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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
Learning Python Part 2: Distracted by a Turtle
I cracked a book and found out that Python supports turtle graphics. I love drawing pictures with graphics. I have since I was in university. So today I played...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming Projects for Learning or Grading
The purpose of school work is to get good grades. Well, at least that seems to be a common view on the part of students. Most teachers will tell you that the motivation...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Learning Python: Part 1
Python has been on my radar for years but I haven’t really had the motivation to learn it myself. It’s time though for several reasons. Reason number one is that...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Changing How We Teach Computer Science
I haven't been blogging much lately. I'm adjusting to being retired for the most part but I have been reading and thinking a lot about teaching computer science...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Book Review: Weapons of Math Destruction
Weapons of Math Destruction has been out for a couple of years now and it is one of those books that a lot of people reference. I finally got around to reading...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Thoughts on Virtual Conferences - CSTA 2020
The first online CSTA Conference is now about 24 hours behind me. I was fortunate to experience it both as an attendee and a presenter. After mulling it over aThe...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA Online Conference 2020–Day Two
The first thing I did this morning was to prepare for my presentation. I may have made some last minute changes to my presentation deck. The first thing I attended...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA 2020 Conference Online–Day One
Day one of the online CSTA 2020 conference has been today. I’m blogging this as the day goes on and posting it at the end of the day. We started with welcome remarks...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Book Review: Computer Science in K-12
Full disclosure: I haven’t read all of “Computer Science for K-12” edited and compiled by Shuchi Grover yet but a couple of chapters was enough to convince me I...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Do We Know Who Is Struggling In Learning CS
One of the interesting points Amy Ko makes in her presentation to Microsoft (CS education in higher education) is that “Most faculty have little insight into who...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Thoughts on an IDE for Teaching CS
Amy Ko posted a slide deck about CS education in higher education from a presentation she made to a group at Microsoft. There is a ton of stuff in there. I need...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Setting Up To Teach From Home
This past spring semester was my first time teaching remotely but not my first time working remotely. I worked from home while working in industry for jsut over...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
ACM Digital Library is Open for Free
Like most K-12 teachers, a membership in a professional society like ACM or IEEE is not funded by my school. So I pay out of pocket for an ACM membership and have...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What About the Students Who Thrive Learning Online
In my end of course evaluations I asked my students if they learned better online or in the classroom. Not surprisingly, most of them said they learned better in...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Am I Retired Now?
My last class of the school year just ended. My grades and report card comments are in the system. I am not going back to school in the fall. Am I retired now?...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching is About Relationships
Today I was online with my students for about 90 minutes of a planned 55 minute class. One of my students joined the Google Meet session early and we chatted for...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What is your School IT Department’s Mission?
My school ran a pair of online awards events yesterday. We had almost 850 people on the day time Zoom meeting and around 500 on the evening one. These are both...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
More Fun With Live Coding
Live coding or as I like to call it coding without a net is a wonderful way to teach.There was a time when I thought that having prewritten code that was pasted...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Can Online Teaching Really Work?
There is already a lot of discussion about schools and the fall semester. Will we be in physical spaces again? Will we be online again? Will there be some mix? ...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson