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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 23 February 2015

It's February break for my school. I’m trying to take it easy this week. And catching up with grading of course. I suspect a lot of teachers use so-called vacation... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 23, 2015 at 05:39 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Today’s BASIC Is Not Your Father’s BASIC

A post at Doug Peterson’s blog (A Different Time) sent me to a site that has a collection of old BASIC programs. And by old I mean the 1970s. I remember many of... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 20, 2015 at 12:55 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

2015 CSTA annual conference – Registration is Open

Registration is now open for the CSTA annual conference. CSTA 2015 is a professional development opportunity for computer science and information technology teachers... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 19, 2015 at 10:27 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

One Thing Leads To Another

One of the great things about teacher blogging is the sharing of ideas. Often these ideas can be easily adapted and adopted in new ways. Earlier today Doug Peterson... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 17, 2015 at 08:48 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 16 February 2015

President’s Day today which means my school is closed. I can use the rest after cleaning up from the latest snow storm. I’ve lost count of the number of feet (yes... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 16, 2015 at 05:55 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Creating Code Hunt Puzzles

As I mentioned the other day (see Learning From the Code Hunt Dashboard) I have been creating my own Code Hunt puzzles for use with my students. Earlier this week... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 12, 2015 at 09:27 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Coding lessons for 8-10 yr olds

Are you a tweeting teacher who teaches K-8 computer science? If so I am hoping you can join the CSTA K-8 task group for the next #CSK8 Twitter chat on Wed Feb 11... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 11, 2015 at 05:55 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Learning From the Code Hunt Dashboard

This week I am in Redmond WA at a two day workshop around Code Hunt being run by Microsoft Research and the developers behind Code Hunt. After day one I can say... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 10, 2015 at 12:16 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 9 February 2015

I’m back in Redmond WA today. First time in over three years I have been here. I expect it to feel different as a visitor after being hear many times as an employee... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 9, 2015 at 06:27 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Recursion – Love it or hate it?

The following was posted to the AP CS Facebook page yesterday with the question "What would the answer be?" Things went along just fine for 3 replies of people... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 8, 2015 at 12:39 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Girls Who Code Is Hiring Paid Teaching Staff

Looks like these opportunities are in New York, Detroit and San Francisco. Girls Who Code is a national non-profit organization working to close the gender gap... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 3, 2015 at 01:29 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 2 February 2015

Happy Groundhog Day! We’re having a snow day with schools closed because of a snow storm. I’m betting on six more weeks of winter. It may take that long for all... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 2, 2015 at 06:40 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

The Queen of Code – Grace Hopper

There is a new movie about Grace Hopper out in the Internet. The movie is about 16 minutes look and I think it is pretty good. I’m looking for a place in my schedule... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 29, 2015 at 11:25 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 26 January 2015

A new semester starts for me today. Since I only teach semester courses that means a whole new group of students to meet and teach. I have spent much of the weekend... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 26, 2015 at 06:31 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Robots For Teaching Programming

One of my most popular posts has been a collection of links to block programming (drag and drop programming) tools and languages. The other day it occurred to me... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 21, 2015 at 11:53 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 19 January 2015

School is out today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day. Semester exams start tomorrow. I think I’m ready. I hope my students are ready. I do have a couple of... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 19, 2015 at 06:11 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Surface Pro 3 – First Thoughts

Thanks to a contest run by the Office Mix people I won a Surface Pro 3 for my school. And I get to use it which is great. I’ve had a Surface RT (first edition)TouchDevelop... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 15, 2015 at 10:38 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Code Hunt for Review and Problem Solving

Code Hunt is something I have been experimenting with a bit this year. For those who are not familiar with it, Code Hunt “is an educational, browser-based coding... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 14, 2015 at 05:57 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

But I Have The Same as Him

One thing I hear a lot is “I have the exact same code and someone else and theirs work and mine doesn’t.” The obvious wise guy reply is “if yours doesn’t work then... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 13, 2015 at 06:49 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 12 January 2015

It’s the end of the semester and I’ve been crazy busy. Outside projects, grading, exam writing, and more. Time for blogging seems to be in short supply these days... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 12, 2015 at 06:37 AM