Computer Science Teacher

NPR did a story recently on the computer screens that we see in the movies. You know the ones with big read “Access Denied” messages that lo...

Well the latest batch of DigiGirlz Days are starting to get scheduled. What are DigiGirlz Days? They are fun, interesting and educational e...

Last week’s big news on Twitter? Bill Gates is now using it. Yes, @ BillGates is now on Twitter. And he has a new website at www.thegat...

The other day in my interesting links post I included links to several articles/blog posts. One article was titled - IT hiring increases la...

From the time I wrote my first computer program about 38 years ago as a college student there has always been a bit of magic about the proce...

In a couple of weeks I’ll be heading down to Austin Texas for the annual TCEA conference. This is one of the biggest and best (we are talkin...

In a couple of weeks I’ll be heading down to Austin Texas for the annual TCEA conference. This is one of the biggest and best (we are talkin...

When it rains it pours! I spent last week at FETC in Florida but kept a weather eye out for interesting things to pass on via Twitter (follo...

I love Kodu and I’ve written about it before ( my Kodu blog posts ) and I am regularly asked “when can I get Kodu for the PCs in my classroo...

This year being ‘10 has lead to a lot of talk about numbers that look like binary numbers 1/11/10 or 11110 for example. Related to this is t...

I’m headed to Tuesday night. I’m looking forward to helping with some Expression Web workshops and spending time at the Microsoft booth. I’m...

An announcement arrived in my inbox about applications being open for this year’s Intel Schools of Distinction awards . Microsoft is one of ...

I’ve been saying for some time that the overlap between high end high school students and low end university students is greater than many p...

Happy New Year everyone. Are you back to school or work yet? I took two weeks off and really enjoyed myself. I didn’t spend much time on the...

In theory, theory and practice as the same. In practice, all too often, they are not. Sometimes running a simulation can help one separate t...

Random numbers are fun. Really they are. They are at the heart of gambling for sure but they are also a key part of what is called a Monte C...

I made mention of this announcement when it was first made in October. I hope that if you are at a high school in Illinois you know about t...

The Internet was a buzz last week with reports of a study done on the effects of environment on women’s interest in computer science. (Links...

I’m going to FTEC in Orlando this January. This will be my first time at FETC and I’m looking forward to it. There isn’t usually a lot for c...

Years ago I saw a cartoon, it was probably in The New Yorker, that was set in what looked like an excusive upper class businessmen’s club. ...