16, 2016 at 01:05 AM
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Yes I’m late with this week’s interesting links. In my defense I have been extremely busy the last four or five days. Last Thursday and Friday were the CSTA Board...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 11, 2016 at 01:45 PM
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Once a month a small group of teachers is invited to have tea with US Secretary of Education John King. June was the month for computer science teachers and I was...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 7, 2016 at 04:28 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Summer is a great time to think. I’ve bene fortunate enough to have several opportunities to talk to other computer science teachers this summer. And will have...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 7, 2016 at 08:48 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
I came under some criticism for a comment I made on Facebook earlier today. I asked “I wonder how many high schools teach Calc AB to students who have not had math...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 6, 2016 at 09:18 AM
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Happy US independence day for my friends in the US. Also happy birthday to Queen Sonja of Norway. My family in Norway jokes that the American embassy always throws...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 4, 2016 at 06:10 AM
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Earlier this week I received email about several grants that SIGCSE has awarded. I think they look pretty interesting. I’m especially excited about the first one...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 30, 2016 at 05:30 PM
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Day two started with a keynote by Stephen Reid about game playing in education. It was very interesting and he showed samples of a lot of games. He spent the most...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 26, 2016 at 05:39 PM
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I’m in Denver for the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert Forum this weekend. I’ve spent some time at these events in the past but those times I was there as a...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 26, 2016 at 01:27 AM
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Summer is a time for me to think about how I want to teach better in the next school year. I’m always looking for ideas about this and recently came across this...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 22, 2016 at 04:03 PM
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Thanks to Channel 9 I found an interesting extension for Visual Studio called Better Comments. "Better Comments is a Visual Studio extension that gives you the...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 21, 2016 at 06:18 AM