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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
Interesting Links 30 December 2013
Not a lot to share this week. Last week was Christmas and I spent a lot less time on the Internet than usual. However if you are looking for a few interesting things...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
ACM/IEEE-CS Computer Science Curricula 2013 (CS2013) Final Report
I was pleased and honored to be a part of the committee that developed this document over a period of several years. If you are interested in undergraduate computer...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Merry Christmas 2014
Merry Christmas and a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year to all my readers and friends. God Jul og Godt Nyttår Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon Boas...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Price of Software
This morning I was reading Robert Scoble’s Age of Context while waiting for my order to be ready at the fish market and came across mention of how inexpensive mobile...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 23 December 2013
Christmas Break! I teach in a Catholic school so we call it that. I’m out of school until January 6th for a nice 16 day break. I have some grading to catch up and...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Misteaks During Classroom Demos
Most teachers make mistakes in class. I know that I do. Sometimes it is a typo. Or a slip of the tongue. Sometimes it is because we forget something and sometimes...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
An Hour of Code–Now What?
By just about any of the usual measures (people involved, media attention, VIP endorsements) this year’s CS Education Week was a huge success. We’ve had a couple...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
MOOCs For Teacher Training–Not a Fan
Mark Guzdial shared some news about Google’s CS4HS program on Facebook today. Google's program to fund high school teacher professional development in CS willhttps...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 16 December 2013
I tweeted a lot last week. I mean a real lot. Made it hard to sift through for the stuff with more lasting value than just all the great Computer Science Education...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
11 Things Blog Meme
Doug Peterson tagged me in this blogging meme. This isn’t normally the sort of thing that I do on this blog but it’s Doug Peterson! Doug is one of the nicest people...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Teacher Interview: Emmanuel Schanzer
Over the summer I posted a series of interviews with computer science educators. (see the index at CS Educator Interviews: The Index) ) One of the people I really...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Does Computer Science Count in Your State?
Computer science only counts as a graduation credit (usually in either math or science) in 15 states. In most states a computer science class can be an elective...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Why I Write Code
I’ve been programming for about 40 years now. That’s a long time in Internet time. Honestly in some ways it is more fun now then ever and it started off as funDecember...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
That Is Not My Name
My first major in college was Sociology. I did finish it along with a second major in Systems Analysis (few CS majors existed back in the dark ages) and to some...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 9 December 2013
Today is Grace Hopper’s birthday. An amazing woman I was fortunate enough to meet while in college and hear speak several times during my career. It’s also part...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Are you learning fast enough?
Erik Meijer is one of the awesome people I get to meet while I worked at Microsoft. Earlier today he tweeting something that really made me think. If you don't...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming Languages for Middle School
There may be quick questions but are there any quick answers? I had the following Tweet recently. @alfredtwo Hi Alfred! Quick question: what prog. language...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Do You Know It Works?
I have been teaching Visual Basic programming to my freshmen this week. It’s part of a course we call Explorations in Computer Science and its new this year. The...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
TEALS (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools) Looking for Partner Schools
TEALS is an interesting program started by a Microsoft employee some years ago. It taps the enthusiasm and expertise of industry professionals who work with classroom...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson