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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Creating Engineers One Student At A Time

Last weekend I visited the Maine State Championship for FIRST Lego League which is run by a group of volunteers in an organization called Maine Robotics. They... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 14, 2011 at 10:41 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Year Up Visits the MTC

Last Friday the Microsoft Technology Center in Waltham MA was pleased to again host a group from Year Up Rhode Island. I again gave a career talk. Unlike last time... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 13, 2011 at 11:20 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 12 December 2012

Last week I posted a list of some of the great computer science related blogs I read on a regular basis (Computer Science Education Blog Roll) Week after week these... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 12, 2011 at 11:30 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting links 11 December 2011

Last week I posted a list of some of the great computer science related blogs I read on a regular basis (Computer Science Education Blog Roll) Week after week these... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 12, 2011 at 12:37 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Why I

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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 9, 2011 at 10:23 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Why I’m Still Excited about Computer Science

It’s computer science education week and that has me thinking about what I’d like to tell students about computer science. So I decided to record something on the... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 8, 2011 at 04:39 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Computer Science Education Blog Roll

I’m a firm believer that blogs are a great way for teachers to share ideas and builds community. Supporting that sort of community is why I have many blogs listed... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 8, 2011 at 10:03 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Could You Pass the AP Computer Science Exam?

There is an article in the Washington Post about a school board member who took a standardized test for 10th grade students. To say he didn’t do well would be an... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 7, 2011 at 11:15 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Bentley

Last week I accepted an invitation from Professor Mark Frydenberg of Bentley University to attend the open house for their new CIS Learning and Technology Sandbox... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 6, 2011 at 12:26 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 5 December 2011

Happy Computer Science Education Week! Hope you are doing something fun and interesting to encourage students to study computer science this week. And maybe encouraging... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 5, 2011 at 12:33 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

CS Bits & Bytes From the National Science Foundation

Another good lead from the CSTA today, the national Science Foundation is starting a new bi-weekly newsletter called CS Bits & Bytes aimed at high school students... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 1, 2011 at 07:55 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

The Perfect Educational Computer Lab

I had the following question via Twitter the other day Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 30, 2011 at 12:47 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

12th Annual Computer Science & Information Technology Conference.

The Computer Science Teachers Association runs what I consider the single best and most important professional development events of the year for computer science... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 29, 2011 at 09:49 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 28 November 2011

Last week was a quiet one for me. Thanksgiving holiday in the US meant I didn’t spend as much time on the Internet as usual. Also a lot less blogging and emailThe... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 28, 2011 at 11:32 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Programming for Absolute Beginners from Channel 9

Channel 9 has just launched an absolute beginner series to help people learn to program. There are two versions of the Development for Absolute beginners materials... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 26, 2011 at 07:27 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

The Rock Paper Azure Challenge is back

The Rock Paper Azure Challenge is back and you could win big! Play Rock, Paper, Scissors in the cloud for your chance to win a trip to Cancun, an Acer Aspire... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 22, 2011 at 01:18 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 21 November 2011

This week will be a short one with the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US later this week. I Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 21, 2011 at 03:04 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Big App On Campus

Microsoft announced a Windows Phone development contest for college/university students in the US (sorry about both the US only and the 18+ only Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 19, 2011 at 01:28 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Collection of Kinect in Education Links

Thanks to Johnny Kissko (9 Excellent Programming Resources for Kinect) I recently discovered Ray Chambers who is Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 18, 2011 at 05:19 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

C# Mini Course

So this is an experiment of sorts. Last summer I was asked to train some college students in C#. The goal was to get them ready to teach some very basic programming... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 16, 2011 at 05:03 PM