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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
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Students are Creative and that is a Good Thing
I love the creativity of students. We worked on a whack a mole game in class today. The purpose was to create a user control but of course students want to do more...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 30 November 2015
Last week was busy on a personal level with some great family time. I even got to babysit my 14-month old grandson while everyone else when shopping. Double win...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Much Does a $5 Computer Cost?
This week the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced their new Pi Zero. It only costs $5 in the US. Wow! Here are the specs, via the foundation: BCM2835 (same as Pi...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 23 November 2015
Microsoft Underground Part 1 – Dawn DuPriest is a middle school math and computer science teacher who was invited to Microsoft headquarters with some other teachers...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Finding Methods in the Madness
Beginning programmers seem to like monolithic code. Give them a task to program and they start right off. writing everything in one huge method. If you assign them...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson