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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
Speaking Hello World – TouchDevelop
Regular readers know that I have been learning TouchDevelop in my spare time. I really hope to find some concentrated time over the summer to really dig in buthttp...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How To Video: Hello World in TouchDevelop
I’ve decided that a tool as visual and touch enabled as TouchDevelop lends itself to video instructions more than text based ones even with a lot of pictures. So...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Side by Side Programming Language Comparisons
For fun this week I am working on a side by side programming language reference for Alice 3.1, C#, Scratch 2.0, TouchDevelop, Small Basic and Visual Basic. Keeping...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 3 June 2013
Finals start later this week. The school year is winding down and what a whirlwind it has been for me. I hit the ground running. Stumbled a bit here and there but...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How To Overcome Silicon Valley
There seems to be an endless stream of articles these days on two closely related topics. The shortage of people in technology who are not white or Asian malesAcademy...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
You Never Know Who The Computer Science People Are
Apparently Justine Bateman, yes Justine Bateman the actress who played superficial Mallory Keaton on Family Ties, has started a new role as a college freshmenGet...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What’s In It For The Company?
Last night there was some chatter on Twitter about news that The World’s First LEGO School Set to Open in Denmark! It’s an interesting idea with a goal to include...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 27 May 2013
Memorial Day in the US today. Today we remember the men and women who have fallen in battle serving their county in the military. My Dad didn’t die in battle though...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Some Thoughts About MOOCs
Massive Open Online Courses (or MOOCs) seem to be a major topic of conversation in higher education these days. Online courses for high school students tend toWould...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Sexism and Women in Technology
There seems to be a lot of discussion on the Internet about women in technology. More specifically the troubles they have with. The Girls in IT–Infographic andHow...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Girls in IT–Infographic and Report from NCWIT
I found an info graphic from NCWIT on Girls in IT to be pretty interesting. I can’t get it to format right in this blog format but you can see it here. I’ve got...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Would You Hire Your Graduates?
I was reading a blog post by a university professor on the subject of adjunct faculty (Tenure-track’s untouchables) when I can across the statement that “the university...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 20 May 2013
In case you missed the announcement last week the CSTA Election results are announced. Thank you very much to those of you who voted for me. I’ve really looking...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Why Web Apps?
I have a bias in favor of applications that run locally and take full advantage of the hardware and OS of the base platform. These days it seems like everything...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
2013 CSTA Board Election Results Announced
CSTA Election results are announced Congratulations on reelection to Patrice Gans, Dave Reed and new member Stephanie Hoeppner. Oh and I have been elected too. ...
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....
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Interesting Links 13 May 2013
Just about a month left of this school year for me. In between trying to keep things going with grading and teaching I’m starting to think about what I want toRay...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Many Fart Apps Do We Need
The satirical publication TheOnion released a fart application on GitHub. One can add it to their web page and people who visit it will hear fart sounds when they...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Visualization–can you see it in your head?
I had dinner tonight with several computer science professors. The topic of conversation turned to the question of “can everyone learn to program?” One professor...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson