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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
I was helping a student today and realized that he’d been “lost” for a while. I was going pretty quickly and everyone seemed to be keeping up just fine. Not this...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 24, 2013 at 06:26 PM
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This weeks quote of the week is from Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher who Tweeted “I don't want my students to buy the apps - I want them to make them.” Isn’t thatKinect...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 23, 2013 at 06:08 AM
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Something different. Something from IBM. A teacher friend of mine forward the following announcement the other day. This contest is open to high school and university...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 20, 2013 at 06:15 AM
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I've been creating short videos for my honors programming class. They are short and intended for my students to use for review. I’m not saying they are great but...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 19, 2013 at 05:53 AM
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One of the things I was responsible for while I was working at Microsoft was promoting the Imagine Cup competitions. I did that pretty well. I like the competition...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 17, 2013 at 02:57 PM
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Well I was able to blog more often last week. Paying a bit for it as I had a ton of grading to do over the weekend. When inspiration (or something that feels like...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 16, 2013 at 05:50 AM
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Picture from the Facebook page of www.ilovesmartwomen.com Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 15, 2013 at 10:57 AM
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I love xkcd. It’s probably the nerdiest comic strip around. Recently the following strip appeared. I think that people are still better at creating comic strips...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 13, 2013 at 06:00 AM
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BirdBrain Technologies has announced their intention to lend out 1,000 Finch robots as their contribution to this year's Computer Science Education Week and Code...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 12, 2013 at 06:42 AM
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Two interesting and initially unrelated links came across my computer screen in the past couple of days. One was an image that said “Everyone talks about leaving...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 11, 2013 at 08:50 AM
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CSTA members (you are a member right?) should have seen this in their email. The CSTA annual conference is in my humble opinion the single best professional development...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 10, 2013 at 01:30 PM
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Busy week for me. Lots of stuff going on at school. Seems like the first few weeks of school wear me out no matter how hard I try to be prepared. I have fewer links...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 9, 2013 at 05:49 AM
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During a class discussion last week one of my students asked me “Who is the most successful computer scientist in the world?” Whoa! What a question. I started my...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 3, 2013 at 06:05 AM
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It’s Labor Day in the US and schools are closed here. It’s actually the fourth day in a four day weekend for my school. Some how it always feels like this letsThe...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 2, 2013 at 05:48 PM
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I was attending a golf tournament this weekend. So naturally my thoughts turned to technology. Yes it was everywhere. But the most disruptive technology was inDeutsche...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 1, 2013 at 10:55 AM
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June Lin from Play-I sent me this infographic which I found interesting enough to share. Play-i is building educational, programmable robots for kids. Not sure...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 28, 2013 at 06:21 AM
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I’m a big fan of the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing program. This program recognizes high school young women for their interest and aptitude in technology...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 27, 2013 at 06:18 AM
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School started for me last week. I showed off some sample Kinect apps to most of my classes. For some it was to talk about human computer interaction. For others...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 26, 2013 at 06:20 AM
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I ran into an article called How to Pick Your First Programming Language at Help Kids Code that talked about something called TurtleArt. Now there wasn’t a lot...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 23, 2013 at 05:12 AM
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Most of us involved in teaching computer science know that the issue of teacher certification is a bit of a mess. How much of a mess no one really knew. Until now...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 22, 2013 at 06:06 AM