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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 19 November 2012
I made some more changes to the blog this last week. I hope they are not too disruptive but I want to make the site more useable and interesting. The big changes...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Predicting the Future of Computing
This is something a little different. Hopefully a conversation starter. In 1994, after about 18 years in the computer industry working with mini-computers, I found...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Where Do You Go To Learn To Teach Computer Science?
Most people I know who teach computer science more or less figured out how to do it on their own. Some were lucky enough to have peers in the same school or close...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Open-ended Project
I’ve been thinking a lot about projects the last month or so. You may have seen it in my posts. Mostly I’ve been talking in generalities but today I’d like to focus...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Supporting Student Innovation
Pat Yongpradit is one of my heroes. He is a high school computer science teacher who just does amazing things and gets his students involved in projects that take...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Project or Recipe
Chris Lehmann is the principal of the Science Leadership Academy, a partnership school in Philadelphia, and a frequent speaker on educational issues. He’s a great...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 12 November 2012
I spent a little time tweaking this blog layout last week. Just trying to make it look a little less cookie cutter. I also wanted to add the share buttons at the...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Myth of The All-nighter
All-nighters, those storied tales of spending all night in the computer lab or the library trying to meet a school deadline, came up in a Facebook conversationlaw...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Are You Ready for Computer Science Education Week?
I’m a big fan of CSEdWeek (Computer Science Education Week) and in the past I have done school visits and hosted field trips at Microsoft offices during the week...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Should Computer Science Teachers Be Paid More Than Gym Teachers
I first ran into the question of paying faculty based on the subject they taught some years ago during an industry advisory meeting for a university computer science...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Vampire Numbers and other Interesting Things
In a Facebook post recently, Gerald Thurman, a computing/math instructor at Scottsdale Community College located in Scottsdale, Arizona introduced me to Vampire...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
On Industry Certifications For Students
This post all started as a comment on a guest post by Barbara Ericson on Mark Guzdial’s blog - The Need for an Industry-based Java Exam. In that post Barbara makes...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest
I don’t work for Microsoft anymore so I don’t get paid to promote things like this. On the other hand I like the idea of a) applications for social good and b)http...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 5 November 2012
Super Storm Sandy (for various reasons I believe it was not technically a hurricane when it reached me) came and went last week. I was lucky and we only lost power...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Education Blog Roll
I thought I had moved a copy of this to my current blogging location but it appears not. Just an attempt to help others find great computer science education blogs...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Intersection of Art and Tech
Two of the things that have driven a lot of computing innovation are games and graphics. The two are closely related of course and who university programs haveSmall...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Random Thoughts
A friend of mine posted the picture below on Facebook recently. About as basic, and wrong, random number generator as one can get. But it brings home a point –this...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 29 October 2012
First it was an earthquake and now they are talking about a hurricane hitting much of the east coast. Some places have been hit hard already. Computers are keyCoder...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computing Projects for Girls
This is a big topic on my mind of late. There is some discussion of this in the comments on my Boring Projects post and well as some responses via Twitter. Joanne...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson