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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
Opportunity Matters
I was having a conversation with my friend Ken Royal today. I was sharing with him some of the experiences I was able to have over the last couple of years meeting...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSEdWeek poster featuring Susan Wojcicki, Google
Passing this along from the CSTA announcement mailing list. It surprises me that women in the computer field were not more willing to take part in this effort by...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
We Need a Grant Program for Teachers to Attend the CSTA Conference
I had a thought spawned by a comment on a recent blog post and some conversations I have had recently. I wish there was a grant program to give attendance funding...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Problem With i
I had an interesting problem from a student the other day. He was working his way though an array in a couple of places and one of them was doing something wrong...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA 2014 Board of Directors Nominations Open
Since this past summer I have been a member of the CSTA Board of Directors (thanks again to all of you who voted for me). It’s been an interesting and rewarding...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 18 November 2013
I made a quick trip to Tucson AZ over the weekend for the CSTA Board meeting. Beautiful part of the country and I wish I had more time to explore it. But meeting...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Doing Code Right The Second Time
Last week I wrote a program. I wrote about it on this blog (Making Magic With Software) but only about what was visible to the user. This week I decided to show...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Google Code-in 2013
This went out to the CSTA Member mailing list tonight. Thought it was worth sharing. Beginning Monday, November 18th, 13-17 year old pre-university studentsgoogle...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 11 November 2013
It’s Veteran’s Day in the US and most schools are closed. We’re remembering and honoring our nations veterans. I’m remembering my late father who was a combat veteran...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Teachers–Please help evaluate HoC Tutorials
I'm passing this along for Code.org who I am helping organize tutorials for an Hour of Code during CS education week. We need help evaluating the tutorials we have...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Hour of Code tutorials are ready to try
Received this update email from Code.org last night. Looks like an Hour of Code for CS Education week is getting real! And of course it is getting close. Now though...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Making Magic With Software
My friend and fellow teacher Tom Indelicato and I are teaching a new course this year. We are calling to Explorations in Computer Science and it is patterned somewhat...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA Voice November 2013
If you are a member of the CSTA you should have gotten this update in email. If you didn’t you may want to make sure that CSTA has your email address right. Ifmore...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 4 November 2013
The big news were I live last week was the Red Sox winning the World Series. Nothing at all to do with computing. Even with all the excitement I managed to find...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Debugging Student Code
I confess that I love to debug code. I think I’d rather fix broken code and remove bugs than write original code from scratch. All that set up and stuff is tedious...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Get Involved in Hour of Code 2013
Last week, Code.Org and others announced the Hour of Code to the world. Now backed by Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon, LinkedIn, Mark Zuckerberg, CSTA, the College...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
We Are the Faces of Computing Poster Contest!
In honor of CSEdWeek, CSTA’s Equity Committee will be hosting its annual poster competition "We Are the Faces of Computing". This contest invites students of...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programmable Robots for Young Students
Play-I is a new start up using crowd funding to develop a pair of programmable robots for young students. I have a thing for robots. And these robots are pretty...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 28 October 2013
The first quarter at my school closed last Friday. The year seems to be flying by. I guess it is true what they say about time flying when you are having fun. I...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson