Computer Science Teacher

There are a lot of Changes happening at code dot org The Slashdot article linked there lists several of them. While the changes include a n...

Mark Guzdial's blog is number one on my “must read” blog list. If you are a computer science educator it should be on your list as well...

I’m always looking for interesting projects. The other day I ran into the story of the Monty Hall Problem . The brief version of this logic/...

Pay Yongpradit recently posted ( LinkedIn post ) about asking a number of computer science education leaders and researchers “about their bi...

Fair warning, this is a post in two parts. First a project idea and second musings on the tools I used to create it. I really do like to w...

Mike Zamansky is Looking at the start of school for 2025 on his blog C’est la Z He’s thinking about phone bans and AI in schools. I have be...

For the last 20 years or so I have been able to meet some truly great teachers. Some I visited in their schools. Some I met at conferences. ...

An interesting article was shared on Facebook recently - Is the 'Hour of Code' the New 30-Minute Saturday Morning Cartoon Commercial...

Got your attention didn’t I? More and more teachers are using online coding environments to teach computer science. I used one myself to tea...

Dave Largent, a CS professor at Ball State University, had an important reminder on his blog - Dave's not here, or is he?: Teachers need...

Pat Yongpradit from Code.Org tweeted an image of what they are seeing in conversations about AI and Education. (The link on the image below ...

Facebook memories reminded me of a frequent conversation I had with students. They would ask me what would happen if they tried something an...

Last night, when I could not sleep, I got up and wrote some code. I added some features and data checking to my Wordle solver helper program...

“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” – Yogi Berra That doesn't mean people don't try. Recent advances ...

Traditionally I write a year end look back on thee previous yest in CS education. (Last year at Looking Back on Computer Science Education ...

Trying out ChatGPT seems to be all the rage these days in certain geek circles. I may even be late to the game but I tried a few things over...

Mike Zamansky is stirring up trouble again. OK not really his intent I’m sure but people can get defensive. I have to say that I agree in pr...

I was reading through The Big Book of Computing Pedagogy , as one does, the other night. Specifically, the section on student misconceptions...

" A rose by any other name would smell as sweet " William Shakespeare. There are cultures where people have a sort of public name ...

Way back in time, cybersecurity was all about controlling access to the computer in the locked room with the raised floor. Well, you had to ...