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CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards correlated with the Common Core
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards correlated with the Common Core

This is a big deal. With so much attention being focused on the Common Core for education these days understanding where Computer Science fits takes on some increased...

Teacher as Opportunity Activator
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Teacher as Opportunity Activator

Yesterday I tried out a little web site called Name Tag Analyzer  that looks at your LinkedIn information (this assumes you have a Linked In Account of course)Rob...

Interesting Links Post 21 January 2013
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links Post 21 January 2013

One week until I face a new group of students. Unlike classroom visits in recent years these students are “mine” full time for a semester. Excited to say the least...

Microsoft Achieve 2013: EduTech Family Summits
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Microsoft Achieve 2013: EduTech Family Summits

A friend asked me to pass this along so I am doing so. I’m hoping to make the event in Boston (Boston – January 26, 2013 Register now!) which is coming up soonMicrosoft...

Back To The Classroom
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Back To The Classroom

The last few months have been interesting as I’ve been looking at different career options. One of the things I realized right away was that I missed teaching.Bishop...

Interesting Links 14 January 2013
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 14 January 2013

half way through January. How’s it going so far? Been interesting for me so far. Hope to have some news about my future plans soon as well. For now, always looking...

STEM Modeling Challenge–Florida Virtual School
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

STEM Modeling Challenge–Florida Virtual School

I saw this announcement on the Advanced Placement Computer Science teacher forums and thought it worth sharing. Let’s Raise the Bar for STEM Education!  Whether...

Sometimes It’s the Little Things
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Sometimes It’s the Little Things

I’ve been doing some things with Windows Phone development lately and having some fun with it. Being a long time conventional application developer I am finding...

Reversi Sample Code
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Reversi Sample Code

One of my earliest attempts at programming a computer to play against me was a version of Reversi I attempted some30+ years ago. Reversi is a great game for this...

Interesting Links 7 January 2013
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 7 January 2013

Everyone back at school yet? A lot of universities are not while other have short January terms. Most K-12 schools in the US though are back. Some have startedNerd...

Nerd Score, Geek Code and Over Reaching the Geek
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Nerd Score, Geek Code and Over Reaching the Geek

The other day I was bouncing around the Internet an came across of quiz to compute ones “Nerd Score.” It was a fun little quiz and I knew I’d come out fairly nerdy...

Avoid Puzzles in Code
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Avoid Puzzles in Code

I keep seeing a lot of order of operations “puzzles” in my Facebook stream. The most recent one was 6/2*(1+2) = ? or A lot of people got it wrong. As you might...

We Need More Operating Systems
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

We Need More Operating Systems

Pure opinion post here. I have never been a big fan of the operating system mono culture. In my first job out of college I worked for a company that developed applications...

Interesting Links 31 December 2012
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 31 December 2012

Well a new year starts tomorrow. Hope it is a great one for all of you. This is the last interesting links list for the year. It’s a pretty short list though. Last...

Looking Back, Looking Forward
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Looking Back, Looking Forward

This seems to be the time that people look back on the previous year and forward to the new year. It’s almost January which was named after Janus who is often pictured...

The Future Belongs To The Creators
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

The Future Belongs To The Creators

A lot of people are thinking about the future this time of year. I’ve got a few ideas myself. This is the year I’ve done a lot with apps on phones and tablets....

Merry Christmas 2012
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Merry Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas and a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year to all my readers and friends. Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo...

Interesting Links 24 December 2012
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 24 December 2012

It’s the day before Christmas and at my house we have been cooking for days getting things prepared that can be prepared  early. I haven’t spent as much time on...

STEM related infographic from RackSpace
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

STEM related infographic from RackSpace

Interesting STEM related infographic from RackSpace the hosting/cloud company. It could use a little more computer science content in my opinion but that is not...

How To Become A CS Education Thought Leader
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

How To Become A CS Education Thought Leader

I don’t think many people set out to be thought leaders. I sure didn’t but yet I have been called that from time to time. I think that is more flattering than true...
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