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International Blog Delurking Week 2016
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

International Blog Delurking Week 2016

OK this is the first I have heard of this but it is a great idea. Comments are a huge thing for bloggers. I get a few comments now and again and they add great...

Interesting Links 4 January 2016
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 4 January 2016

Happy New Year! Happy 11111100000! Today is forst day back at school. I didn’t get to everything I wanted to do over the break but I did start playing with some...

When Blogging Works For Educators
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

When Blogging Works For Educators

It seems like there is a regular stream of articles, often on blogs, talking about blogging going away. Or changing for the worse. Or other negative comments. But...

Computer Science Education Things to Watch in 2016
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Computer Science Education Things to Watch in 2016

“It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” I was thinking about writing a post with predictions but realized that I’m not smart enoughHow...

Code in Different Languages
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Code in Different Languages

The other day I found an older blog post by Rob Underwood called Code Syntax Compared. In it he wrote a very simple program in 5 different languages. He used Python...

Top Posts from 2015
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Top Posts from 2015

I decided it was time to take a look at my most read posts from the last year. This is an interesting exercise for several reasons. One is the inconsistency ofProgramming...

Computer (and Math) Humor
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Computer (and Math) Humor

I like this one in part because it is subtle. There are two basic standards for opening the curly brace in C-type languages.  Not everyone will pick up on it....

Interesting Links 28 December 2015
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 28 December 2015

I just realized that this will be the last interesting links post of 2015. What a year it has been. Last week I spent less time online or thinking about schoolThe...

Merry Christsmas 2016
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Merry Christsmas 2016

It’s Christmas at my home. If you are also celebrating I wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo...

Interesting Links 21 December 2015
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 21 December 2015

Yea! I’m on Christmas Break. Most of the public schools in my area start their winter break after Wednesday. I’ll be spending some of my free time getting ready...

2015-16 ACM/CSTA Cutler Bell prize closing soon
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

2015-16 ACM/CSTA Cutler Bell prize closing soon

There is still time to encourage your students to apply for the 2015-16 ACM/CSTA Cutler Bell prize!  This $10,000 award will go to four graduating high school seniors...

2016 CSTA Annual Conference
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

2016 CSTA Annual Conference

Making Waves with CSTA!2016 CSTA Annual Conference  |  July 10-12, 2016Town and Country Resort & Convention CenterSan Diego, CaliforniaRegistration  is now open...

CSTA Board of Directors Election Call for Applications/Nominations
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

CSTA Board of Directors Election Call for Applications/Nominations

It's time for elections or at least nominations for positions on the Computer Science Teachers Association board of directors. I'm in my third year on the board...

Interesting Links 14 December 2015
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 14 December 2015

I’m late this week. Windows Live Writer’s connection to Blogger (where this blog is hosted) is broken. Now that it is being open sources as Open Live Writer I am...

Do You Have Any Duct Tape?
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Do You Have Any Duct Tape?

Students this morning were asking people for duct tape. I don’t know what problem they were trying to solve but eventually it was solved with a plastic cup. Really...

Technology Changed How I Read
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Technology Changed How I Read

This week I have been reading an old-fashioned paper book. (The Martian – outstanding read) For the last two years most of my reading has been on my Kindle. I love...

PBS KIDS ScratchJr.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

PBS KIDS ScratchJr.

Scratch Jr and PBS are both well known entities in education for younger children. It’s probably not surprising that the two have partnered up . Just in time for...

Interesting Links 7 December 2015
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 7 December 2015

The calendar years is coming to a close. I have 10 days of school (including today) until my school’s Christmas break. I’m looking forward to it. I hope to find...

Studio K for Kodu
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Studio K for Kodu

I first wrote about Project K several years ago when it first came out. That was in my old Microsoft blog which I no longer have access to change. Recently I was...

Thymio–An interesting Looking Robot for Teaching
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Thymio–An interesting Looking Robot for Teaching

New things for teaching seem to appear every week. Sometimes they are around for a while before I find out about them. Apparently the world of computer scienceThymio...
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