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 started a new semester while others are finishing up their first. Either ways the days are getting longer. 
Late in the day on Friday I posted Nerd Score, Geek Code and Over Reaching the Geek I wish I’d waited to post it as Friday, even early, is not a good time to post something one wants to get any attention.
A couple of important things from the CSTA – Computer Science Teachers Association
- CSTA Annual Conference Call for Proposals
- CSTA 2013 Board of Directors: Call for Nominations
- CSTA looking for CS teachers to share PD experiences
My friend Tara Walker continues her series on Windows 8 Game Development using C#, XNA and MonoGame 3.0 with the latest article on Updating Graphics
- Building a Shooter Game Walkthrough – Part 3: Updating Graphics using Content Pipeline with MonoGame
- Building a Shooter Game Walkthrough – Part 2: Creating the Shooter/Player Asset of the Game
- Building a Shooter Game Walkthrough – Part 1: Overview, Installation, MonoGame 3.0 Project Creation
The Computing Educators Oral History ( http://ceohp.org/ ) site has been updated.
The SIGCT newsletter for ICT and CS teachers is available. Lots of news about ISTE, TCEA and FETC Towers and laptops and tablets – oh my! is a great post by Garth Flint that talks about the issues of what hardware to get for schools. More complicated than some outside of education think really.Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award The Award recognizes outstanding contributions made by technology personnel or classroom teachers to technology education. The Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award rewards excellence in the development and delivery of technology programs. Programs which focus on aerospace and/or aeronautics will be given priority to other programs.
Kicked off Facebook, pre-teen creates his own social network via
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