tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post6290444393456191468..comments2024-03-27T15:13:24.764-04:00Comments on Computer Science Teacher: The Future Belongs To The CreatorsAlfred Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575057876858763822noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-91302654164964636722012-12-30T15:25:06.559-05:002012-12-30T15:25:06.559-05:00http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/nature-creat...http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/nature-creativity/nature-creativity<br /><br />thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-43078995480967641732012-12-28T16:44:19.892-05:002012-12-28T16:44:19.892-05:00>>> "I listened tonight as Seri stru...>>> "I listened tonight as Seri struggled to understand my son talk to it last night."<br /><br />Agreed. As I write this, Kinect is struggling to understand my son talking to it!<br /><br /><br />To your larger point, I don't think there's ever been a more exciting time to get into software development. Apps for phones and tablets will obviously be huge markets. But desktop applications aren't going away anytime soon. And compute-intensive programs are more relevant today as computing power grows and we attack problems that have never before been within our reach. And high-powered gaming needs high-powered brainpower to keep pushing the boundaries of graphics and gaming technology. The diversity of the field is so exciting! <br /><br />...all of which makes it so much more disappointing when you see how schools aren't recognizing these opportunities, and as a result so many of our brightest kids don't understand computer science and avoid the field altogether.<br />Charley Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-79663327386150287222012-12-28T13:45:01.066-05:002012-12-28T13:45:01.066-05:00As a production tool the tower PC is still on the ...As a production tool the tower PC is still on the top of the pile. Nothing beats 23 inch dual monitors with a real keyboard and a mouse for actually doing work. It can write software for Android, iOS and Windows. As a consumer tool I think the 7 inch tablet will be the direction of the future. My goal as a programming teacher has evolved from teaching programming in Visual Basic for PCs to learning and teaching programming tools for tablet devices. Considering the number of OSs in the 7 inch market this has become rather entertaining. There is always something new but luckily the fundamentals stay the same. It would seem that the future of programming lies in apps.Garthnoreply@blogger.com